Netflix teams up with NASA to boost its live TV offering

Netflix and NASA announced a new partnership that will bring live space programming to the streaming service later this summer. 

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Trump: Hey, NY, Nice City You Have There. Be A Shame If I Withheld Funds

Fox News's Maria Bartiroma interviewed Donald Trump, and he once again sounded like a Mafia boss. He promised to withhold funding for New York City if presumptive Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani wins the November general election and doesn't do the "right thing."

Donald also described Mamdani as a "Communist," which isn't too surprising since his party is trying to attach an "ist" to the Democrat, just as they've done with Obama, Biden, and Harris.

In this one clip, Trump used the word Communist four times to describe the Democratic candidate.

"He's a communist," Donald falsely said. "I think it is very bad for New York. I don't know that he's going to get in. It is inconceivable that he is."

"If he does get in, I'm going to be president, and he's going to have to do the right thing or they're not getting any money," Trump added. "He's got to do the right thing."

Mamdani is a self-described Democratic Socialist, not a communist or a socialist. Words mean things.

On 'Meet the Press,' Mamdani responded to Trump calling him a communist, saying, "He wants to distract from what I'm fighting for, I'm fighting for the very working people he ran a campaign to empower that he has since then betrayed."

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'Sleazebags': The Whiny Titty Baby's Diaper Is On Overload

One of Dan Alexander's articles on Trump for Forbes has really gotten under Donald's skin, so much that he posted a hateful rant on Truth Social, calling the journalist "untalented" with "evil intentions."

Alexander calculated that Trump's various crypto ventures have generated about $1 billion in income, significantly increasing his net worth to an estimated $5.6 billion. In a separate piece, Alexander writes that Barron Trump could possibly have earned nearly $40 million through his father's crypto venture.

In another article, Alexander writes, "Donald Trump spent so many years lying about the square footage of his properties that his own company did not even seem sure of their true size."

You get the picture, and Donald is mad.

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Newsmax Warns Dem Mayoral Candidate Will Bring 'Animal Sacrifices' To NYC

Newsmax pundit Ike Wingate warned that animal sacrifices are "coming" if Zohran Mamdani is elected as mayor of New York City.

Left-leaning writer Ellis Henican kicked off a panel on Sunday by praising Mamdani as a "very charismatic" person who ran a "terrific campaign."

"This guy being the poster child for the Democrat [sic] Party is going to be beautiful for Republicans because these policies don't work," Wingate replied. "He wants to empty the jails. He thinks that violence is an artificial construct. He wants government grocery stores? I mean, we've all been to the DMV. We know that won't work."

"This guy is a radical, and it shows you Democrats vote on emotion, not substance. He's an ear tickler," he continued. "He actually is an anti-Semite... There's no doubt about it."

Wingate pointed to Muslim officials who were elected in Hamtramck, Michigan.

"They banned pride flags, and they actually voted for animal sacrifice in people's backyards," he opined. "Get ready, New York City, because that's coming to your city if you are going to bring this guy in."

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Authors call on publishers to limit their use of AI

An open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire calls on book publishers to pledge to limit their use of AI tools, for example by committing to only hire human audiobook narrators.

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Chesebro Disbarred In New York For Fake Elector Scheme

Former Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro has been disbarred in the State of New York for being the "architect" of Trump's fake elector scheme in his attempt to steal the 2020 elections:

“We note that respondent’s criminal conduct—conspiracy to commit filing false documents—is unquestionably serious, inasmuch as he admitted to unlawfully conspiring to knowingly file a document in a public record having reason to know that such document is false or contains a materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation, with one or more of the co-conspirators doing any overt act to effect the object of the conspiracy,” the decision read.

"On that basis alone, respondents conduct brings into question his integrity and fitness to continue engaging in the practice of law in New York," the appellate court said of the Harvard Law School grad.

The court also found that on "a larger scale," Chesebro's conduct "undercuts the very notion of our constitutional democracy that he, as an attorney, swore an oath to uphold.”

The panel also noted Chesebro’s “cavalier attitude regarding his actions, particularly in the face of his extensive ground in areas of constitutional and election law, largely aggravates his conduct.”

