S&P Global says it plans to cut Paramount Skydance's credit rating from BB to BB after the WBD merger, indicating company debt securities are speculative grade (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/para…
China Fills Steel Gap Created by Crippling of Iran's Industry | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/china-fills-steel-gap-created-by-crippling-of-irans-industry
Bengaluru-based Scapia, which offers travel-focused co-branded credit cards and an app, raised $63M led by GC, a source says at a $500M post-money valuation (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/indian…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has circulated a
“Be on the Lookout” alert to law enforcement nationwide,
targeting a comedian whose satire of US immigration enforcement went viral.
The subject of the alert, known as a “Bolo”, was
Ben Palmer, a Nashville-based standup comedian and prankster who created a parody anti-immigration tip website.
His revealing videos of calls with members of the public who thought they were reporting immigrants to US Immigr…
TIL that I've actually created a few "high impact" packages on NPM (with 1 million downloads per week)... Just got this email from them (see screenshot)
If each one of these would just pay me $0.001, I could actually comfortably dedicate myself full time to these projects (which has been my long, long dream job). But the system and social contract around open source is completely broken and so I've to balance my time and try to sustain myself and my family via other ways for periods o…
Created by Congress in 1996,
the Alien Terrorist Removal Court,
has five federal judges appointed by the Chief Justice,
“to review applications for the removal from the United States of alien terrorists.”
The attorney general submits applications for removal to the court under seal.
According to the Federal Judicial Center, it has never received an application since its founding.
-- Until this week.
According to a court order posted on the newly-cr…
Samsung debuts Samsung Galaxy Card, its first-ever US credit card, a Visa from Barclays; it offers 5% rewards for purchases directly from Samsung (John Velasco/Tom's Guide)
https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/samsung-p
The ‘MAHA Trots’ are what happens when Republicans implement their anti-government agenda.
https://prospect.org/2026/07/16/how-donald-trump-created-worst-diarrhea-outbreak-cyclosporiasis-food-safety/