Argentina River Auction Draws Fire From U.S. Dredger Over ‘Cooked’ Tender
Argentina’s government, under President Javier Milei, launched a high‑profile concession to deepen the Paraná River, a critical artery for grain exports. The tender pits a Belgian‑led incumbent consortium against a rival group that includes U.S. dredger Great Lakes Dredge & Dock and Belgian DEME. Great Lakes alleges the bid terms – a $10 million objection bond and a price‑floor clause – are engineered to favor the incumbent, raising concerns of a “cooked” process. A decision is expected between May and June, with geopolitical stakes involving U.S. support and hidden Chinese links.
White House Urges Mississippi To Reject Rx Fee Bill Over Drug Price Concerns
The White House is urging Mississippi legislators to reject a Senate‑amended bill that would impose a uniform $11.29 dispensing fee on every prescription. Federal officials argue the flat charge could raise out‑of‑pocket costs and undermine national drug‑price reduction efforts. The...
The Closer – Fedspeak, Housing Affordability, Positioning – 4/13/26
The Federal Reserve’s recent commentary has turned noticeably more hawkish, a shift that historically dampens forward equity returns. At the same time, mortgage rates have rebounded to roughly 6.5%, squeezing housing affordability. Existing‑home sales have slumped to their lowest level...
What’s Next for the FTC? A Look at the 2026–2030 Strategic Plan
The Federal Trade Commission unveiled its 2026‑2030 Strategic Plan, reaffirming a three‑pronged mission to curb unfair or deceptive practices, police anticompetitive conduct, and boost operational efficiency. The plan restores the long‑standing “without unduly burdening legitimate business activity” language, easing industry...
The Only Type Of Wood You'll Find In Jack Daniel's Barrels
Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey is aged exclusively in brand‑new charred white oak barrels, a legal mandate for both Tennessee whiskey and bourbon. The barrels are handcrafted, toasted inside, and used for only one batch before being retired to other culinary...
CBA Honors Top Radio Stations in Colorado
The Colorado Broadcasters Association hosted its Awards of Excellence Gala in Denver, drawing roughly 400 industry leaders. A record 1,013 entries were submitted, with 546 from radio stations, and the event honored top performers across four market categories. Small‑market KBVC,...
Goldman Extends Borrowing Run with $6.5 Billion Bond Sale
Goldman Sachs raised $6.5 billion through a two‑tranche U.S. investment‑grade bond sale, extending a borrowing run that began with a record $16 billion offering earlier this year. Pricing tightened by roughly 0.25 percentage point, leaving the 2034 tranche at a 1 % spread over...
Measles Takes a Plane to Idaho, Which Has Worst Vaccination Rate in US
A measles‑infected traveler passed through Boise Airport on March 29, prompting Idaho health officials to alert passengers and warn the public. The state records the nation’s lowest measles vaccination coverage, with only 78.5% of kindergarteners fully immunized and a 15.1% non‑medical...
Paladin’s Namibia Restart Sharpens Africa’s Uranium Relevance During Wave of Reactor Builds
Paladin Energy has restarted its Langer Heinrich uranium mine in Namibia, targeting full production of about 4 million pounds of uranium per year by the end of June 2026. The restart lifts Namibia to roughly 12% of global uranium output, reinforcing...
Proposal Will Require Federal Grant Recipients to Certify DEI Compliance Requirements to Register with System for Award Management
The federal government proposes adding new certifications to the System for Award Management (SAM) registration, forcing grant recipients to attest compliance with antidiscrimination laws and to certify they will not recruit illegal aliens or fund terrorism. The change expands the...
Hollywood Is Making yet Another Roblox Movie Adaptation
Disney‑owned 20th Century Studios announced plans to adapt the Roblox horror hit *99 Nights in the Forest* into a live‑action feature film, marking its first game adaptation and the fourth Roblox title pursued by Hollywood. The game, launched in June 2025, has amassed 26 billion lifetime visits and...
