Tootfinder

The Trump administration is quietly pursuing a regulatory change
that would strip federal nutrition assistance from an estimated 6 million low-income Americans
—including nearly two million children
—as it spends billions on an illegal, open-ended war on Iran that has killed more than a thousand people
and plunged the global economy into chaos.
The change sought by the US Department of Agriculture would curb broad-based categorical eligibility in the "Supplem…

While Spending Billions on Iran War, Trump Quietly Moves to Boot Millions More Off Food Aid | Common Dreams
"Americans can't afford their groceries, they can't afford their medicine, they can't afford the cost of living, and yet we're dropping a billion dollars of bombs, it seems, every day in Iran," said one Senate Democrat.

The Senate confirms Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd to lead the NSA and US Cyber Command, filling a vacancy created when Gen. Timothy Haugh was fired in April 2025 (Martin Matishak/The Record)
https://therecord.media/rudd-confirmed-nsa-cyber-command-chief

Rudd confirmed to head NSA, Cyber Command after near year-long vacancy
Rudd, who was confirmed 71-29 to serve as the “dual-hat” leader of the organizations, takes the reins as the U.S. faces mounting aggression in cyberspace from foreign adversaries at the same time the Trump administration has sought to shrink the size of the federal government.

Today, the EC came up with a €200 million (yes, with an m!) guarantee fund for innovative nuclear technologies and now we will have operational SMRs by the early 2030s. Call me sceptical :)
A mini-fund for mini-reactors.
https://www.euronews.com/my-eu…

Brussels backs mini-nuclear power plants to secure low-carbon power
The EU is counting on small nuclear reactors to help meet climate targets and stabilise power supply, but some countries and environmental groups warn the technology is costly and unproven. #EuropeNews

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Morgan Nagler:
🎵 Grassoline
#MorganNagler
https://open.spotify.com/track/7pip66MKOlMZxcDLfA8OUe

何かに頭を乗せるよね
#chacha_cat #cat

Please tag the comic artist and I'll add credit, came creditless.
Comic by #ChrisMcCoy

Learning about mass defects, or the change in mass due to nuclear binding energy in atoms.
Also, all forms of potential energy, like nuclear binding energy, change the mass of the system they're part of.
So when you go upstairs, you increase your potential energy (what would become kinetic if you fell down the stairs) and so increase your mass (a tiny amount).
But, since you are farther from the center of the Earth, when you go upstairs, you lower your weight.
1/…

Dass Grüne manchmal ganz erfolgreich als anarchistischer, nicht zentral gesteuerter Schwarm auftreten, der trotzdem in eine Richtung arbeitet, ist für manche politische Mitbewerber etwas arg fremdes.

"Study finds biodiversity credits could boost rewilding, but fall far short"
#Environment #Biodiversity #Nature

Study finds biodiversity credits could boost rewilding, but fall far short
Payments that enable landowners to rewild ecologically degraded land—in the form of biodiversity credits bought by investors wishing to offset their impact on nature—could be an effective component of the emerging market for nature recovery, but will not work as a standalone approach.

Le trafic est ralenti de Champ de Mars vers St-Quentin en Yvelines et de Champ de Mars vers Versailles Château.
Pour plus d'informations sur cette perturbation, consultez le fil X du RER C.
Motif : panne d'alimentation électrique dans le secteur d'Ablon (incident terminé).
🤖 10/04 19:16

Russia told Trump it has not not shared intelligence with Iran during war, Witkoff says (Dan Mangan/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/10/iran-war-trump-russia-intelligence-witkoff.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260310/p59#a260310p59

#ARIA Labels Are Probably Making Your Site Less Accessible. Here's When to Use Them (And When to Delete Them).
https://dev.to/agentkit/aria-labels-ar

„Currywurst mit Backofenpommes ist ja eher so ein Winteressen.“ #szeneneinerehe

Frühstück #balkonien @…

Streisand-Effekt

We're getting optimistically heavy this week with a track from #deathcore juggernauts Lorna Shore.
Check it out and see what we had to say about the song and the band behind it, and don't forget to follow us for more picks from across the world of #rock and

Apparently MasterCard (or my credit union?) doesn’t like Kickstarter’s $0.00 test transactions.
And yet, despite the friction, I managed to back what I figure to be the 3rd revised and improved version. #n4sa2e

h/t urbantruth.bsky.social
The Highway Lobby Spends Millions to Make Sure We Pay Billions - Union of Concerned Scientists
https://blog.ucs.org/kshen/the-highway-lobby-spends-millions-to-make-sure-we-pay-billions/

The Highway Lobby Spends Millions to Make Sure We Pay Billions
Our car-dependent transportation system is no accident.

