Also worth noting that cellular/mobile phones still provided an actual working service.
Yes there were trade-offs, but the core functions that people wanted were there.
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Filings: in Q1, Trump traded $220M-$750M in NVDA, MSFT, AMZN, META, ORCL, and others; millions of dollars of NVDA were bought shortly before major news (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/15/trump-stock-trade-tech-oge.html
UK:
Afghan women fleeing Talbian denied protection as asylum approvals collapse - Canary
https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-news/2026/04/15/afghan-women-fleeing-talbian-denied-protection-as-asylum-approvals-collapse/
Dak Prescott Shares Strong Feelings on Cowboys Rookie Caleb Downs https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/dak-prescott-caleb-downs-feelings/
"With so much focus historically on spacecraft being made from the lightest, strongest and most heat-resistant materials available, it may seem counterintuitive to intentionally make some materials weaker. The key is making materials smarter, so they maintain their strength during their mission but weaken under the heat of reentry."
Trump DOT yanks $73M funding from NY for 'failing' to vet foreign truck drivers (New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/04/16/us-news/trump-dot-yanks-73m-funding-from-ny-for-failing-to-vet-foreign-truck-drivers/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260416/p96#a260416p96
A profile of AI video generation startup Runway, which is training models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3B, and added $40M in ARR in Q2 (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/runway-started…
Cowboys’ Brian Schottenheimer Makes Feelings on George Pickens Clear After Absences https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/brian-schottenheimer-feelings-george-pickens/