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Representative Chip Roy introduced the Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act, which would strip COVID‑19 vaccine manufacturers of the federal immunity granted under the PREP Act. The bill would permit civil lawsuits against Pfizer, Moderna and others, even for vaccinations administered before the legislation’s passage. It also allows claimants to pursue litigation after filing in the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program, effectively opening a retroactive legal pathway. If enacted, the measure could trigger millions of suits and threaten the financial stability of major vaccine producers.
Nolan Peterson, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, warned in a Washington Post op‑ed that the drone‑centric conflict unfolding in Ukraine, driven largely by Iranian‑supplied Shahed loitering munitions, represents the most destructive form of warfare he has witnessed. He highlighted...
A recent study of Japan’s national COVID‑19 surveillance data from 2020 to 2025 reveals a consistent pattern of two annual epidemic peaks—one in summer and another in winter—beginning in 2022. The analysis shows that these surges occurred despite the country’s...
The software debt wall: * $40B maturing 2028, mostly junk-rated * 53% rated B- or lower * a third of them already trading at 80¢ on the dollar * distressed software loans doubled in jan to a record $25B * banks now restricting lending to...
A new WalletHub analysis ranks Little Rock, Arkansas as the nation’s most overweight city, followed by McAllen, Texas and Memphis, Tennessee. The report evaluated 100 U.S. metro areas on adult and child obesity, cardiovascular health, food access and fitness, confirming...
Earnout provisions are increasingly used in private‑company M&A to bridge price gaps, but they often spark post‑closing disputes over performance targets. The article outlines practical steps—selecting clear revenue‑based metrics, defining accounting methods, involving CPAs, attaching detailed financial models, and establishing...
Seedance 2.0 and Google's Veo 3 now produce video so good you cannot tell whether it was made by a fan messing around or a creator building a business. That is the real problem. No platform — not ByteDance, not Google, not...
RheEnergise is storing electricity generated by renewables by pumping High-Density Fluid to a high reservoir, then releasing it to generate energy later. Their pilot project has reached a peak power production of 500 kilowatts. https://spectrum.ieee.org/pumped-hydro-storage-rheenergise
The Navy announced the creation of five new Portfolio Acquisition Executives (PAEs) covering Maritime, Undersea, Industrial Operations, Strategic Systems Programs, and the Marine Corps, expanding on the earlier Robotics and Autonomous Systems PAE. The reform consolidates contract, technical, lifecycle and...
The Department of the Navy announced the creation of five Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) organizations—Industrial Operations, Marine Corps, Maritime, Strategic Systems Programs, and Undersea—aimed at transforming its acquisition enterprise into a war‑fighting system. Senior leaders now hold cradle‑to‑grave authority, enabling...
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff reactivated a direct texting channel with Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi amid the two‑week war. The exchange, focused on ending hostilities, marks the first known direct contact between the parties since the conflict began. Iran’s foreign...
U.S. European Command commander Gen. Alexus Grynkewich told the Senate that American forces and bases across Europe are central to Operation Epic Fury against Iran. RAF Fairford in the U.K. is hosting a fleet of 12 B‑1B Lancers and six B‑52...
Marina Lacerda, long‑known only as "Minor Victim One," sat for her first Australian television interview on Nine's A Current Affair. At 14, she was a key witness whose testimony helped prosecutors charge Jeffrey Epstein with sex‑trafficking of minors. In the...
Advocates have warned that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) have not yet issued public guidance on new Medicare eligibility restrictions targeting certain immigrant groups. The restrictions, embedded in the Republican‑led reconciliation...
Scientists have engineered silica‑based nanoparticles that encapsulate rifampicin and release it only when exposed to low‑frequency ultrasound. The ultrasound both propels the particles through the protective matrix of bacterial biofilms and triggers cavitation that opens the particles, delivering the antibiotic...
Marathon’s weapon guide identifies the top‑performing arms in each class, highlighting the WSTR Combat Shotgun, Magnum MC pistol, V22 Volt Thrower SMG, V75 SCAR assault rifle, BR33 Volley precision rifle, Conquest LMG, Ares RG railgun, and Longshot sniper. Each weapon’s...
Small fleet owner Jamie Hagen of Hell Bent Xpress highlighted the impact of extreme diesel price volatility on investment decisions. His fleet, now operating ten all‑Mack units, saw fuel efficiency improve to 9.8 mpg with the new Mack Pioneer, a jump...
The Department of Homeland Security awarded a potential ten‑year, $178.6 million task order to Netizen, a service‑disabled veteran‑owned small business, for enterprise IT delivery and operations support to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. The contract covers service‑desk functions, Microsoft 365 deployment,...
Walmart has finalized its 2026‑27 trans‑Pacific shipping contracts with six major carriers, prompting container lines to resume stalled negotiations. The war in the Middle East had paused talks, but carriers now urge importers to lock in space allocations before the...
India’s central bank has fined fintech payments platform Cashfree Payments ₹3.1 lakh for breaching payment aggregator and gateway regulations. The RBI’s inspection of Cashfree’s activities from April 2024 to June 2025 uncovered an impermissible debit from the company’s escrow account, prompting a show‑cause...
Vicarious Surgical announced it has filed an application to list its Class A common stock on Nasdaq, following a NYSE delisting notice earlier this month. Under new CEO Stephen From, the company has implemented cost‑cutting measures and outsourced parts of...
CMS Innovation Center Director Abe Sutton signaled a push to enroll more providers in mandatory ACO payment models. In interviews, ACO executives said mandatory models could significantly expand the reach of value‑based care, but their success hinges on how CMS...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a proposal to amend Exchange Act Rule 15c2-11, limiting its scope exclusively to equity securities. The rule, originally designed to curb manipulative practices in the over‑the‑counter (OTC) market, will now clarify that its...