A driving test was not passed this afternoon 😔 The only way to get a second one at all soon is to go to yet another unfamiliar town in Wales. You'd get old waiting for a slot in Hereford.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #OperaOn3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ryan Speedo Green, Federica Lombardi, Janai Brugger, Hera Hyesang Park, Ben Bliss, Adam Plachetka, William Guanbo Su, Adam Pałka, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Met Orchestra & Yannick Nézet‐Séguin:
🎵 Don Giovanni - opera in 2 acts K.527

Keep an eye on the couch fucker. He might plan a suicide bombing. With these types you never know!

When his time is up, Bowen deserves a statue. West Ham owe him far more than his compensation.
#WHU #WHUWOL #fedifc

Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Sperrung der Straße von Hormus: Erste Regierungen in Asien ordnen Homeoffice an

President Pathogen
bot by @…
This is satire, not sedition: no waterboarding please and thank you.
#satire #potus45

Wie lange kann sich Reiche noch halten?

RE: https://mastodon.de/@Columba_Livia/116381346734843143
His soul found a place to rest after Sora AI shut down

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@johnefrancis/116529623619120940
“…the necessity to balance the privacy rights of individuals with the need for businesses to use personal information for appropriate purposes…”
Yes, indeed, we must balance human rights with …

POL-HI: Geschwindigkeitskontrollen am Seecamp Derneburg Hildesheim (ots) - HOLLE / DERNEBURG (lud) Am Mittag des 11. April 2026 führte die Polizei Bad Salzdetfurth ab 12:00 Uhr eine stationäre Verkehrskontrolle auf der Bundesstraße 6 in Höhe des Seecamp Derneburg in 31188 Holle durch. Der Schwerpunkt ... https://www.pres…

Submit Your Song to the Second General Strike Song Contest - Labor Heritage Foundation https://laborheritage.org/content.aspx?page_id=5&club_id=533040&item_id=132879&action=view&al=y&actr=3

Submit Your Song to the Second General Strike Song Contest - Labor Heritage Foundation
Songwriters, musicians, and activists are invited to submit entries to the second General Strike Song Contest, a project to create new songs and chants that can be quickly learned and sung by large groups at rallies, picket lines, and demonstrations. Last year’s winning entry was “Hold Fast! Hol

Freitag, 13.03., 17:00. Platz der Deutschen Einheit, #Dortmund. #FFF-Demo gegen die Gesetze von Ministerin #Reiche
Gerne weiterleiten - und kommen!

The PlayStation Can Produce Mind-Boggling Effects :wow_miku:

Really genius tech idea of the last 15 years to go back to mainframe computing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Canvas_security_incident

Man I love Sony Thăng’s posts so much:
https://xcancel.com/nxt888/status/2031609644112818583#m

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Jimi Hendrix Experience:
🎵 The Wind Cries Mary
#NowPlaying #TheJimiHendrixExperience
https://open.spotify.com/track/5ygQD0fcj0vRGx9KUBENtT

ugandan_village: Ugandan village networks (2013)
Complete friendship and health advice social networks among households in 17 rural villages bordering Lake Victoria in Mayuge District, Uganda in 2013. Nodes are households and edges represent either a close friendship or a trusted health advisor connection, obtained via a name generator questionnaire.
This network has 65 nodes and 300 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Multilayer

Remember when AIs were so dangerous they couldn’t be released? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/technology/openai-sam-altman-ousted.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aFA.LLDZ.2WLXSWsTMLuP&smid=nyt…

Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, Is Ousted by Company’s Board
Mira Murati, who previously served as chief technology officer, has been named interim chief executive.

