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The NHS is granting staff from companies including Palantir ‘unlimited access’ to identifiable patient data while working on its federated data platform (FDP), the Financial Times (FT) reported. The change, outlined in an internal briefing note seen by the FT, relates to the National Data Integration Tenant (NDIT), described as a “safe haven for data” …
🚨🇪🇺 Ursula's Democratic European Union Plans to Crack Down on VPNs! "The new EU age ID verification system will not be 'bypassed' via VPN access." Not even China does this to their citizens. pic.twitter.com/W7UbqKPTTe — Based Hungary 🇭🇺 (@HungaryBased) May 1, 2026
17:20 / April 17 The announcement of the opening of the Strait of Hormuz has been made under completely specific conditions and in full coordination with the forces responsible for the matter, and it will practically be highly limited. This passage, which is contingent on the continued implementation of the ceasefire conditions, will have three …
Crew on $4.1bn Artemis II mission thwarted by embarrassing Outlook error: 'Microsoft's not content with being the worst email service on Earth' https://t.co/ChuaG6zwBR — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) April 5, 2026 The crew on NASA’s Artemis II mission ran into unexpected issues with Microsoft Outlook, as the email service was plagued with technical difficulties even outside …
BREAKING: President Trump just told 450 million Europeans: sign my deal by Thursday or I cut your gas. And if you think this is impulsive, you are not paying attention. This is the most calculated energy play in American history. Qatar’s LNG is offline. Force Majeure. Ras Laffan shut after Iranian drones hit it on …
🚨 JUST IN: Americans are suspicious of how CNN just got FULL ACCESS to “investigate” Iran’s underground missile cities It is VERY concerning that a terrorist regime thinks CNN is their best mouthpiece for America What did they agree to for this access? pic.twitter.com/Ea0xVvBeUM — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 21, 2026
SCOOP: Saudi Arabia gives the US expanded access to bases and airspace for war on Iran. UAE Foreign Minister told Marco Rubio Abu Dhabi is ready for a war to last nine months. “Attitude has shifted towards supporting the US war as a way to punish Iran for strikes” thread 🧵 pic.twitter.com/UwiLyfjMQi — Sean Mathews …
BREAKING: 🇷🇺🇮🇷🇺🇸 Putin is the Iran war's one sure winner — Bloomberg The war could benefit Russia by draining US missiles, driving up oil prices, and reviving Russian energy markets pic.twitter.com/SVXFg6yRkI — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) March 3, 2026 34% of the global fertilizer supply travels through the Strait of Hormuz. If this is a prolonged war …
via triptoasturias Epstein didn’t climb his way to power. He was handed it by a sequence of people who gave him access, training, and protection at every stage. Here’s the timeline the media won’t walk you through. 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒: 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 Epstein lands a job teaching math and physics at the Dalton School, one …
The exploit allows full root and shell access to your machine. It doesnt even need the user to interact with anything or do anything. Simply landing on a website allows the exploit to be used. It allows any executable function to be run without the users knowledge, and with no trace on the computer. Firefox …
People have jobs, lives, emergencies. Arrests suck, sure, but someone has to make the streets work. You can’t just sit in the middle and act like rules don’t apply. 🚨 BREAKING: Police just made mass arrests of striking nurses in Manhattan after they blocked the entrance. You don’t get to shut down access and call …
He’s right, a hard cap just pushes risk into darker corners. When banks pull credit, the people left paying are the ones with no lawyers and no exits. Bill Ackman @BillAckman I think President @realDonaldTrump ’s goal of reducing credit card interest rates is a worthy and important one. My concern about capping rates at …
by Michael Global events are moving very rapidly now. If I keep adding more stuff to this article, I will never get it out on time. You are going to be shocked by some of the things that have just happened. It appears that the showdown in Iran between the protesters and the government is …
Australia launches youth social media ban it says will be the world’s ‘first domino’ More than 1 million social media accounts held by users under 16 are set to be deactivated in Australia in a divisive world-first ban that is being closely watched elsewhere. Can children and teenagers be forced off social media en masse? …
Windows 11 is testing a new feature that allows apps like Claude and Manus AI to access files stored on your PC using File Explorer. Microsoft is hopeful that adding AI to File Explorer will make you more productive. For example, you will be able to summarise documents, create presentations, or even turn your local …
