2026-04-28

Horseshit

• Kenya's Sabastian Sawe is first person to run sub-2-hour marathon

• The Hottest Phone for Kids Right Now Is a $100 Landline

• Goldman, JPMorgan Show Wall Street's Split in Quantum Computing Race

• Healthy life expectancy gap between rich and poor has widened

• The Mushroom That Makes People Have the Exact Same Hallucination

• Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want

• Cheaper than "Bambi": Video Chat with Jesus for $1.99 per Minute

celebrity gossip

• Larry Ellison's Wealth Differs from Other Tech Billionaires

Musk

• Musk vs. Altman lawsuit over OpenAI starts today

  • The legal showdown between Elon Musk and Sam Altman begins today

  • Can Musk force OpenAI to stay a nonprofit? AI's most anticipated trial starts

• DOJ Backs Musk's xAI in First Amendment Fight over Colorado AI Law

  • The DOJ is backing xAI in its lawsuit against Colorado

• SpaceX launching powerful Falcon Heavy rocket for 1st time in 18 months on April 27.

• SpaceX warns probes into abusive AI imagery could cause headaches for IPO

• X's translate feature injects Zionist propaganda

Info Rental / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Framework's new Linux laptop is selling faster than its Windows one

• Reported losses to scams on social media eight times higher than in 2020

Space / Boomy Zoomers / UFO

• Eight months early and under budget, the Roman Telescope is ready to launch

• Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas Left a Trail of Methane in Its Wake

  • It had been a long night; surely we all do that sometimes

• FAA to begin collecting user fees for commercial launches

AI Will (Save | Destroy) The World

• Google banks on AI edge to catch up to cloud rivals Amazon and Microsoft

• DeepSeek Slashes Fees for New AI Model

• DeepSeek V4 is a display of Huawei AI chip's capabilities

• Hyperscale data center in Utah to consume more power than entire state

• AI can cost more than human workers now

• OpenAI boss 'deeply sorry' for not telling police of mass shooter's account

  • OpenAI CEO Apologizes for Not Flagging Mass Shooting Suspect to Police

• The Iran war is hitting the AI supply chain where it hurts

• Microsoft to Stop Sharing Revenue with Main AI Partner OpenAI

  • OpenAI shakes up partnership with Microsoft, capping revenue share

  • OpenAI and Microsoft Reach Deal to Give Startup New Freedom

  • OpenAI and Microsoft renegotiated their deal for the second time in 6 months

• Google DeepMind Paper Argues LLMs Will Never Be Conscious

• OpenAI could be making a phone with AI agents replacing apps

• Taylor Swift files to trademark voice and image after AI concerns

• David Silver of DeepMind raises $1B to build AI that learns without human data

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Oracle cutting thousands in latest layoff round, continues to ramp AI spending

• Oracle's Deluge of AI Debt Pushes Wall Street to the Limit

• US power demand to reach record highs in 2026–2027 driven by AI and data centers

• Corporate America Is Minting Money–and Not Just in Tech and Finance

• How the Iran war put billions of Gulf-backed dealmaking in doubt

• Healthcare is driving America's economy

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• California's Billionaire Tax Has the Signatures to Make the Ballot, Backers Say

  • Billionaire-tax backers say they have 2x signatures needed to qualify for ballot

  • California's Billionaire Tax Has the Signatures to Make the Ballot

• Legislature weighs law change to give Alaskans 'right to repair' electronics

• What 'Rescheduling' of Marijuana Means for Americans

• A bank robber's cellphone gave him away. Now the case is at the Supreme Court

  • US Supreme Court Reviews Police Use of Cell Location Data to Find Criminals

  • Supreme Court weighs constitutionality of geofence warrants

• Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Landmark Roundup Weedkiller Case

Left Angst

• Trump turns the WHCD shooting into a pitch for the White House ballroom

• Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration

  • National Science Board eviscerated; Trump admin fires all 22 members

  • Trump admin fires independent board overseeing the National Science Foundation

• It's the Age of Electricity and America Isn't Ready

• What Happens If the U.S. Seizes AI Companies?

• How Trump is moving to control U.S. elections, one state at a time

• Sergey Brin Moves to the Right, with a 'MAGA Girlfriend' by His Side

• The China-shocked towns are coming back?

• Trump Administration Will Pay More Energy Firms to Cancel Wind Farms

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• CIA ran MK-Ultra experiments on prisoners of war declassified docs confirm

World

• French teen who licked vending machine straw faces years in jail in Singapore

• Italy to extradite suspected Chinese hacker wanted by US authorities

• Creation of Canada's first sovereign wealth fund

• Europe regulated itself into American vassalage

Iran / Houthi

• Crypto scam lures ships into Strait of Hormuz, falsely promising safe passage

• Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts its blockade and the war ends

• Complex that supplies 70% of global critical PCB base targeted in Iranian strike

  In yet another blow to the broader industry, Iran hit the Jubail petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia on 7th April, bringing the production of high-purity polypropylene ether (PPE) resin, a critical base material for manufacturing PCB laminate, to a complete stop.

  • Iran war disrupts the circuit board supply chain, raises costs for tech firms

Israel

• Canva apologizes after its AI tool replaces 'Palestine' in designs

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• "Grandma, get on": Ukrainian robot carried 77-year-old from grey zone near Lyman

China

• China blocks Meta's $2B purchase of AI startup Manus

  • China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus

  • China blocks Meta's $2B acquisition of AI startup Manus

  • China orders Meta to unwind $2B buy of AI startup Manus

  • China blocks Meta from acquiring AI startup Manus

  • China blocks Meta from acquiring AI startup Manus

  • China blocks Meta's $2B purchase of AI group Manus

• China's Plans to Fight in Space

• China car giant BYD says it can thrive without US

• China warns EU over 'Made in Europe' plan, vows countermeasures

Health / Medicine

• FDA Approves First-Ever Gene Therapy for Treatment of Genetic Hearing Loss

  • FDA approves first gene therapy for genetic hearing loss

• Portable Brain Scanners Bring Stroke Diagnosis to the Middle of Nowhere

• Ketamine, psychedelics, GHB: is the US falling out of love with cocaine?

• Fructose malabsorption increases anxiety in male human and animal models

• Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue's $7.4B Bankruptcy Settlement

• Why Food Additives May Not Be FDA Reviewed

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Millions Are Turning to a Cheaper, Electricity-Free Cooling Solution

• Environmentalists in Western Balkans call for renewables over US gas projects

• Can birds catch diseases from birdbaths?

• Meet The Octopus With Enough Venom To Kill 26 Humans. Hint: It’s The Size Of A Golf Ball.

• A common weed killer left an epigenetic footprint in early-onset colon cancer

  observed that the incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer was significantly associated with picloram use, even after adjusting for sociodemographic factors and exposure to other pesticides. Picloram has been used as a herbicide since the mid-1960s