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Google Confirms Gemini Accessed Three Companies in Cybersecurity Test — 14hGemini stopped its own access to three real company systems in a May test after recognizing they were not fictional targets. Google discovered the breaches in July.

Rachel Meyers This kind of incident makes me think AI developers need stricter isolation rules for these experiments.

Waymo and Tokyo Partners Target Japan’s First Driverless Taxi Service in 2027 — 4dWaymo, GO, and Nihon Kotsu plan Japan’s first fully driverless commercial taxi service in Tokyo by 2027, with a phased rollout of up to about 100 Level 4 autonomous vehicles accessible via the GO and Waymo apps, pending safety verifications and regulatory approvals. The initiative follows extensive testing since 2025 and involves Nihon Kotsu on-site operations while Waymo provides the autonomous system and fleet management, illustrating a coordinated push toward wider autonomous mobility in Japan.

Nicole Hardy Starting with just 100 vehicles seems like a smart way to test the waters before scaling up.

Texas Entrepreneur Says Growth Exposes Operational Weaknesses — 2dAs a Texas entrepreneur, Christian Bolding argues that business growth reveals the need to evolve systems, leadership, and communication, not just scale. He emphasizes grounding expansion in short-term goals, ongoing learning, and attention to customer experience and internal processes to manage broader operations.

Rachel Meyers Bolding is right that growth quickly shows if your systems and leadership can handle it. Short-term goals and better internal processes are what actually keep things running.

West African Scientists Urge Stronger Outbreak Detection — 1dWest African laboratory scientists, meeting in Lomé, urged governments to bolster outbreak detection and diagnostic capacity to prevent a repeat of Ebola and COVID-19 crises, warning that weakening health systems and dependence on Western vaccines leave the region vulnerable. A regional conference and leaders like Arthur Garber stress using past outbreaks to strengthen surveillance and urge African governments to prioritize epidemic prevention and invest in diagnostics across the continent.

Mantic Raises $25M After Beating Human Forecasters — 1dLondon AI startup Mantic raised $25 million in seed funding led by Radical Ventures, with Microsoft’s M12, after its judgmental forecasting system beat all human forecasters at the Metaculus Cup, signaling strong demand from hedge funds, corporates, and governments for medium-term risk and scenario planning. Founded in 2024 by Toby Shevlane and Ben Day, Mantic blends human-style reasoning with backtested historical data to predict geopolitical, economic, and strategic events, targeting scenarios where traditional models struggle.

Nicole Hardy Beating the top human forecasters on Metaculus shows this approach could help with tricky geopolitical calls that pure models miss.

Impulse Space raises $308M in Series D extension round — 2dImpulse Space raised an additional $308 million in its Series D extension, bringing the round total to $808 million to fund expanded team, manufacturing, and continued development of its in-space mobility systems. The funding, along with recent government contracts, signals growing demand for post-launch spacecraft movement across commercial, civil, and defense customers.

Christmas Retailer Gordon Companies Files Chapter 11 BankruptcyBusiness — 2dGordon Companies, the Buffalo-area owner of Christmas Central, Christmas.com, Northlight and Pool Central, filed for Chapter 11 in the Western District of New York with estimated assets and liabilities between $10 million and $50 million and 200–999 creditors, including FedEx and UPS. The move follows years of operational and legal challenges tied to an underperforming inventory system, and the company says it will continue to operate during restructuring as retailers brace for a cautious holiday season.

India Sets MDR for High-Value UPI PaymentsFinance — 4dIndia’s government notified amendments to the Payment and Settlement Act prohibiting banks and system providers from charging customers for UPI transactions and RuPay debit card payments up to ₹2,000, expanding a no-fee digital payments regime. The move comes in the context of earlier changes to allow possible merchant MDR charges, though current guidance specifies the zero-charge rule applies to individual users up to ₹2,000.

Leo Terrell Blasts Penny Trial Judge For ‘Going Along’ With Bragg’s Plan For ‘Gaming The System’ — Dec 9, 2024Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell criticized Judge Maxwell Wiley Monday for allegedly “going along” with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s plan of “gaming the system” in the case against former Marine Daniel…

Despite Massive Fox News Settlement, Dominion CEO Has Bad News for the Voting System CompanyReporting — May 23, 2023How, exactly, does a company win a settlement worth more than three-quarters of a billion dollars and still manage to go belly-up? It sounds challenging, but the CEO of Dominion Voting Systems says that’s exactly what’s…

Law firms launch securities suits against five companies over alleged disclosures — 3dPomerantz LLP (with Robbins LLP handling Smartsheet matters) announced securities-class-action lawsuits and investor alerts against five companies—XTI Aerospace, Smartsheet, Park Ha Biological Technology, York Space Systems, and GoDaddy—alleging fraudulent conduct such as pump-and-dump schemes, undisclosed acquisition talks, and misleading buybacks, with deadlines for lead-plaintiff applications. The actions portray a pattern of alleged corporate fraud across diverse sectors, urging affected investors to come forward before the stated deadlines.