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Meta is offering multi-million pay for AI researchers, but not $100M ‘signing bonuses’

Meta is offering multi-million pay packages to AI researchers. But no one is really getting an $100 million "signing bonus."

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Dem Rep. Humiliates Two-Time Loser Kari Lake

Rep. Greg Stanton, from Arizona's 4th congressional district hammered Kari Lake ceaselessly as being a loser, an election denier, Trump propagandist, and he begged her to run for office in Arizona once again.

Lake showed her uncouth temperament by inventing a smear that Stanton was rumored to have a gay lover, which the Congressman immediately asked for her unfounded remarks to be scrubbed from the record.

Rep. Stanton then pillaried Lake with truth bombs that got under her skin. He called out her being sanctioned by the courts for providing false evidence, and making false factual statements to the court.

STANTON: You are an adjudicated liar and a two-time political loser in Arizona.

I have one final question. I have one final question for you, Ms. Lake, you have a chance to answer.

One final question.

The gentlelady will suspend, please.

Go ahead.

You lost for governor in 2022 to Katie Hobbs. You lost even worse to Ruben Gallego for Senate in 2024.

Well, Arizona has another election for governor next year.

Will you do us all a favor and run it back and run for governor again?

Trump only picks the worst of the worst to fill roles in the US government.

Kari is certainly one of the worst election deniers within the MAGA cult.

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Pete Hegseth Tries To Bully Fox News Reporter, Fails Miserably

Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth blasted Fox News Pentagon reporter Jennifer Griffin for intentionally "misrepresenting" what Trump says, but she vociferously clapped back.

On Tuesday, Fox News Pentagon reporter Jennifer Griffin explained that the US military was uncertain how much damage they've actually done and has no idea where 900 pounds of enriched uranium is.

This flies in the face of Trump's constant refrain that Iran's nuclear facilities were obliterated. Therefore, the Secretary of Defense was dispatched to smear her, and anyone else who dares to question the Great and Powerful OzTrump.

When Griffin stood up to him, he backed down.

GRIFFIN: It's about highly enriched uranium. Do you have certainty that all the highly enriched uranium was inside the Fordow Mountain or some of it, because there were satellite photos that showed more than a dozen trucks there two days in advance. Are you certain none of that highly enriched uranium was moved?

HEGSETH: Of course, we're watching every single aspect. But Jennifer, you've been about the worst, the one who misrepresents the most intentionally, what the president says.

I'm familiar.

GRIFFIN: I was the first to report about the ventilation shafts on Saturday night. And in fact, I was the first to describe the B-2 bombers, the refueling, the entire mission with great accuracy. So I take issue with that.

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AOC Hits Clueless RFK Jr. Over The Real 'Waste, Fraud And Abuse' In Medicare Advantage

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez proves once again that she's very good at her job, while Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proves he's very bad at his.

During a House Energy Commerce and Health Committee hearing this Tuesday, Cortez questioned Kennedy about reports that UnitedHealth Group is under investigation for criminal Medicare Advantage fraud, and Kennedy was apparently completely unaware of the investigation, or that his department is just shoveling more money at them while it's going on.

Here's the exchange where Kennedy looked like a deer in the headlights:

AOC: In the health care space, something that we've both spoken to is that some of the worst actors are in the for-profit medical space.

RKF: Are?

AOC: Are in for profit health insurance, big pharma, etc., and one of the worst companies actually is UnitedHealthcare in this respect. UnitedHealthcare is the largest health insurance company in the country.

They are the largest employer of doctors and own thousands of pharmacies, clinics, surgery centers, and home health agencies, as well as hospice providers.

Secretary Kennedy, are you aware that President Trump's Department of Justice is reportedly investigating UnitedHealthcare for criminal insurance fraud in some of their for-profit health insurance plans like Medicare Advantage?

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Sam Altman comes out swinging at The New York Times

From the moment OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stepped onstage, it was clear this was not going to be a normal interview. Altman and his chief operating officer, Brad Lightcap, stood awkwardly toward the back of the stage at a jam-packed San Francisco venue that typically hosts jazz concerts. Hundreds of people filled steep theatre-style seating […]

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Kalshi closes $185M round as rival Polymarket reportedly seeks $200M

Investors are pouring big bucks into these two rival prediction markets.