Fannie Mae is set to drop its 620 credit score minimum this month. On the surface level, this is huge, renters with good payment history, young people with thin files, anyone locked out by arbitrary score floors suddenly has a shot at conventional financing. Also, first time buyers are collapsing so Fannie Mae desperately needed …
Why to do you think the FED Reverse Repo (aka “cash on the sidelines”) is at ~14bn$ while the FED Repo is now actively tapped? Answer: within the group of banks with access to FED repo there is at least one nobody wants to lend $ to even with collateral My bet? Norinchukin https://t.co/Kt9XXlFMoQ pic.twitter.com/sc2n7tPdHV …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, After a speech by Fed Governor Chris Waller in August, ADP stopped giving the Fed data. ADP vs BLS Private Payrolls – Month-Over-Month Lost Access The data in question is not the public data from which I produce monthly charts such as the lead chart. Rather, the Fed lost …
Pentagon access is a privilege, not a right. So, here is @DeptofWar press credentialing FOR DUMMIES: ✅ Press no longer roams free ✅ Press must wear visible badge ✅ Credentialed press no longer permitted to solicit criminal acts DONE. Pentagon now has same rules as every U.S military installation Pentagon access is a privilege, not …
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/microsoft-ends-israel-military-units-access-cloud-service-rcna233723 Microsoft has cut off some services to a unit in Israel’s Defense Ministry after investigating allegations that it was using Microsoft cloud products for the mass surveillance of Palestinians. In a blog post published Thursday, Microsoft President Brad Smith said the move came after reviewing an Aug. 6 report from The Guardian that said …
BREAKING: Sam Altman just revealed who GPT-5 is really built for: > India is our 2nd largest market > It may become our LARGEST > We’ve taken a lot of feedback from users in india what they’d like from us… > more affordable access > and we’ve put that in GPT-5 Now it all makes …
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tens of thousands of U.S. college students without legal resident status are losing access to in-state tuition prices as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration. The Justice Department has been suing states to end tuition breaks for students without legal residency, starting with Texas in June. It has also …
China blocked OnlyFans, calling it a “corrupt western disease.” Officials say the site spreads bad content and goes against their values. “OnlyFans spreads vulgarity and hurts society’s healthy growth,” said a spokesperson for China’s Cyberspace Administration.https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3221576/china-blocks-onlyfans-calls-corrupt-western-disease The ban fits with China’s push to control online content it finds harmful. The government is focused on stopping …
GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are now the center of a federal crackdown. The FDA has begun seizing counterfeit semaglutide and tirzepatide products from the U.S. supply chain. Some vials contained bacterial contamination. Others were mislabeled or chemically altered. The agency confirmed more than 500 adverse event reports tied to compounded versions. Poison control centers logged nearly …
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Robinhood built OpenAI and SpaceX tokens with no equity rights. CEO says it doesn’t matter. OpenAI rejects the deal. This is synthetic ownership rebranded as access.
Mega-rich treat city like private playground. 🇺🇸🇮🇹 BEZOS BLOWS €50M ON VENICE WEDDING WHILE LOCALS GET LOCKED OUT Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez touched down with 90 private jets and a guest list so rich it could fund a small nation. Venice residents? Locked out of their own city while the mega-rich turn it into …
The breach wasn’t sudden. It was slow, silent, and entirely preventable. In February 2025, Chinese state-backed hackers gained full access to Canada’s telecommunications infrastructure. Not a single firewall tripped. Not one alert sounded. The door had been left wide open since October 2023. Cisco had flagged the issue early. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20198, carried …
There’s currently a MASSIVE scandal going on at the FBI. Nefarious elements within the FBI manipulated the case management database, aka “Sentinel”, which allowed select agents to conceal evidence pertaining to cases by keyword. This “prohibited access” function essentially gave Deep State agents the ability to cover up information about any case they wanted. In …
Who was selling Autopen access for pardons in Biden’s White House? New accusations point to a high-level pay-to-play scheme.