Marcus Bell Park Ha's case stands out as another reminder to research before jumping into smaller biotech stocks.

Biden Sharply Reducing Patriot Missile Defense Systems From Middle East Despite Hard-Line Leader’s ElectionReporting — Jun 20, 2021As an election in Iran signals that the going will get even tougher in the Middle East, some protection offered to American allies is going away. Eight Patriot anti-missile batteries are being yanked out of nations that…

PGA Tour Rules Out Further LIV Player Returns — 5dThe PGA Tour has reiterated that it is not considering a returning-member programme for LIV Golf players, even as Brooks Koepka previously returned under a limited-time path; Commissioner Brian Rolapp stressed accountability and a focus on the Tour's future as it rolls out a two-tier system in 2028. LIV Golf’s bankruptcy filing has left several top players as unsecured creditors, with the Public Investment Fund owning LIV's equity and signaling a potential reorganization toward early 2027.

Healthcare Industry Expands AI, Digital Imaging InvestmentsHealth — 5dHealthcare demand is rising with a shift to outpatient and ambulatory care, while providers pursue AI-driven efficiency and expanded government and payer contracting, including broader digital health platforms and SaaS models. Butterfly Network is accelerating semiconductor-based imaging into wider applications through partnerships and new products, supported by a large patent portfolio, while the broader Medical Info Systems sector emphasizes AI, data security, and cloud-based solutions amid regulatory scrutiny and ongoing growth.

COL. ROB MANESS: Congress Must Bust Repair Monopolies — Jul 31, 2025In combat zones, waiting on a civilian contractor to authorize or perform a basic repair can be the difference between mission success and catastrophic failure. I’ve seen it firsthand. When critical systems go down, you…

JASON LEWIS: Kash Patel Will Clean Things Up At The FBI — Dec 5, 2024“But I’m carrying the weight of all the useless junk “A modern man accumulates, “I’m a statistic in a system “That a civil servant dominates.” —Billy Joel, Running On Ice Lest you thought this was going to be easy. No…

Former Secret Service Member Doesn’t Think Agents Would Be Allowed in Jail Cell With TrumpOpinion — Aug 17, 2023How did we get to the point where we are talking about a former president of the United States actually going to prison for asking a question? Unlike in the federal system, where pardons can be issued by the president…

Progressive Lawmakers Unveil New High Stakes Tax Plan — Mar 4, 2026Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna are launching an aggressive new push to reshape the U.S. tax system — and they’re going straight for the top. The progressive duo announced the “Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair…

Yankees Fan Comes Up With a Novel Use for His Hotdog – Twitter Explodes After Video Goes ViralReporting — Aug 23, 2022A Yankees fan is going viral after a video of his use of a hotdog as a delivery system for his beer surfaced. On Monday night, a video surfaced on Twitter of a man using a straw to puncture a hotdog. He then places it…

Joy Behar, Who Is White, Insists Tim Scott Does Not Understand RacismOpinion — May 23, 2023“The View” co-host Joy Behar apparently believes Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) needs a lesson on systemic racism. On Tuesday, Behar decided to go off about how Scott, who is Black and grew up in…

NASA May Have Just Made a $4.1B Mistake – If This Bet Turns Bad, It’s Going to Get UglyReporting — Nov 10, 2022With a tropical system bearing down on the Sunshine State, NASA has decided to leave the $4.1 billion Artemis 1 rocket on the Cape Canaveral launch pad. This decision has left some worried that the anticipated launch of…

Fed-Up Woman Defies US Gov’t, Refuses to Back Down After Feds Try Forcing Her to Go CashlessOpinion — Mar 10, 2024Is cash not king anymore? For the American federal government , the answer appears to be no, much to the chagrin of Elizabeth Dasburg. As reported by USA Today , many of the sites handled by the National Park System…

Americans Go Scorched Earth on Psaki for Laughing at Those Concerned With ‘Soft-on-Crime’ PolicyOpinion — Feb 1, 2022White House press secretary Jen Psaki is taking heat for laughing at the idea of being concerned over “soft-on-crime” policies which have made their way into the justice system in several major left-wing cities and…

Georgia Election Official Urges Trump to Condemn Threats Against Voting Staff: ‘It Has to Stop’Reporting — Dec 1, 2020Georgia voting systems manager Gabriel Sterling is going after President Donald Trump for failing to denounce threats made against the state’s voting staff. Sterling grew angry as he began to mention a 20-year-old tech…