AI Chatbots Miss Initial Diagnoses 80% of the Time: Mass General Brigham Study
A Mass General Brigham study published in JAMA Network Open evaluated 21 large‑language‑model chatbots across 29 standardized medical cases. The models struggled with differential diagnosis, missing the correct list of possible conditions in more than 80% of scenarios. When provided...
'The Wall Street Journal' Trumps Trump In Defamation Case-Pending Appeal
A federal judge dismissed former President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, finding no evidence of actual malice in the paper’s reporting on a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein. Trump’s media arm, Trump Media & Technology Group,...
NAB Makes Its Case to Gomez Advisors
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) met with Commissioner Anna Gomez’s staff on April 9 to argue for eliminating FCC market caps on radio ownership. NAB highlighted that AM/FM’s share of listening time has dropped to 32%—a 40% decline since 2014—and...
Port of Los Angeles Posts Strong March as Trade and Energy Risks Build
The Port of Los Angeles handled 752,520 TEUs in March, with imports slipping 1% year‑over‑year while exports rose 7%. First‑quarter volume reached 2.39 million TEUs, about 5% below last year but matching the five‑year average. Empty container counts dropped 11%, and...
What the U.S. Naval Blockade Reveals About the Iran War’s Next Phase
After negotiations with Iran collapsed, U.S. Central Command announced a naval blockade of all vessels entering or leaving Iranian ports. The move follows weeks of restricted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, where only a handful of tankers—primarily from China—have...
Nearly Half of March Ransomware Attacks in Tied to Just 3 Groups
Check Point researchers reported 672 ransomware incidents in March 2026, with three groups responsible for nearly half of the attacks. Qilin alone accounted for 20% of incidents, Akira for 12%, and Dragonforce RaaS for 8%. The analysis highlighted attackers’ refined...
NewYork-Presbyterian to Pay $500K, Enact Behavioral Health Reforms in Wake of Investigation
NewYork-Presbyterian has agreed to pay a $500,000 settlement and face $10,000 per‑violation penalties after a year‑long investigation by the New York State Attorney General. The probe uncovered repeated failures in evaluating, stabilizing and safely discharging patients experiencing behavioral health crises,...
MuddyWater Pays for Russian CastleRAT Malware
Iranian state‑sponsored group MuddyWater has become a paying customer of a Russian malware‑as‑a‑service (MaaS) platform, using the CastleRAT tool in a new campaign called “ChainShell.” The operation leverages a misconfigured C2 server, an Ethereum‑based smart contract for address resolution, and...
Fast-Moving Ransomware, Router-Based Espionage Threats Target Education and Small-Office Organizations
Microsoft warned that the Storm‑1175 group is deploying Medusa ransomware at unprecedented speed, often encrypting victims within 24 hours after initial compromise. The campaign has leveraged more than 16 vulnerabilities across Exchange servers, file‑transfer tools and RMM platforms, targeting education, healthcare,...
150+ Healthcare Organizations Accepted Into CMS’ ACCESS Model
More than 150 healthcare organizations have been accepted into the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ACCESS Model, a pilot aimed at advancing technology‑enabled chronic care. CMS extended the application deadline to May 15, with the voluntary model slated to...
David’s Bridal Partners With Shopify for Agentic Commerce
David's Bridal has rolled out Shopify’s Agentic Storefronts on ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, enabling shoppers to discover, receive recommendations, and buy wedding apparel through AI‑driven conversations. The initiative makes the bridal retailer one of the first global merchants to embed...
Incoming From Delaware: Unclaimed Property VDA Program Invitation Notices Have Been Sent Out
On April 10, 2026 the Delaware Secretary of State mailed Voluntary Disclosure Agreement (VDA) invitation notices to businesses identified as potentially non‑compliant with the state’s unclaimed‑property law. Holders have a strict 90‑day window to enroll; failure triggers a referral to the Department...
