An immigrant rights and advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seeking records related to the agency’s use of Palantir tools. 404 Media first revealed a tool called ELITE and its links to Palantir in January, based in part on a leaked user guide for ...
Month: June 2026
Zelensky proposes face-to-face talks in open letter to PutinZelensky proposes face-to-face talks in open letter to Putin
Ukraine’s president tells the Russian leader that only “direct engagement” between the two countries could end the war, with the US focused on Iran. ...
‘It shatters my heart’: the fosters taking care of stressed former lab beagles‘It shatters my heart’: the fosters taking care of stressed former lab beagles
Hundreds of people applied to adopt beagles from a breeding facility – but ‘these are not ordinary dogs’, says one rescue worker In May, 1,500 beagles were released from Ridglan Farms, a breeding and bioresearch facility near Madison, Wisconsin. The event made headlines. Soon, a deluge of tear-jerking videos followed, ...
Why is Hasan Piker ‘not conducive to the public good’? Because on Gaza, we punish the witness, not the crime | Arwa MahdawiWhy is Hasan Piker ‘not conducive to the public good’? Because on Gaza, we punish the witness, not the crime | Arwa Mahdawi
The UK has banned Piker and Cenk Uygur from entry – but the objectionable things they’ve said are not more dangerous than Israel itself This week, the British government banned Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur, two leftwing US commentators with millions of followers, from entering the country on the grounds ...
Burnham says he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contestBurnham says he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest
The Greater Manchester Mayor would need to win the by-election in Makerfield to be a possible candidate. ...
Hyperscalers are strapped for cashHyperscalers are strapped for cash
Liz’s view The AI bill is coming due. For years, Alphabet did what most big companies do when flush with cash: It bought back stock. But after averaging $14 billion per quarter in buybacks over the past five years, the most profitable company in the US didn’t buy back a ...
The ‘Jensen effect’ is the new ‘Trump bump’ for stocksThe ‘Jensen effect’ is the new ‘Trump bump’ for stocks
Jensen Huang’s magic touch isn’t limited to Nvidia. Shares of AI infrastructure provider Nebius, chip design company Cadence, and hyperscaler CoreWeave all rose as much as 10% this week after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang complimented them on stage at a company event in Taiwan, according to an analysis from market-intelligence ...
Private credit withdrawals spikePrivate credit withdrawals spike
It’s that time of year again — private credit withdrawal season. Investors in Blackstone’s flagship private credit fund sought to yank 10% of their money this quarter, showing that the jitters engulfing the industry may be deepening. At Cliffwater’s main lending fund, the figure was 17%. Requests at both funds ...
A soccer team bet against itself. This is the (good) future of prediction markets.A soccer team bet against itself. This is the (good) future of prediction markets.
The Scoop The owners of a top-tier Spanish soccer team had to move fast. Coming into the final game of the season, the club was on the brink of getting kicked down to a lower league, which would have meant millions in lost ticket and broadcast revenue. So they turned ...
A debut novel flavored with Urdu and Arabic slangA debut novel flavored with Urdu and Arabic slang
, by Sufiyaan Salam. Composed in English and flavored with Pakistani Urdu and Arabic slang, this debut novel by a director of music videos for Elton John follows three young men of South Asian descent on a single boisterous evening on Manchester’s “Curry Mile.” A young Salam began reading James ...