Jun 23, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
SpaceX stock SPCX fell 16% on Monday, extending a three-day selloff. Cathie Wood's ARK Invest bought over 210,000 shares, seeing a buying opportunity. Peter Schiff mocked Elon Musk's paper loss of $150 billion, calling it larger than Warren Buffett's entire net worth. Analysts question the stock's valuation after its volatile post-IPO trading.
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Jun 23, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
New details from Michael Wolff’s Substack column expose Jeffrey Epstein’s role in the unraveling of Bill and Melinda French Gates’ marriage. Epstein portrayed Gates’ domestic life as a 'hellscape' and manipulated the situation for his own gain, while Melinda always distrusted the disgraced financier. The article explores the conflicting narratives and the impact on the Gates’ philanthropic work.
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Jun 22, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
A Chapman University student built a DIY C-3PO head that holds conversations using AI. The project uses a Raspberry Pi 5 and a custom LLM to replicate Threepio's voice and personality. Detailed steps and post-processing techniques are shared on GitHub.
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Jun 22, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Anthropic abruptly disabled its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models after a U.S. government export control directive, citing national security concerns. The move comes after the company spent months publicizing the dangers of its frontier AI, yet later released them as commercial products. A discovered jailbreak reportedly triggered the order, though Anthropic downplays the threat. The incident highlights the growing tension between AI safety rhetoric and regulatory action.
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Jun 22, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
The White House app will be automatically installed on all DHS mobile devices, according to an internal email. The app promises unfiltered updates from President Trump but has drawn criticism for data collection and potential security risks. Here’s what you need to know.
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Jun 22, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Prediction market Kalshi has asked its paid influencers to remove posts that questioned the integrity of the Los Angeles mayoral election. The move comes after right-wing influencers shared conspiracy theories about mail-in ballots favoring Democrats. Competitor Polymarket has not taken similar action, leaving its policy unclear.
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Jun 22, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
A roundup of recent news from the worlds of privacy and security, covering stablecoin regulations, quantum-safe security, AI model restrictions, surveillance laws, and more.
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Jun 22, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Chinese President Xi Jinping made a rare two-day visit to North Korea, his first in seven years, where he met with leader Kim Jong Un and called for enhanced strategic coordination and cooperation. The visit underscores China’s efforts to reassert its historic ties with Pyongyang amid growing closeness between North Korea and Russia. Xi emphasized unwavering commitment to bilateral friendship and pledged expanded cooperation in trade, agriculture, and technology. The summit also comes as global power dynamics shift under the second Trump administration.
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Jun 22, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Polish President Karol Nawrocki of behaving like former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán by stoking anti-Ukrainian sentiment for political advantage. The accusation follows Nawrocki's decision to strip Zelensky of Poland's highest state decoration, the Order of the White Eagle, over a historical dispute involving the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Zelensky insists the move is rooted in Polish domestic politics ahead of a leadership contest with Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
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