Google Shoehorned Rust Into Pixel 10 Modem to Make Legacy Code Safer
Google’s Project Zero uncovered a remote code‑execution flaw in Pixel phone modems, prompting the company to bolster baseband security. Instead of rewriting the entire firmware, Google inserted a Rust‑based component into the Pixel 10 modem’s legacy C/C++ stack. The Rust module...
Demonstrating SPARK with a Mars Rover (Part 1): Cyber-Physical Systems
AdaCore showcased how SPARK can certify a Mars‑rover cyber‑physical system by building a unified hardware abstraction layer (HAL) and introducing formal contracts. The HAL enabled the entire rover software to pass SPARK Silver, proving the absence of run‑time exceptions. A...
This Hit '80s Friday The 13th Series Had Nothing To Do With The Movies
Friday the 13th: The Series, a 1987 syndicated horror show, centered on cursed antiques rather than the Jason Voorhees slasher mythos. Created by Frank Mancuso Jr. and Larry B. Williams, the series followed a niece, her cousin and an uncle’s...
The Netflix 'Little House On The Prairie' Teaser Just Dropped & It's *So* Wholesome
Netflix announced a new adaptation of *Little House on the Prairie* that will launch on July 9, 2026. The series stars Luke Bracey as Charles Ingalls and Crosby Fitzgerald as Caroline Ingalls, shifting focus from the 1980s TV remake to Laura...
UK‑Korea Partnership Drives Autonomous Vehicle Future
Fantastic event at the @RAEngNews today on UK-Korea🇬🇧🇰🇷 collaboration on Autonomous Vehicles. Pleased to represent part of the UK views on the topic. Lots to learn & adapt from each other as the tech gets real in 2026. And super...
Techvalley Supplies HBM Inspection Equipment to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix
Techvalley has delivered custom Teraton 3D X‑ray CT systems to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix for advanced packaging research, including high‑bandwidth memory (HBM) and through‑glass vias. The scanners achieve sub‑micron resolution—0.5 µm on the Teraton 7 and 0.9 µm on the Teraton 5—and complete...
Why the Iran Cyberattack Everyone Warned About Hasn’t Really Happened Yet
The United States launched major combat operations against Iran in late February, sparking warnings of a massive Iranian cyber retaliation. Six weeks later, only low‑impact incidents—such as DDoS attacks, website defacements and a brief outage at medical‑device maker Stryker—have been...
Is Nike at Risk of Losing Its ‘Superpower’ Status? Here’s Why One Analyst Thinks It’s a Possibility
UBS softlines analyst Jay Sole warned that Nike may be losing its historic "superpower" as the company leans heavily into lower‑priced channels and a sportswear‑driven mix. He noted that more than 50% of Nike’s revenue now comes from fashion‑oriented sportswear,...
EXCLUSIVE: Alberta to Ban Vapes if New Bill From UCP MLA Passes
Alberta United Conservative Party MLA Chelsae Petrovic has tabled Bill 208, the Vaping Reduction Act, which would prohibit single‑use vaping products across the province. The proposal arrives amid Health Canada data showing that roughly one‑fifth of Canadians who quit smoking...
LVMH’s Bumpy Quarter: What War Impact Signals About Luxury Travel
LVMH reported a 6% drop in first‑quarter sales, falling to €19.1 billion (about $20.8 billion). The decline was driven largely by the Middle East conflict, which slashed tourist spending in the region by 30‑70% and erased roughly one percentage point of organic...
Super Ego Accused of ELD Cheating, Stealing Driver Pay in '60 Minutes'
CBS’s 60 Minutes aired an explosive report on Super Ego Holding, accusing the foreign‑linked broker network of electronic logging device (ELD) manipulation, predatory lease contracts that siphon driver pay, and routing money overseas. The segment highlighted the rise of “chameleon carriers” that shed...
YouTube Viewers Can Now Work Together to Stop Ads From Playing
YouTube announced that livestream ads will be held back when live‑chat engagement spikes, letting viewers collectively prevent interruptions. Donors using Super Chat, Super Stickers or gifts receive a personal ad‑free window, while the platform expands its Gifts feature to six new countries....