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The All-In Podcast’s $1,200 tequila has already sold out

The VCs, pod bros, and self proclaimed “besties” of the All-In podcast launched their own tequila brand on Saturday night and it promptly sold out.

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ICE Agents Bar Norwegian From Entering U.S. After JD Vance Meme Found

This is so stupid, it must be true. "Mr Mikkelsen claimed the officers then threatened him with a $5,000 fine or five years in prison if he refused to give the password to his mobile phone." Face palm.

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A Norwegian tourist claims he was harassed and refused entry to the US after immigration officers found a meme of JD Vance on his phone.

Mads Mikkelsen, 21, arrived at New Jersey's Newark Airport on June 11, excited about his holiday.

But, his plans were thrown into disarray when he was reportedly pulled aside by border control and put in a cell.

The tourist was then subjected to what he described to Norwegian outlet Nordlys as an 'abuse, of power and harassment'.

'They asked questions about drug trafficking, terrorist plots and right-wing extremism totally without reason,' he told the outlet.

Mr Mikkelsen, claimed the officers then threatened him with a $5,000 fine or five years in prison if he refused to give the password to his mobile phone.

The guards reportedly found a meme on the device's camera roll showing US vice president JD Vance with a bald, egg-shaped head.

Mikkelsen said after discovering the image the authorities sent him home to Norway the same day.

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Canada says telcos were breached in China-linked espionage hacks

Salt Typhoon previously hacked phone and telco giants across the United States.

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GOPer Blames

In May 2024, Florida Republican Rep. Kat Cammack arrived at the emergency room and learned her life was in danger. She needed the same reproductive healthcare that she had worked with colleagues to deny other women through Florida's six-week abortion ban. And here's the kicker: She blames "The Left."

The Wall Street Journal reports that Cammack needed to be injected with a shot of methotrexate, and she told the outlet that doctors and nurses who saw her said they were worried about losing their licenses or going to jail if they gave her drugs to end her pregnancy.

We've seen this happen over and over again ever since the right, with Trump at the helm, began attacking women's rights to health care.

On the 31st, Cammack said a doctor found the embryo implanted where the fallopian tube meets the uterus, which is considered a cornual ectopic pregnancy. “If this ruptures, it’ll kill you,” he told her.

That's when Cammack decided she needed the shot of methotrexate, which blocks folic acid needed by the embryo to grow.

“What happens to women who don’t have a car?" she asked. "What happens to the women who don’t have their doctor’s cellphone number? Hell—do they have a doctor? What happens to them?”

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GOP Lawmaker: Publicly Funded Daycare Is Socialist Daycare

Pennsylvania Republican Jamie Barton is really, really against one taxpayer dollar going to working families trying to make ends get help paying for daycare:

And $55 million is very much like my colleague, Robert Ledbetter, so Representative Ledbetter said, is the start of state-run daycare. It's the start of a socialist daycare, which I don't think, no, no, no, I don't think. I wouldn't want my child to go

Could you imagine it?! You send little Johnny to daycare and then he is turned into a little Mao or a little Lenin without your permission! Oh, the horrors!

You just know that Barton is extremely pro-life and would approve of an absolute abortion ban with no exemptions. In other words, he's pro-fetus but anti-child. That's a rather disturbing combination.

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MAGA Prophet: God Will Avenge Mike Lindell In The Court Of Appeals

After claiming God would vindicate the My Pillow CEO in the defamation suit of Mike Lindell(whoops, #Fail) self-proclaimed MAGA mental case prophet Hank Kunneman now says Lindell will win on appeal because he's in the hands of the court of heaven now.

Don't laugh! That "victory is just around the corner" dollar is a good dollar!

These freaks litter the internet like the fungus in The Last of Us.

I kept hearing when I prayed for Mike something about an appeal. And I heard when I was praying that there has been an appeal that has gone before the court of heaven which is amazing.

That's the highest court of all. You cannot mess with God.

I've written many posts about this nutcase.

He's always wrong, but the Evangelicals in the MAGA cult don't care.

The "court of heaven" has nothing to do with the actual appeals court, and the actual case on Earty will fail for Lindell.