This. I try to remember to explicitly name my •experience• for my students, in contrast to any seeming brilliance, as the source of anything I do or say that impresses them.
“Brilliance” says “Are you good enough?” “Experience” says “Keep showing up, and stick with it through all the struggles.”
https://scholar.social/@pence/116204098936436353

@… if drowning pool has taught us anything it is to never let the bodies hit the floor

Yeah, I could not ignore this: The #LEGO #BTTF #DeLorean time machine, The Speed Champions edition. I like this version better than the previous iteration which seemed far too blocky (Yes, the pun i…

Alu-Farbärger beim iPhone 17 Pro: Leaker glaubt, dass das Material so bleibt
Schon kurz nach Erscheinen des iPhone 17 Pro und 17 Pro Max gab es Berichte über Farbabplatzungen und Kratzer. Apple scheint das nicht zu stören.

Alu-Farbärger beim iPhone 17 Pro: Leaker glaubt, dass das Material so bleibt
Schon kurz nach Erscheinen des iPhone 17 Pro und 17 Pro Max gab es Berichte über Farbabplatzungen und Kratzer. Apple scheint das nicht zu stören.

L'arrêt n'est pas desservi Š Montparnasse Bienvenue vers Saint-Denis – Université et Asnières - Gennevilliers Les Courtilles en raison d'un bagage oublié sur un quai.
🤖 10/03 16:26

The world of cybersecurity is starting this week with a bang, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the most crucial developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Hackers turn to AI in attempted mass cyberattack, Google reveals,
--Trump's planned AI-enabled cyber EO stops short of requirements,
--German authorities shut down relaunched Crimenetwork,
--L3 Trenchant zero-day peddling exec order to pay $10m,
--Poland has thwarted many R…

Hackers turned to AI in attempted mass cyberattack, Google reveals
Trump's planned AI-enabled cyber EO stops short of requirements, German authorities shut down relaunched Crimenetwork, L3 Trenchant zero-day peddling exec order to pay $10m, Poland has thwarted many Russian sabotage efforts, IMF warns of financial shock from AI-enabled cyberattacks, much more

RE: https://chaos.social/@Katika/116176055603781868
Bin auf dem Weg nach Berlin zur Bewegungskonferenz »Cables of Resistance« mit einem sehr relevanten Programm:

I hope these Indigenous families find closure, and that all provinces in Canada start to undertake these investigations so that children and babies buried without the knowledge or consent of the parents can be properly located and identified.
#FirstNations #indigenous #everychildmatters
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/dark-side-of-quebecs-history-indigenous-families-exhuming-their-childrens-bodies-for-answers-closure/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

I created a new repo/tool today to evaluate and collect the rapidly changing tooling configurations that everyone is trying to figure out (using statistical experimental design) I used Claude/Gastown to both make it and operate it and have some initial comparison data on opus/sonnet and Python/TS/Go etc. for a small test. I’d be happy for some github stars if people think it could be useful.

GitHub - adrianco/retort: Platform Evolution Engine. Distill the best from the combinatorial mess.
Platform Evolution Engine. Distill the best from the combinatorial mess. - adrianco/retort

It's the deadliest year for those in immigration detention in more than two decades.
More people have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since October — 23 — than died in the whole prior fiscal year.
The most recent death was of a 56-year-old Haitian man held at an immigration detention center in Arizona. He died in a hospital after going into septic shock.
The increase in deaths comes as nearly 70,000 people are in ICE detention, the highest number in sev…

Transcript: Trump Accidentally Hurts GOP's 2026 Hopes in Wild Tirades (New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/207561/transcript-trump-accidentally-hurts-gop-2026-hopes-wild-tirades
http://www.memeorandum.com/260310/p57#a260310p57

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#OperaOn3
- Mozart's Don Giovanni
From the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Mozart's Don Giovanni starring Ryan Speedo Green in the title role and Federica Lombardi as Donna Anna. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tm87

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Caitlin and Brent:
🎵 Silver Screen
#CaitlinandBrent
https://open.spotify.com/track/6aRTxPhI5AEiK5AMP6ifC4

Weltmodell statt LLM: Start-up von Yann LeCun erhält 890 Millionen Euro
Das von Yann LeCun gegründete Start-up AMI Labs hat rund 1 Milliarde US-Dollar eingesammelt. Es entwickelt KI-Weltmodelle, die die reale Welt verstehen sollen.

Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he has discussed “our tone and our message”
with the two House Republicans who have made anti-Muslim remarks in recent days
but defended the right of the lawmakers to oppose “the imposition of Sharia law.”
“Look, there’s a lot of energy in the country, and a lot of popular sentiment, that the demand to impose Sharia law in America is a serious problem,”
Johnson said at a news conference during the House GOP policy retreat at the Trump …

RE: https://todon.eu/@regendans/116205991064105012
Meanwhile, in privacy and tech circles: This anti-Torment Nexus conference is proudly sponsored by Torment Nexus, Inc.

At the local birding park

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Nelly Furtado:
🎵 Say It Right
#NowPlaying #NellyFurtado
https://reginaldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/nelly-furtado-say-it-right-reginalds-emotional-vision
https://open.spotify.com/track/2aI21FnmY7TJVKeMaoQZ0t

Microsoft and G42's $1B geothermal-powered data center in Kenya stalls after the government couldn't provide annual payment guarantees that Microsoft requested (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-10…

Mike Johnson declines to condemn Republicans' anti-Muslim remarks (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/03/10/congress/mike-johnson-declines-to-condemn-republicans-anti-muslim-remarks-00820749
http://www.memeorandum.com/260310/p58#a260310p58

@… this reaction is fuel 😅

"Heat pump sales rise 17% across Europe in Q1 as energy prices surge"
#Europe #HeatPumps #Energy

Heat pump sales rise 17% across Europe in Q1 as energy prices surge
Residential heat pump sales increased 17% across 11 European countries in the first quarter of 2026, following a sharp rise in gas and oil prices after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz in March, says the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA).

Check out this cool retro video German authorities made after they shut down a relaunch version of the criminal marketplace 'Crimenetwork'
https://www.bustedagaincrime.network/

Counterpoint-Zahlen: Apple wächst bei Smartphones am schnellsten, iPhone 17 vorn
Während der Smartphone-Markt grundsätzlich lahmt, feiert Apple mit dem iPhone 17 Absatzrekorde im ersten Quartal, schreiben die Analysten.

Counterpoint-Zahlen: Apple wächst bei Smartphones am schnellsten, iPhone 17 vorn
Während der Smartphone-Markt grundsätzlich lahmt, feiert Apple mit dem iPhone 17 Absatzrekorde im ersten Quartal, schreiben die Analysten.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@MAKS23/116557978498027687
Great job!

It’s Justin Pearson,
Democrat running for Congress in TN-09.
𝘕𝘖𝘛𝘜𝘚 named our race as one of the 2026 primaries to watch — and they’re right:
our race is already drawing 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 of national attention.
I’m running for Congress because Memphis and TN-09 deserve leadership that stays close to its People,
speaks the truth,
and fights like our families’ lives depend on it — because they do.
If you believe in leadership that’s rooted in the People, I’m hoping…

Donate to Justin J. Pearson
Show your support with a contribution.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Florry:
🎵 Hey Baby
#Florry
https://open.spotify.com/track/7jpcCUEfsUJiFzYystZ1Dk

Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Schweizer Franken: Eidgenossen verankern Bargeld in der Verfassung

RE: https://vmst.io/@vmstan/116200819973767850
A venture capitalist, you say? How surprising.

Donald Trump, speaking at a press conference at his golf club in Doral, Florida,
because of course that is where you announce big decisions,
today said that the war against Iran will end “very soon.”
Talking to the New York Post about oil prices, Trump said there was no cause for worry,
because “I have a plan for everything. You’ll be very happy.”
He also said he doesn’t remember ever meeting Jeffrey Epstein, his poll numbers are higher than anyone has ever see…

Memory hole, meet Iran war.
Donald Trump, speaking at a press conference at his golf club in Doral, Florida, because of course that is where you announce big decisions, today said that the war against Iran will end “very soon.”

Apple releases iOS 26.5, introducing end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging in beta with supported carriers; the setting is enabled by default (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/11/ios-26-5-adds-end-to-end-encryption-for…

iOS 26.5 adds end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging, rolling out now - 9to5Mac
iOS 26.5 is now available to everyone after six weeks of beta testing. The update adds fresh wallpapers, new features...

@… good question: what is in the basement underneath??

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Cruise Control:
🎵 Like a Bell
#CruiseControl
https://open.spotify.com/track/6yGNYysLj1MXfCApNQWCOb

Anthropic says ‘evil’ portrayals of AI were responsible for Claude’s blackmail attempts
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/10/anthropic-says-evil-portrayals-of-ai-were-responsible-for-claudes-blackmail-attempts/

Anthropic says ‘evil’ portrayals of AI were responsible for Claude’s blackmail attempts | TechCrunch
Fictional portrayals of artificial intelligence can have a real effect on AI models, according to Anthropic.

