Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Oil Soars Over 9% After Israel Attacks Iran
June 12th, 2025Via: RTE: Oil prices surged more than 9% today, hitting their highest in almost five months after Israel struck Iran, dramatically escalating tensions in the Middle East and raising worries about disrupted oil supplies.
Apple Introduces Digital Passport IDs, Marking Major Step Toward Normalized Digital ID Integration
June 12th, 2025Via: Reclaim the Net: Apple’s latest announcement at WWDC 2025 marks another step in the steady integration of digital identity into everyday mobile technology. With iOS 26 set to introduce passport-based digital IDs in Apple Wallet, users will soon be able to present a digital form of identification at supported TSA checkpoints and within certain […]
“Walmart Goes Big With Drone Delivery Expansion”
June 11th, 2025Via: Wired: Walmart, with its partner Wing, plans to bring drone delivery to 100 new stores in five new US cities: Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando, and Tampa.
Massie Plan: Throw The Big Beautiful Bill In The Trash. Start Over… Skinny
June 6th, 2025Massie plan: Throw the big beautiful bill in the trash. Start over… skinny! Extend 2017 tax cuts End Green New Deal cold turkey No bloat for military industrial complex No SALT No pork Realistic border funding Serious Medicaid reform $1 spending cuts for $1 new tax cuts — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) June 6, 2025
Britain: Downing Street ‘Exploring Plan for Digital ID Cards’
June 6th, 2025Via: Independent: Downing Street is exploring a proposal to introduce digital ID cards for every adult in Britain in a move to tackle the UK’s illegal migration crisis, according to reports. The new “BritCard” would be used to check on an individual’s right to live and work in Britain, with senior No 10 figures examining […]
AI Datacenter in Texas Will Have Its Own 1.2GW Gas Power Plant
June 5th, 2025Data Center Executives Pivot Toward Onsite Power: In November, data center leaders said they expected approximately 30% of all data center sites to use some onsite power as a primary energy source supplemental to the grid by 2030, 2.3 times more than just seven months earlier. The report noted there were more data center announcements […]
Trump Calls for Unlimited Debt
June 4th, 2025pic.twitter.com/dkEwZY0rUa — cryptogon (@cryptogon) June 5, 2025 pic.twitter.com/ZdUKQDtChp — cryptogon (@cryptogon) June 5, 2025 Via: The Hill: President Trump doubled down Wednesday on calls to scrap the nation’s debt ceiling, pressing for bipartisan action to abolish it and finding common ground with Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.). “I am very pleased to announce that, after […]
Amazon to Test Humanoid Robots for Package Delivery with Rivian Electric Vans
June 4th, 2025Via: Electrek: Amazon is about to start testing humanoid robots for package delivery. The goal is for the robots to come out of the Rivian electric delivery vans and bring packages to your door. Over 20,000 Rivian electric vans are currently used to deliver Amazon packages, and the number is expected to increase to 100,000 […]
The Agenda: Their Vision, Your Future
June 4th, 2025Via: Oracle Films:
Fraud Costing U.S. Government Hundreds of Billions a Year as Crime Rings Use Stolen Identities
June 4th, 2025Let me guess: We all need to be put into Palantir’s expanded version of Main Core, to deal with this. Am I close? Via: CBS: Last year, the Government Accountability Office released a report estimating the federal government loses as much as $521 billion a year to fraud. But Miller and other fraud experts believe […]