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European leaders worry they’re too reliant on U.S. tech

European governments may be reconsidering their use of American technology and services, according to a new report in The New York Times.

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Cluely, a startup that helps ‘cheat on everything,’ raises $15M from a16z

The controversial AI startup was founded earlier this year.

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TechCrunch Mobility: Applied Intuition’s eye-popping valuation, the new age of micromobility, and Waymo’s wild week

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Waymo might be the largest commercial robotaxi operator — offering 250,000 paid rides per week — but it is hardly smooth.  The past seven days in Waymo’s […]

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The new math: why seed investors are selling their winners earlier

Charles Hudson had just closed his fifth fund several months ago – $66 million for Precursor Ventures – when one of his limited partners asked him to run an exercise. What would have happened, the LP wondered, if Hudson had sold all his portfolio companies at Series A? What about Series B? Or Series C? […]

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Right Wing Wisconsin Justice Is Looking For An Escape Route

Federalist and Wisconsin Supreme Court Rebecca Bradley is supposed to be up for reelection in the spring of 2026. But word is growing that she is desperately seeking an escape route from having to run against the very popular Judge Chris Taylor.

Former radio squawk show host and current podcast squawk show host is going around telling everybody and anybody that will listen to his rantings that Bradley is looking for ways not to run in the spring:

True, Bradley has advantages that Kelly and Schimel didn’t have. She is a woman and Wisconsin voters have made it clear they prefer women to men on the Supreme Court. Six of the seven justices are women and the only man to beat a female opponent for the court in the last decade was Brian Hagedorn. And, Bradley has the name recognition that comes with incumbency.

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Did Trump Declare War Against Iran Without Telling Anyone?

Earlier Tuesday on Air Force One, Donald Trump told the people of Tehran to evacuate the city, while tweeting "we" have complete and total control of the skies over Iran.

Who the f*ck is "we?"

The country thought only Israel was involved in the conflict with Iran. Did he make a unilateral decision to join their cause?

Trump was asked if he is open to negotiating with Iran, and he replied that right now he prefers to wait and see. He was in the middle of a negotiation with Iran!

TRUMP: Their cities have been blown to pieces and lost a lot of people.

They should have done the deal. I told them, do the deal. So I don't know.

I'm not too much in the mood to negotiate now.

Q: Do you think you'll be in the Situation Room tomorrow at any point?

TRUMP: Tomorrow morning, girl, while you're sleeping. Goodbye, everyone. (misogynistic, much?)

REPORTER: Do you want to evacuate Tehran? You know how you posted evacuate?

TRUMP: I think it's safer.

A lot of bad things happening there. No, I think it's safer for them to evacuate

It's as if Trump is telling Tehran, missiles and bombs are coming.

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Six-month-old, solo-owned vibe coder Base44 sells to Wix for $80M cash

In Base44's six months as a stand-alone company, it reportedly grew to 250,000 users and nearly $200,000 in monthly profits.

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Midjourney launches its first AI video generation model, V1

Midjourney, one of the most popular AI image generation startups, announced on Wednesday the launch of its much-anticipated AI video generation model, V1. V1 is an image-to-video model, in which users can upload an image — or take an image generated by one of Midjourney’s other models — and V1 will produce a set of […]

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Amazon expects to reduce corporate jobs due to AI

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy expects that AI automations will both change how people work and change the number of people needed.

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Democratic NYC Mayoral Candidate Arrested By Masked ICE Agents

While Donald J. Trump is making war noises toward Iran, Americans are dealing with a war on U.S. soil: mass deportations. Donald's border Czar Tom Homan has made veiled threats to arrest Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. A Democratic mayor was detained. A union leader was arrested during a protest. A Democratic U.S. Senator was roughed up for asking Kristi Noem a question.

And today, masked federal agents swarmed New York City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander at an immigration court. He was handcuffed and arrested after trying to accompany an individual, who had their case dismissed pending appeal earlier in the day, out of a courtroom.

Lander yelled to the agents, "Show me your warrant! Show me your badge!" In a video, Lander says, “I’m not obstructing. I’m standing right here in the hallway. I asked to see the judicial warrant.

