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View More Newsfrom the how-dare-anyone-expect-the-doj-to-follow-the-law dept Just last week we had the story of the Trump DOJ issuing very questionable subpoenas of NY Times journalists while trying to track down who leaked information to those reporters regarding the potentially catastrophic security flaws of the “gift” 747 plane he received from Qatar. As we noted in that original post, this appeared to be a wholly abusive use of the government’s subpoena powers, and well outside the norm. On Thursday, the DOJ agreed to withdraw those subpoenas, but only after a long court hearing in which the DOJ thoroughly embarrassed itself in front of…
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Three thousand years ago, Homer gave us the face that launched a thousand ships. This weekend, Christopher Nolan gave us the film that launched a million grifts, and he buried them.His Odyssey opened to $124 million domestically and a whopping $264 million worldwide. The haul does not prove the film is good. It does prove that the seven-month social-media campaign against it face-planted the moment real people bought tickets.Their indictment ran on three charges. Nolan cast Lupita Nyong’o, a black actress, as Helen of Troy, the legendary beauty of the ancient world. Elliot Page, the transgender star, was said to…
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The crypto market continues to mature with growing institutional participation, and memecoins are paying the price.The combined market capitalization of DOGE$0.06905 and shiba inu…
World Foundation has raised an initial $52.5 million through a sale of locked WLD tokens to strategic investors, with Pantera Capital leading the funding…
In brief Claude Opus 5, released July 24, costs $5 per million input tokens—identical to its predecessor Opus 4.8 and exactly half the price…
Universities exist to advance knowledge through cutting-edge research and by training the next generation of thought leaders. Artificial intelligence is a growing part of…
In brief South Korean prosecutors charged five over a “rug pull” on Solana meme coin launchpad Pump.fun, in the first use of the country’s…
Back in business: Tensions appear to be mounting again between the U.S. and Iran. Yesterday, Iran accused the U.S. of a “grave violation” after…
Banca Sella said it became the first Italian lender to secure a crypto services license from the Bank of Italy under the European Union’s…
China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) said it will study new adjudication rules for virtual currency and cross-border finance cases as part of a broader…
In brief Robinhood launched Agentic Trading and an Agentic Credit Card, letting third-party AI agents execute stock trades and make purchases on users’ behalf.…
from the pretending-to-be-open-to-input dept As we’ve previously noted, Brendan Carr recently launched a series of phony inquiries into ABC because Jimmy Kimmel made fun…
Orca, one of the biggest decentralized exchanges on Solana, is launching new infrastructure aimed at bringing regulated real-world assets onchain, as crypto firms push…
New York, May 27, 2026 – ETHConf, produced by ETHGlobal, will bring more than 5,000 attendees, 150+ speakers, and 100+ companies to the Javits…