Greg Foran, Kroger’s new CEO, is already targeting the banana supply chain, labor staffing, and the company’s partnership with Ocado. He plans to shift banana purchases from brokers to direct grower contracts, aiming to tighten margins on the top‑selling fruit....
GlaxoSmithKline replaced its Flovent HFA and Flovent Diskus inhalers with an identical authorized‑generic version priced substantially higher. The move was designed to sidestep Medicaid rebate requirements, prompting health plans and pharmacy benefit managers to erect new access hurdles. Senator Maggie...
Today marks the second Monday in a row where - after a weekend with lots of alarmist talk about how high prices will go - Brent has fallen. That tells you a big risk premium is priced and it's not...
A preview of a paper to be released on March 18 that makes the case for creating a federal reinsurance entity to cope with the challenges that climate change poses to the homeowners insurance market https://t.co/N0nM5u9Owq via @BrookingsInst
Target’s chief information and product officer, Prat Vemana, is steering a $6 billion technology push aimed at reversing a multi‑quarter sales slump. The retailer is deploying AI‑driven tools such as Trend Brain to accelerate design cycles and new demand‑forecasting models for...
“Arguably a world first:” Historic solar thermal plant lines up for heritage listing #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/gV4sHAz34z https://t.co/AuGPz9qbo9
Exactly A large group of people have locked in below market shelter costs for decades to come
Team Liquid announced a revamped Rainbow Six Siege lineup and rebranded as Team Liquid Alienware, cementing a strategic partnership with Dell’s Alienware. The roster blends veteran in‑game leader Paluh with aggressive newcomers like Nesk and HSnamuringa, overseen by coach Rafael...
This shortlist for Satellite Executive of the Year makes me feel that SatShow no longer has its finger on the pulse of the most significant industry developments... (yes the SES-Intelsat merger is a big deal but shouldn't Charlie Ergen be...
Big moment. You can cross the uncanny valley in video games by using real-time video-to-video AI. You get the best of coherence & control from classical 3d engines, then use generative AI to take it all the way.
U.S. natural gas futures slipped on Monday despite a cold snap that boosted heating demand. A rebound in deeply negative West Texas prices lifted the national average, masking softness elsewhere. European TTF gas and U.S. WTI crude stayed above recent...
AI can read the chart. But it can’t read the room. Today a patient’s story revealed something the algorithm didn’t flag. The future of medicine isn’t AI vs doctors. It’s Blended Intelligence, or “BI.” We need both. More in the video below 👇 https://t.co/7iwPleaAJD
The LA apartment brokers hiring untrained, poorly spoken, off-shore call center workers to cold call owners hunting for sale listings are doing serious damage to their reputations.
American Airlines Will Now Tell You Why Your Flight Is Delayed — In Plain English - View from the Wing https://t.co/Jq8jpQ1Zd2
DLSS 5 looks like gen AI for video games. Grace looks totally different with DLSS 5 https://t.co/OiLQDfMaoO
"Build-A-Bear is launching its first-ever wholesale partnership with Walmart... Mini Beans, new collectible Micro Mini Beans, and the Build-A-Bear x Bluey collection, are available in 1,500+ Walmart stores nationwide, a major new distribution milestone."
And then there’s this. Use what we already have when it comes to North Sea oil.
US spending on offices for computers has now surpassed US spending on offices for humans: https://t.co/fQstRLnjUG https://t.co/LiT7OQpCcC
Visionary leaders don’t wait for perfect conditions, they create them. @RyanSerhant turns Yosemite’s remote ⛷️ trails into a closing powerhouse, proving T-Mobile’s SuperMobile innovation delivers the edge: adaptive performance, off-grid reach, network-embedded security. Connectivity as true leverage. 🚀 @TMobileBusiness Partner
F Cancer Why has AI had so little impact on Cancer? New essay, link below. https://t.co/cLsoh7c7do
Beyond the Weight Loss: The Effects of Semaglutide on Standard and Diet-Induced Obese Mice 🤔"..semaglutide improved glucose metabolic health inboth diet groups..while chronic semaglutide treatment appeared to exertanxiolytic effects in obese mice, opposit[e] effects were observed in lean animals.." https://t.co/doU6EkwT7z
Well that’s one way to Make Venezuela’s Oil Great Again…by shutting traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and pushing oil prices into the $90s and $100s https://t.co/0dXdhaPaQ6
"Shipping Insurance Costs for Hormuz Passage Surge After Vessel Attacks" https://t.co/Aq3e4lGXyX "Details of a plan for the US International Development Finance Corporation to help insure tankers are still unclear." https://t.co/mC9xKl2B7o
#Cuba’s electric grid suffered a total power failure Monday as the island nation struggles with fuel supplies amid a de facto US oil blockade to pressure the communist government. https://t.co/5NRxiUILHa
Lots of pessimists are hanging their hat on Iran being "tough" and "resilient." And yet, there are rumors all over of IRGC essentially letting VLCCs go through... for a fee. Hormuz is either shut or it is not. You're not...
“Brilliant economics”: Offtake deal seals delivery of Australia’s biggest solar-battery hybrid project #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/hURGK7srcY https://t.co/QoJiVH90r5
Nvidia just announced DLSS 5, calling it the “most significant breakthrough in computer graphics” since the introduction of real-time ray tracing in 2018. DLSS 5 uses “real-time neural rendering” and is coming to RTX 50 series GPUs later this year...