“You don‘t have the authority to arrest US citizens asking for a judicial warrant,” Lander added.

Lander's campaign spokesperson confirmed the arrest.

.@bradlander campaign spokes confirms Lander was just arrested by ICE at immigration court https://t.co/h0vLSJJCnU

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Tumblr’s content filtering systems have been falsely flagging posts as ‘mature,’ users blame AI

Tumblr users are complaining that content is being falsely labeled as mature, the latest tech company to grapple with automated flagging and takedowns.

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Finland warms up the world’s largest sand battery, and the economics look appealing

Pornainen recently turned on a 100 MWh thermal battery filled with ground up soapstone.

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Instagram tests a reposts feature

Instagram is testing the ability for users to repost posts, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday.

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Singer Sings National Anthem Defiantly In Spanish At Dodger Stadium

Imagine getting ready to sing in front of 50,000 Dodgers fans and being told that the team has changed its mind and would prefer the anthem be sung in English instead. Most singers would cave in that situation and acquiesce to the team's request (demand). According to Vanessa Hernández, aka Nezza, she decided to ignore them and sing it in Spanish, as planned.

Oh, and yes, fuck the Dodgers and all the other corporate cowards who run baseball.

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Singer and social media personality Nezza sang the national anthem in Spanish at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night.

And, according to a video the performer later posted to social media, she did so against the wishes of the Dodgers organization.

In a video Nezza, whose full name is Vanessa Hernández, posted to TikTok, an unidentified Dodgers employee is heard telling her before Saturday’s performance that “we are going to do the song in English today, so I’m not sure if that wasn’t relayed.”

Then, the video cuts to Nezza — who was wearing a Dominican Republic shirt — singing a Spanish version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” on the field ahead of the Dodgers’ win against the San Francisco Giants.

The video’s caption: “So I did it anyway.”

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Mike Pence Hits Trump For Using Military On Protesters While Pardoning J6ers

Former Vice President Mike Pence slammed his former boss, President Donald Trump, for using the military on anti-ICE protesters despite pardoning the January 6 rioters.

"FBI director, Kash Patel, warned to U.S., to L.A. protesters, rather, he said, hit a cop, you're going to jail," CNN's Dana Bash told Pence on Sunday. "This is from a director who supported the president pardoning all the rioters, including the ones who beat up police officers who are defending the Capitol, defending you on January 6th."

"It's a correct statement," Pence replied. "We simply cannot allow or stand by while people in the midst of protests, assault, law enforcement officers."

"It's one of the reasons I thought the president was wrong," he added, "to pardon people who assaulted police officers on January 6th."

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Spiraling with ChatGPT

ChatGPT seems to have pushed some users towards delusional or conspiratorial thinking, according to a recent feature in The New York Times.

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Taiwan places export controls on Huawei and SMIC

Chinese companies Huawei and SMIC may have a difficult time accessing resources needed to build AI chips, due to Taiwanese export controls.

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Do You Hear The People Sing? They're Saying 'No Kings!'

Remember: There are more of us than them. The people are standing up everywhere. If you don't see your local protest, leave it in the comments:

Happy NO KINGS DAY in Palm Beach Florida! A short distance from MAR-A- LARDO

— TriciaE (@triciae80.bsky.social) 2025-06-14T14:29:07.073Z

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Shortly after the Atlanta #nokings event kicked off at 10, organizers said Liberty Plaza near the state Capitol had already reached maximum capacity of 5,000.

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Disney, Universal Sue AI Company For Copyright Infringement

In the first major Hollywood lawsuit, Disney and Universal are suing AI firm Midjourney for copyright infringement -- and they asked for a jury trial. Via NPR:

The 110-page lawsuit, filed Wednesday in a U.S. district court in Los Angeles, includes detailed appendices illustrating the plaintiffs' claims with visual examples and alleges that Midjourney stole "countless" copyrighted works to train its AI engine in the creation of AI-generated images.

Many companies have gone after AI firms for copyright infringement, such as The New York Times (which sued OpenAI and Microsoft), Sony Music Entertainment (which filed a suit against AI song generator startups Suno and Udio) and Getty Images (against Stability AI). But this is the first time major Hollywood players have joined the fight against the AI landscape.

