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Trump Caught Buying Tech Stocks and Then Pumping Their Value by Publicly Praising Them

Trump Caught Buying Tech Stocks and Then Pumping Their Value by Publicly Praising Them

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech If you’re surprised by any of the Trump family’s grifting since Donald’s return to office, you just haven’t been paying attention. Still, it’s important not to let the incredibly open level of corruption to fall into the background if we want any chance of understanding how we got here. The latest revelation, first reported by Popular Information, follows the familiar pattern of Trump family ruses. In a new tranche of public disclosures released last Friday, Donald Trump admitted to executing thousands of stock trades in 2026 so far. Many of the stocks he purchased, PopInfo found, had their values directly inflated by Trump’s policies or his behavior as sitting US president — sometimes to a comically blatant degree. On March 11, for example, the president took a tour of Ohio-based medical tech company Thermo Fisher. “It’s a great honor being here,” Trump said in front of eager cameras, alongside Fisher’s CEO Marc Casper. “It’s a great company. You …

Publicly funded, but not for all? Call to review Flintshire schools as Catholic super school planned – Humanists UK

Publicly funded, but not for all? Call to review Flintshire schools as Catholic super school planned – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

Rear view of male and female students walking towards school entrance on way in to school Plans for a new Catholic super-school could soon be revived despite overwhelming public opposition. Wales Humanists has called for a full review of school provision in Flintshire to make sure it reflects the needs and beliefs of the local population, following reports that proposals could be resurrected as early as next week.  The proposed plans would see four Catholic schools closed and replaced with a single 3-18 Catholic school in Flint, backed by Flintshire County Council, the Diocese of Wrexham, and the previous Welsh Government. Public consultations previously found significant opposition to the proposals, with concerns raised about long travel distances for pupils, safeguarding, environmental impacts, and the loss of local schools.  The debate also raises wider questions about whether the school system reflects modern Wales. The Catholic Dioceses report the number of Catholics in Wales to be approximately 7% of the population. Based on the 2021 Census, Christianity overall fell below half the population for the first time, …

How Tess Daly is publicly protecting herself after shocking split from husband of 22 years, Vernon Kay

How Tess Daly is publicly protecting herself after shocking split from husband of 22 years, Vernon Kay

Published by Sam Flores

Tess Daly and Vernon Kay revealed the shock news that they are “amicably” ending their 22-year marriage on Friday, with a statement on social media. The British TV personalities, who married in 2003, said in their joint message that they remain “great friends” and that there were “no other parties involved in the decision.” The couple married in 2003 (GETTY) While fans were no doubt blindsided by the news, the former husband and wife duo, looking happier than ever just weeks ago, on a lavish family holiday, the former Strictly Come Dancing host has made one move to publicly protect herself following the news. On her Instagram account, Tess has disabled the comments section from her most recent posts, likely to prevent followers from speculating about her recent split. The couple’s decision to part ways comes less than a year after Tess confirmed that she was stepping away from presenting Strictly Come Dancing, which she had been starring in since 2004. Surprising news The news feels particularly surprising as the former couple seems to have …

Anthropic says its most powerful AI cyber model is too dangerous to release publicly — so it built Project Glasswing

Anthropic says its most powerful AI cyber model is too dangerous to release publicly — so it built Project Glasswing

Published by skeptic

Anthropic on Tuesday announced Project Glasswing, a sweeping cybersecurity initiative that pairs an unreleased frontier AI model — Claude Mythos Preview — with a coalition of twelve major technology and finance companies in an effort to find and patch software vulnerabilities across the world’s most critical infrastructure before adversaries can exploit them. The launch partners include Amazon Web Services, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, JPMorganChase, the Linux Foundation, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Palo Alto Networks. Anthropic says it has also extended access to more than 40 additional organizations that build or maintain critical software, and is committing up to $100 million in usage credits for Claude Mythos Preview across the effort, along with $4 million in direct donations to open-source security organizations. The announcement arrives at a moment of extraordinary momentum — and extraordinary scrutiny — for the San Francisco-based AI startup. Anthropic disclosed on Sunday that its annualized revenue run rate has surpassed $30 billion, up from approximately $9 billion at the end of 2025, and the number of business customers each spending over $1 …

Courtney Love urges Dave Grohl to publicly squash their years-long feud: ‘Be man enough to man up’

Courtney Love urges Dave Grohl to publicly squash their years-long feud: ‘Be man enough to man up’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Courtney Love has called out Nirvana’s Dave Grohl for failing to tell his fans that they’re now on good terms after ending their decades-long feud. The Hole front woman – who was married to Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain for two years before his death – famously sued the band’s remaining members in 1997 to dissolve their limited liability company, which had been formed to manage Nirvana’s business dealings. While Grohl and band members Krist Novoselic countersued Love, they eventually reached a settlement in 2002, allowing a best-of compilation of Nirvana’s work to be released. Dave Grohl and Courtney Love hugging at Nirvana’s induction at Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2014 (Getty Images) Speaking on The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan podcast over 24 years later, Love said that she squashed her beef with Grohl over a decade ago and that the Foo …

Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau publicly address 13-year age gap in relationship

Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau publicly address 13-year age gap in relationship

Published by Daniella Wilson

One of the most surprising moments of 2025 was when I Kissed a Girl singer Katy Perry, 41, and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, 54, confirmed that they were in a relationship. The pair got together following Katy’s split from Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando Bloom, who she had been together with for nearly a decade. Katy and Justin have a 13-year age difference in their relationship, and on Friday, the pair addressed this in a playful post. Alongside a carousel of Katy’s recent days, the couple were seen together after taking a biological age test on their phones. Katy’s came out as 33, while her partner clocked in at 43. In the caption, the Dark Horse songstress teased: “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were?” Several of the singer’s fans started quoting the lyrics to her 2017 song, Act my Age, in response to the post, with one commenting: “ALEXA please play ACT MY AGE by queen Katy Perry,” and a second saying: “I won’t act …

Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year

Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year

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The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely co-founder and CEO Roy Lee shared with TechCrunch last summer was a lie, Lee admitted on Thursday on X. Wrote Lee, this “is the only blatantly dishonest thing i’ve said publicly online, so this is my formal retraction.” Yet his post on X also misrepresents the backstory of how and why he told TechCrunch his ARR in the first place. Lee says in that same post that he “got a random cold call from some woman asking about numbers and told her some bs, did not expect an article about it.” But that call occurred because Cluely’s public relations representative emailed TechCrunch and offered to make Lee available for a story. On Friday, Jun 27, 2025 at 8:38 a.m., Cluely’s PR person sent an email to TechCrunch reporter Marina Temkin that said, “I’d love to arrange an interview with Roy. Whether for a deeper dive into Cluely’s next phase or a fresh angle on his vision, we’d be happy to make it happen.” Temkin agreed. The PR …

Coronation Street spoilers next week: Theo publicly humiliates Todd

Coronation Street spoilers next week: Theo publicly humiliates Todd

Published by Daniella Wilson

Todd Grimshaw’s (Gareth Pierce) ordeal continues in Coronation Street next week, as Theo Silverton (James Cartwright) mocks his monetary woes in front of their neighbours. Meanwhile, Jodie Ramsey (Olivia Frances-Brown) is called out for dog fouling, and she worries that her abusive ex may be able to track her down as a result. There’s worries for Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan) amid his battle with groomer Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon), and Maggie Driscoll (Pauline McLynn) fears that her secret is about to be exposed. She is horrified to see that grandson Ollie (Raphael Akuwudike) is growing closer to Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney), and that son Ben (Aaron McCusker) has struck up a friendship with Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson). Here’s everything happening in Coronation Street between Monday 9 and Friday 13 March. 6 Coronation Street spoilers for next week 1. Theo Silverton forces penniless Todd Grimshaw to pay for his birthday meal Theo Silverton (James Cartwright) forces Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) to pay for their bill. ITV It’s Theo’s birthday, and he invites Gary and Maria to join …

Germany and France now publicly display their disagreements over Macron’s proposals

Germany and France now publicly display their disagreements over Macron’s proposals

Published by Sam Flores

Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée, in Paris, on February 9, 2026. KAMIL ZIHNIOGLU FOR LE MONDE The honeymoon between Paris and Berlin has proven brief. Nearly a year after the February 23, 2025, German parliamentary elections brought conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz to power, the atmosphere in both countries has come to resemble the one that prevailed under Merz’s predecessor, the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, who was in office from 2021 to 2025. Due to the lack of any real rapport between Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron, French-German relations had become frosty at the time. Despite the hopes raised by the election of Merz, who was touted as being committed to Europe and knowledgeable about French-German relations, behind the two leaders’ repeated displays of friendship for the cameras, France and Germany have stopped hiding their disagreements on key issues. The interview that Macron granted to several European newspapers, including Le Monde, on Tuesday, February 10, just two days ahead of an informal European summit and three days before the Munich Security Conference, was received with reservations …

Vinod Khosla publicly disavows Keith Rabois’ comments on ICE shooting

Vinod Khosla publicly disavows Keith Rabois’ comments on ICE shooting

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To understand the stance of an unwavering Trump loyalist after United States Custom and Enforcement shocked the nation this weekend by shooting another American citizen in Minneapolis, look no further than Khosla Ventures partner Keith Rabois. Rabois’ public support for ICE’s actions in the killing of Alex Pretti, made via posts on X, was so vehement that Khosla Ventures partner Ethan Choi and firm founder Vinod Khosla both publicly disavowed it. Rabois argued that Pretti was at fault, writing that the protester was committing a “felony.” One of Rabois’ posts said, “[N]o law enforcement has shot an innocent person. [I[llegals are committing violent crimes every day.” Another said: “[H]e unequivocally attempted to draw his weapon. [F]uck you.” In another post that discussed citizens’ ability to exercise their First, Second and Fourth Amendment rights, the VC responded weighed in to write: “[Y]es but interfering w a law enforcement operation is not protected by any of those amendments.” Among other comments, Rabois went on to say he doesn’t believe that the Minneapolis police could be credible sources …