If true, these allegations are as bad (in my opinion) as DOGE having “God level” access to voting machines.
https://mastoreader.io/?url=https:%2F/c.im/@cdarwin/116211664557616752

Erdgeschichte: „Schneeball-Erde“ wohl doch nicht ununterbrochen eingefroren
Vor der Entstehung komplexer Lebewesen war die Erde 56 Millionen Jahre komplett gefroren. Einfache Organismen haben aber wohl doch von Pausen profitiert.

Erdgeschichte: „Schneeball-Erde“ wohl doch nicht ununterbrochen eingefroren
Vor der Entstehung komplexer Lebewesen war die Erde 56 Millionen Jahre komplett gefroren. Einfache Organismen haben aber wohl doch von Pausen profitiert.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Kathy Heideman:
🎵 The Earth Won't Hold Me
#KathyHeideman
https://open.spotify.com/track/3XYQzE4JwzEd2KXVBdPI9L

A wave of top AI researchers returned from the US to China in the past year, driven by better pay, quality of life, and a more restrictive US immigration system (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b167c6d3-b982-482a-98c3-5303a7b80c6a

@… looking pretty clean with my AR ad-blocker

Sony und TSMC bilden Joint-Venture für Kamerasensoren
Sony wird „fab light“: Künftige Sensoren, nicht nur für Smartphones, sollen in Japan zusammen mit TSMC hergestellt werden.
https://www.

Sony und TSMC bilden Joint-Venture für Kamerasensoren
Sony wird „fab light“: Künftige Sensoren, nicht nur für Smartphones, sollen in Japan zusammen mit TSMC hergestellt werden.

Trump hails Palantir's "great war fighting capabilities", days after short seller Michael Burry said the company will lose to AI startups; PLTR is down ~25% YTD (Joe Miller/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/8ab0fc62-b6ec-4b31-a8d7-cb076c9b0fb4…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Shiva's Headband:
🎵 Take Me to the Mountains
#ShivasHeadband
https://open.spotify.com/track/5xbGmgf7F6kPZ1Zy9jzzrl

Post zum Freitag: iPhone ohne iCloud, Fritzbox-Reiserouter, Gebraucht-PCs kaufen
Günstige Windows-PCs können teuer werden – wenn man nicht weiß, worauf man achten muss. Dies und weitere Themen in der Post zum Freitag.

Three senior executives who helped launch OpenAI's Stargate initiative are leaving, sources say to join the same new company (Anissa Gardizy/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-stargate-leaders-depart-…

OpenAI Stargate Leaders Depart in Latest Shakeup to Data Center Strategy
Three senior OpenAI executives who helped launch the company’s original Stargate data center initiative have left or are preparing to depart the ChatGPT maker in the coming days, according to several people with direct knowledge of the matter. Peter Hoeschele, an OpenAI executive who played a ...

After an online backlash, Superhuman says experts can now opt out of Grammarly's Expert Review feature by emailing a dedicated address, but fails to apologize (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/891822/gramm

Grammarly will keep using authors’ identities without permission unless they opt out
Grammarly has addressed the backlash against it appropriating authors’ names for its Expert Review feature. It will offer an opt out email.

Google veröffentlicht zweite Beta von Android 17 QPR1 für Pixel-Geräte
Nur zwei Wochen nach dem ersten Release veröffentlicht Google die zweite Beta von Android 17 QPR1 für Pixel-Geräte mit Fokus auf Fehlerkorrekturen.

Google veröffentlicht zweite Beta von Android 17 QPR1 für Pixel-Geräte
Nur zwei Wochen nach dem ersten Release veröffentlicht Google die zweite Beta von Android 17 QPR1 für Pixel-Geräte mit Fokus auf Fehlerkorrekturen.