The suit accuses Midjourney, a well-known force in the AI image generation space with around 20 million registered users, according to data insights company Demandsage, of "selling an artificial intelligence ("AI") image-generating service ("Image Service") that functions as a virtual vending machine, generating endless unauthorized copies of Disney's and Universal's copyrighted works."

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New details emerge on Meta’s $14.3B deal for Scale

Meta’s deal to sort-of but not really acquire AI startup Scale, giving it 49% ownership, is certainly unusual.

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Trump Fails At Burning Los Angeles To The Ground

Donald Trump ranted to reporters that he saved Los Angeles from completely burning down over ICE protests after he illegally sent in the National Guard. This is, of course, a lie spoken by an unfit buffoon whose brain is glitching out.

Fox News covered Demented Donald signing a Republican measure to kill California's EV mandate and then took questions from the media. Trump's hatred of California has been on full display these last few weeks.

By the way, when will Fox News air Trump putting on his shoes and socks?

Trump attacked the California Sheriff who says Los Angeles didn't need an intervention from Trump during the ICE protests.

"Now, today, they got him to change his tune. He said, 'h, I think we could have handled '— you know, so sad," Trump said.

"Los Angeles would be right now burning to the ground, just like the houses burned to the ground. It's so sad what's going on in Los Angeles," Trump continued.

Trump sounds like a pyromaniac who started the fire and then demands to be worshiped for supposedly putting it out.

Trump then weirdly transitioned into the Pacific Palisades wildfires and his obsession with water. Trump only complicated dealing with the wildfires much worse with his interference of the water supply.

TRUMP: They had a fire they should have never had because they should have listened to me in the water.

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Meta teams with XGS Energy to build a 150 MW geothermal power plant

XGS Energy will build the new power plant in New Mexico.

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A lot of the internet is down right now

Large swaths of the internet went down on Thursday, affecting a range of services, from global cloud platform Cloudflare to popular apps like Spotify. At 11:19 am PT, Cloudflare said it was investigating service disruptions affecting its customers, according to its status page. At 12:12 pm PT, Cloudflare said it was starting to see its […]

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When A Late Night Comedian Is The Best Media Source On Trump

Last night, Jimmy Kimmel fiercely mocked the idea that protests against immigration raids have turned L.A. into “some kind of totalitarian hellscape” — a notion pushed by El Cheatolini and his media minions as he sent in Marines and the National Guard. Via the New York Times:

“He wants there to be a war going on here, and he doesn’t care who gets hurt in it. There’s no riot outside. We have more so-called ‘unrest’ here when one of our teams wins a championship.

“Not only is it not an apocalypse, they’re having a Disney Pixar movie premiere right now, for ‘Elio,’ a movie about aliens. Don’t tell Trump, he’ll send the Green Berets in, too.

“You know, when we had the wildfires that devastated big chunks of our city, he did absolutely nothing. Now that we’re in the middle of a nonemergency: ‘Send in the National Guard!’

“Putting out a fire you purposely start doesn’t make you a firefighter, it makes you an arsonist with a hose.”

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“Los Angelenos have been gathering to demonstrate, with very few exceptions, peacefully demonstrate, to voice their opposition to this disgusting and unnecessary abuse of power instigated by our mentally ill president, who is dead set on exacerbating this,” Kimmel said.

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Bedrock Ocean dredges up $25M to map the seafloor with robots

Bedrock Ocean wants to use autonomous underwater vehicles to make mapping the seafloor faster and cheaper.

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Whole Foods tells staff cyberattack at its primary distributor UNFI will affect product availability

The retail giant described the food shortages as "temporary supply challenges" following the cyberattack at its primary distributor, UNFI.

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Startup Battlefield 200: Final call — last day to apply

This is it. The gates to Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 close tonight. If you want a shot at the most electrifying startup pitch competition in tech, your application needs to be in before the deadline hits. You’ve got vision. Traction. A product that’s making noise. Now’s the time to show up on […]

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'She's A Communist': Fox News Host Smears L.A. Mayor Over Protests

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy called Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass a "communist" over anti-ICE protests.

