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Bill Gates’s reputation faces scrutiny following renewed revelations regarding his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Expedia Group achieved record $119 billion in bookings in 2025 under CEO Ariane Gorin, while a US federal judge ordered Circle to blacklist Zama’s cUSDC, freezing $12.6 million. In tech, an enthusiast boosted their PC’s VRAM to 32GB using a £150 Tesla GPU, and a new Odin library provides modern color transforms.
Canonical will now manage Flutter desktop maintenance, with Google moving design libraries into standalone packages. NixOS 26.05 “Yarara” is out, featuring systemd-based Stage 1. Security researchers are investigating TLS wiretapping via acme.sh exploits, while the Opcode Collective is reverse-engineering Intel 8087 microcode. Additionally, Zig’s updated linker now supports LLVM-enabled builds.
US military personnel are being tracked by adversaries using smartphone location data, prompting calls for stricter device protections. In cybersecurity, a researcher has threatened a major 0-day release following a dispute with Microsoft, while Carnival confirmed that 6 million customer records were stolen. Additionally, experts warn Europe must moderate datacenter growth to avoid power and water shortages.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded during a Florida test, causing significant damage and impacting NASA’s Artemis mission. The “Trump Accounts” app launched, providing $1,000 deposits for children born during the president’s second term. In New York, a law targeting 3D-printed “ghost guns” has sparked backlash, while the EU is reserving satellite spectrum to favor local players over SpaceX.
Nvidia is scaling its Taiwan supply chain, with spending potentially reaching $150 billion and staff set to quadruple. ByteDance is also eyeing a massive $70 billion AI expansion. In finance, Robinhood is launching autonomous AI trading features, while TSMC announced a 30% boost in employee profit-sharing. Meanwhile, YouTube is increasing the visibility of AI-generated content labels.
The EU aims to reserve two-thirds of mobile satellite spectrum for European firms, while SpaceX hiked Starlink prices fivefold for Pentagon drone use. In crypto, $8.2 million in Bitcoin was lost to a burn address. Meanwhile, Google’s AI-driven moderation wiped a manga artist’s entire digital life, and X clarified that blue checkmarks now signify active subscriptions, not account verification.