Sources: Salesforce plans a record debt sale of up to $25B to fund its share buybacks; the company announced a $50B stock buyback program in February (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-10/salesforce-plans…

Trump is an adjudicated rapist.
-- He was found to be a rapist in a court of law...
Also the trump/epstein files show that he is also a pedophile
https://mastodon.social/@grrlscientist/116386151476003467

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦 (@grrlscientist@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image oops! Orange Rapist screamed at his lawyers to sue Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez for calling him a rapist until they explained that doing so would require her lawyers to access the #TrumpSteinFiles and that he would have to testify under oath about #Epstein. Then he got real quiet. #politics #RapeCulture

Epic says V-bucks will get more expensive starting March 19, with players getting 800 V-bucks for $8.99, down from 1,000 now, citing Fortnite running costs (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/games/892074/fortnite-v-bucks-price-increase-marc…

The California Values Act (SB 54) ensures that no state and local resources are used to assist federal immigration enforcement and that our schools, our hospitals, and our courthouses are safe spaces for everyone in our community.
SB 54 was signed into law on October 5, 2017 and went into effect January 1, 2018.
POLICE AND SHERIFFS:
Cannot ask about your immigration status.
Cannot arrest you only for having a deportation order or for most other immigration violations.

California Values Act (SB 54) - ACLU of Socal
The California Values Act (SB 54) ensures that no state and local resources are used to assist federal immigration enforcement and that our schools, our hospitals, and our courthouses are safe spaces for everyone in our community. SB 54 was signed into law on October 5, 2017 and went into effect January 1, 2018. POLICE […]

Oppo and OnePlus announce price increases for existing smartphone models starting March 16, citing the rising costs of components such as high-speed storage (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/03/10/oneplus-oppo-price-hikes-market-conditions/

OnePlus and Oppo will raise prices for existing smartphones starting next week
In the midst of frankly insane market conditions, Oppo and OnePlus have confirmed plans to raise prices of existing smartphones...

The White House is running as fast as it can from regime change and even faster from its demand for “unconditional surrender”.
Trump wants to be done because the conflict is getting too messy,
Gulf allies are certainly privately asking WTAF Trump’s plan is
and more than anything else Trump is realizing that he is triggering what has been the most reliable presidency killer in American politics for more than half a century:
spiking gas prices.
On gas prices, Tr…

Trump Now MoonWalking Away From Regime Change As Fast As He Can
Yesterday UN Ambassador Mike Waltz announced that the US was moving ahead...

In a preliminary ruling, a US judge orders Perplexity to stop using Comet browser to make purchases on behalf of users from password-protected Amazon accounts (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-10/amaz…

After a backlash, Google adds a toggle to let Google Photos users return to the "classic" search experience instead of the newer AI-powered "Ask Photos" option (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/goog

Google gives in to users' complaints over AI-powered 'Ask Photos' search feature | TechCrunch
The option appears on the Google Photos Search screen and lets users pick which experience they want.

An interview with CEO Tom Conrad about Sonos' new speakers, its first consumer product release since 2024, scrapping set-top box plans, app fiasco, and more (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)

Slide, which develops data backup and disaster recovery tech for managed service providers, raised a $70M Series B led by GC, bringing its total funding to $95M (CJ Fairfield/CRN)
https://www.crn.com/news/channel-news/2026

BCDR Firm Slide Raises $70M Series B To Fuel Global MSP Expansion: ‘The Train Keeps Rolling’
With new funding, Slide plans to expand into Europe, adds new platform capabilities.

Sources: xAI's AI agent project Macrohard has stalled as Tesla ramps up its own AI agent project Digital Optimus; Musk says they are a joint xAI-Tesla project (Grace Kay/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/xai-macrohard-project-tesla-ai-ag…

XAI's Macrohard project stalls as Tesla ramps up a similar AI agent effort
The xAI effort has aimed to build an AI white-collar worker. Tesla appears to be stepping in to fill the gap.

Amazon says Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier won't be able to access the Kindle Store from May 20; downloaded books can still be read (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)

Amazon is ending support for older Kindles and Kindle Fires
Amazon is ending support for several Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier, including the original model from 2007.

Kai, which is developing an AI-enabled cyber platform, raised $125M in a combined seed and Series A round led by Evolution Equity Partners (Angus Loten/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-cyber-star

How AI may disrupt venture capital, from making it easier and cheaper to start software companies, to agentic investors analyzing startup pitch decks and teams (Arielle Pardes/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-kill-venture-capital/

Can AI Kill the Venture Capitalist?
VCs are betting that artificial intelligence will disrupt nearly every industry in the world. Are they prepared for it to disrupt their own?