On Sunday's Fox & Friends program, co-host Charlie Hurt claimed law enforcement was forced to get violent with protesters in California.

"You know, if you wanted to target just criminal aliens, then law enforcement across the country would work with ICE to hand over the criminal aliens to ICE," he said. "And we might be looking at a different situation."

"But because politicians are obstructing ICE, you wind up forcing ICE to go into neighborhoods and actually go and find people," he continued. "And then that's where you wind up with, I think, what they call collateral pickups, where you pick up other people in addition to the criminal aliens. And they're making it so much worse."

"Now, there is collateral damage," Campos-Duffy agreed. "Not just the violence, but there are people getting picked up who are here for 20 years and, yes, broke the law, but were actually showing up for their annual [hearing]."

Campos-Duffy suggested law enforcement action was justified because protesters displayed the Mexican flag.

"So again, this doesn't help. I don't see any American flags," she said. "I see a bunch of Mexican flags there."

"The leadership matters," the Fox News host added. "In that city, it's Mayor Bass. She's a communist. And she loves this stuff."

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Trump administration takes aim at Biden and Obama cybersecurity rules

In a White House fact sheet, the administration claims that Biden’s Executive Order 14144 — signed days before the end of his presidency — was an attempt “to sneak problematic and distracting issues into cybersecurity policy.”

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ICE Secret Police Rough Up And Arrest Union Leader

On Friday, ICEtapo stormtroopers did a number of secret raids throughout Los Angelos area. In one of the secret police actions, they assaulted, tased and manhandled California SEIU President David Huerta, who was there to defend his union members who were going through the legal immigration process. The response was immediate:

"SEIU California members call for the immediate release of our president, David Huerta, who was injured and detained at the site of one of today's ICE raids in Los Angeles," the union's executive director, Tia Orr, said in a statement. "He is now receiving medical attention while in custody. We are proud of President Huerta's righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement: standing up to injustice, regardless of personal risk or the power of those perpetrating it."

It also caught the attention of Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-LA), who also issued a statement:

Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Los Angeles, said in a statement that Huerta was arrested at the Roybal Federal Building downtown.

"Huerta was Tased and brutalized for attempting to visit his union members — asylum applicants going through the immigration process legally who have been unjustly, indefinitely detained and are being held in inhumane conditions," Kamlager-Dove said.

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Italian lawmakers say Italy used spyware to target phones of immigration activists, but not against journalist

A parliamentary investigation answered some — but not all — the questions related to a spyware scandal involving the use of the Israeli company’s spyware, Graphite.

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Jony Ive’s LoveFrom helped design Rivian’s first electric bike

LoveFrom, the creative firm founded by former Apple chief designer Jony Ive, played a role in the development of Rivian’s first electric bike, according to multiple sources who spoke to TechCrunch. 

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Gomer Comer Has A Sad Over Elon Musk Bashing Budget Bill

Rep. James Comer told FOX Business host Maria Bartiromo that Elon Musk attacking the House Republicans big ugly budget bill has put a frown on his face.

Republicans like 'Gomer Pyle' Comer, who wasted all his energies investigating the Biden family, celebrated Musk's horrific DOGE agency and helped turn him into a MAGA celebrity.

It's nice to see him eating sh*t over the House budget.

COMER: President Trump and his agenda. The big beautiful bill is that.

It's disappointing that Elon Musk said what he said.

It wasn't helpful, but at the end of the day I don't think it's going to sway very much influence.

SUddenly, Musk has no influence. lol

I know what will turn Comer's frown upside down. President Biden's autopen!

Comer: "If these executive orders were just done and authorized by staff, and Joe Biden's signature was forged on the autopen as some would believe, then I think the Trump administration is gonna have a pretty good standing in court to get rid of a lot of these executive orders." pic.twitter.com/c0mqZRACXj

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 4, 2025

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Ransomware gang claims responsibility for Kettering Health hack

A group of cybercriminals known as Interlock is advertising stolen data from Kettering Health, which includes patients’ data.

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Google places another fusion power bet on TAE Technologies

TAE Technologies raised $150 million from investors including Google, Chevron, and others.

