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Dems slam Trump for making cybersecurity hold out the tin cup while splurging on ballroom and Jan. 6 'slush fund'
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/22/dems-slam-trump-cyber-cuts-amid-ballroom-jan-6-slush-fun…

Dems slam Trump cyber cuts amid ballroom, Jan. 6 'slush fund'
Budgets are moral documents,' Rep. Delia Ramirez said

Syntun: online sales during China's 618 shopping festival grew 4% YoY, a sharp drop from 15.2% growth last year, amid a persistent consumer spending slowdown (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/23/china-618-shop…

China's 618 shopping festival growth slows sharply as consumer spending malaise persists
The latest consumer data reinforce how consumption in China remains subdued.

We have added a section on @…’s Library Skills to our agent-based software engineering tutorial: https://agentic-software-engineerin…

"‘Slug sleuth’ farmers in England help develop prediction tool to cut back on pesticide use"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Pesticides

‘Slug sleuth’ farmers in England help develop prediction tool to cut back on pesticide use
Maps created as part of Defra-funded Slimers project allowed test growers to halve amount of slug pellets used

In the few short days since its launch, Trump's slush fund initiative has received significant blowback from the public,
which is tasked with paying for the unprecedented cash stash.
But mounting opposition from House and Senate Republicans forced Trump Friday to attempt to shore up legislative support.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump put his foot down on the matter, claiming that he had given up
“a lot of money” to allow the creation of the fund
—but in d…

Trump Desperately Tries to Convince Republicans to Support Slush Fund
Donald Trump is facing major backlash from both lawmakers and voters over the fund.

Pam Bondi may have doomed Trump's slush fund: report - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-slush-fund-bondi/

Japan's top five chip equipment makers posted their first-ever fall in combined China sales, down 10% in the year ended March 31, as China boosts local players (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/semi…

Japan chipmaking equipment suppliers report 10% drop in China sales
Foreign companies lose market share as Beijing boosts local players

"Florida dumped half a million oyster shells into the Gulf of Mexico. No one expected the results to be this good."
#US #USA #America

Florida dumped half a million oyster shells into the Gulf of Mexico. No one expected the results to be this good.
Florida dumped 500,000 tons of oyster shells into the Gulf of Mexico, which helped rebuild damaged reefs and restore marine habitats.

Source: Cursor reached $3B in annualized revenue in late April and now has 3,000 customers paying at least $100K each for its software on an annualized basis (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…

Cursor Hits $3 Billion Annual Sales Rate Ahead of SpaceX Deal
Cursor’s annualized revenue hit $3 billion in late April, according to a person familiar with the matter, indicating growing demand for the company’s AI coding software ahead of an expected deal to be acquired by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The artificial intelligence startup’s annualized revenue, which projects sales for a 12-month-period based on recent performance, topped $2 billion in February, Bloomberg previously reported. Cursor now has more than 3,000 customers paying at least $100,000 …

Amazon says its business sales unit, Amazon Business, reached $60B in annualized gross sales in Q2, up ~71% from 2023, and serves 11M organizations worldwide (Matt Day/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…