Sellers Outnumber Buyers by 600K, Affordability Crisis Freezes Market
JUST IN: Home sellers now outnumber buyers by 600,000. That's the largest gap ever recorded in US history. The housing market isn't frozen because nobody wants to sell. It's frozen because nobody can AFFORD to buy. A $400K home now costs $960 more...
Handling Refund Requests When No Shopify Transaction Exists
App devs, what do you do when a customer requests a refund (because a charge appeared on their Shopify bill) but there's no transaction to refund in the Shopify admin? https://t.co/JTXb8NK5uN
Joe Rogan Shuts Down Claims that Podcasts Are “Antiquated” Compared to Streamers Like Clavicular
On episode 2,481 of The Joe Rogan Experience, host Joe Rogan rebuffed claims that podcasts are outdated compared to video‑streaming stars like Clavicular. Guest Duncan Trussell suggested the younger audience prefers continuous live streams, citing Clavicular’s viral looks‑maxxing content. Rogan...
Starlink Poised to Eclipse Combined Windows, Netflix, Spotify Users
Starlink will be the largest subscription product ever created. Bigger than windows (400m) Netflix (300m) and Spotify (260m) — combined. @grok remind me of this is ten years @grok build a model that shows the path of a 1B...
Naval Blockade Signals Esc
What the U.S. Naval Blockade Reveals About the War’s Next Phase #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/FZFt1MufW6 https://t.co/iSVsKYY6SV
Future Energy Finance
Captive Intelligence, together with AXA XL and Aon, released a technical report examining how the global shift to low‑carbon energy creates new opportunities for captive insurers. The paper highlights accelerating solar and wind deployment, aging grid constraints, and the surge...
Iran Blockade Tests Which Side Can Endure More Pain
Fascinating wargame playing out in real time. We shall see who blinks: “Iran Blockade Sets Up a Test of Which Side Can Endure More Pain” https://t.co/PfxFdyBELR via @NYTimes
U.S. Oil Blockade Likely Raises Exports and Pump Prices
U.S. oil blockade is set to boost American exports and prices at the Pump https://t.co/imnRBifyQr
AT&T Spent a Month Inside March Madness. Was It Worth It?
AT&T devoted an entire month to the NCAA March Madness tournament, rolling out a multi‑channel campaign that included athlete‑led TV spots, ownership of the CBS Bracket Manager, a Vegas Sphere sponsorship, and on‑site activations in Indianapolis. The championship game attracted...
New Memory ETF Fills Gap in Pure HBM
Tema filing for a Memory ETF.. No doubt everyone seeing $DRAM's shocking insta-success and looking to copy. I went looking through other AI ETFs there's really nothing close to DRAM's HBM pure play-ness outside of the South Korea ETF...
Govt Brands TikTok Clout Chasing as Political Extremism
Attendees of the TikTok Shorts rizz party after the government declared “clout chasing” and “aura farming” signs of political extremism https://t.co/87bT1L4UsM
You Have Options If You Can’t Make Your Mortgage Payment – What to Know
Mortgage delinquencies surged 30% in 2026, reflecting job losses, inflation and other hardships. Lenders, including loanDepot, urge borrowers to notify servicers early, unlocking forbearance, payment plans, deferrals and loan modifications. Federal programs such as the Homeowners Assistance Fund remain available...
Dual Copper and Optical Roadmaps Drive Interconnect Success
Guess what is a good business and technology strategy in the interconnect world? Having both a great copper and a great opical roadmap. $CRDO
Seeking Objective Breakdown of AB 2624 and Its Influences
.@grok please explain AB 2624 objectively; as well as who proposed it and their base of donors and the impact that might have
U.S. Minesweepers Deploy West for Middle East De‑mining
👀 Flurry Of Navy Minesweepers Appear To Be Heading Toward The Middle East The migration of U.S. Navy minesweeping assets west from the Pacific indicates preparations are underway for a major de-mining operation. https://t.co/AksFHzwuro