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The OpenAI board drama is reportedly turning into a movie

A film that will portray the chaotic time at OpenAI, when co-founder and CEO Sam Altman was both fired and rehired within a span of just five days, is reportedly in the works.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie is titled “Artificial,” and it’s in development at Amazon MGM Studios. While details aren’t finalized, […]

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Phone chipmaker Qualcomm fixes three zero-days exploited by hackers

Google's Threat Analysis Group, which investigates government-backed hacks, was credited with the discovery of the zero-days.

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Lutnick Invents New 'Emergency' To Justify Trump's Tariffs

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was asked about the US Court of International Trade ruling against Trump's illegal tariffs, and came up with this doozy as their latest excuse to try to ignore the courts.

The White House initially had a meltdown over the ruling, saying "the courts should have no role here," and attacked the court, one of whom was appointed by Trump, as being rogue judges, before an appeals court paused the ruling and allowed the tariffs to stay in place for now.

During an appearance on this weekend's Fox News Sunday, Lutnick attacked anyone who criticized Trump's overreach as "silly," before making up a new "national emergency" as their excuse to justify Trump's actions. So much for the lie that he had the authority to impose these tariffs because of immigration.

BREAM: Just to boil that down, they said he can't do it, but that decision is on hold for now. What is the backup plan?

LUTNICK: Well, think about it how silly that is, right?

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Mike Lindell Wants His Pillows At Defamation Trial To Prove They Aren’t 'Lumpy'

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell threatened to bring one of his pillows to his defamation trial to prove it wasn't "lumpy."

Over the weekend, Lindell talked to MAGA influencer Steve Bannon about the trial he was facing on Monday after being sued by Dominion Voting Systems and one of its employees. Lindell has accused the voting machine manufacturer of rigging the 2020 election against President Donald Trump.

"Yeah, you guys, MyPillow and myself Monday morning, the trial starts," Lindell explained. "MyPillow's being sued, everybody. By the way, Steve, this is the same lawyer that, in the deposition, called my pillows lumpy."

"I told my lawyers, maybe I should bring him one inside," he continued. "He said, Mike, let's not go there."

Lindell insisted that the judge overseeing the trial did not like him.

"But you guys, we have a big benefit," he insisted. "It is a jury trial. And this is for all of us. I really believe it's going to be the gateway to securing our midterm election."

"MyPillow, though, needs your help, everybody," the executive begged. "We have a lot in inventory. I said, get those prices down so we can get money and get resources for this trial."

Lindell vowed to offer specials to Bannon's War Room posse for the duration of his trial.

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'Deflection': Fox News Host Busts Elon Musk For Dodging Drug Use Question

Fox News host Howard Kurtz called out billionaire DOGE administrator Elon Musk for deflecting questions about his alleged drug abuse.

"At the Oval Office Presser, Fox's Peter Doocy started to ask Musk about a detailed report on his allegedly frequent drug use, including ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms, to the point where the article says it damaged his bladder," Kurtz noted on Sunday.

Musk, however, refused to answer the question and instead accused The New York Times of "false reporting" about President Donald Trump's ties to Russia.

"That's called deflection," Kurtz pointed out. "So he decided to talk about something from five years ago involving the Pulitzers because he knew that he did not want to answer that question. That's my take."

Panelist Tomi Lahren said she was not concerned if Musk "did mushrooms on the side and maybe a little ketamine."

"Well, again, I don't know if the New York Times actually produced any real evidence of a so-called drug problem," Lahren opined. "Please spare me. This does not impact everyday Americans."

"It also didn't impact his ability if he, in fact, does have a recreational drug issue to cut $150 billion and recommend even more cuts," she added. "I think it's a real nothing burger. And I don't think many people, quite frankly, care what Elon Musk does in his personal private time."

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Elon Musk tries to stick to spaceships

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Thousands of Netflix fans gather for Tudum

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Early AI investor Elad Gil finds his next big bet: AI-powered rollups

Elad Gil started betting on AI before most of the world took notice. By the time investors began grasping the implications of ChatGPT, Gil had already written seed checks to startups like Perplexity, Character.AI, and Harvey. Now, as the early winners of the AI wave become clearer, the renowned “solo” VC is increasingly focused on […]

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