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A grandfather in the UK stumbled upon a small fortune, discovering that his granddaughter’s Pokémon card collection, nearly thrown away during a household cleaning, is now valued at $24,266. The family plans to auction off the sealed box of cards, now a desirable collectible.

An instructor at Stanford University has been suspended after targeting Jewish students as “colonizers” and making them stand in a corner of the room. The pro-terrorist Stanford instructor then told the students, “This is what Israel does to the Palestinians.”

Actress Bella Thorne took to Instagram on Thursday to urge her 25 million followers to “be human” and sympathize with Israeli terror victims in the wake of the terrorist attack against Israel, which left 1,200 Israelis dead.

An Instagram account called “Muslim Daily” (muslim.daily) claims that the “pro-israeli [sic] Zionist propaganda machine” is lying about the mass shooting of Israeli civilians at a rave in southern Israel on Saturday during the Palestinian Hamas terrorist attack, as well as other claims.

According to the New York Police Department, a woman beat an Israeli student with a stick outside Columbia University’s main library on Wednesday, amid heightened tensions on the Ivy League campus over the Palestinian terrorist attack against Israel.

British Perfume tycoon Jo Malone’s son helps lead the Harvard Palestinian student group that was behind the pro-terror statement that blamed Israel for the Hamas massacre that left more than 1,000 Israelis dead.

Microsoft is grappling with a colossal tax bill, amounting to $28.9 billion, stemming from historical accounting practices scrutinized by the IRS. A contentious audit of almost two decades of Microsoft’s tax payments focused on its accounting trick of offshoring profits to Puerto Rico.

In a detailed response to European Union officials, Linda Yaccarino, CEO of the social media platform X/Twitter, explained the comprehensive measures undertaken by the platform to combat rampant disinformation and illegal content related to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict circulating on social media.

A diversity and inclusion director at Cornell University is being slammed over his social media posts supporting the Palestinian terror group Hamas, which he referred to Hamas terrorists as the “resistance.”

Alameda Research, the sister company of FTX, bribed a Chinese government official and even used the identities of Thai prostitutes to unlock $1 billion of frozen funds on other digital currency exchanges, according to the testimony of Caroline Ellison, the ex-girlfriend of disgraced FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.

Harvard students are scrambling to take back their pro-Hamas statement in response to the terrorist attacks against Israel — which has so far left more than 1,000 people dead — while CEOs are looking into blacklisting them from future jobs. The statement no longer lists the student groups that signed on the statement, claiming that “For student safety, the names of all original signing organizations have been concealed at this time.”

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is calling on Harvard to release the names of students that are members of groups that signed a pro-terror statement in response to the recent Hamas attacks against Israel, so that employers do not “inadvertently” hire pro-terrorist graduates in the future.

A recent ruling by a California court has spotlighted Facebook’s ad-targeting system, declaring its practices of showing ads to Americans based on age and gender as a violation of the state’s anti-discrimination laws.

According to a stock market analyst firm, the massive annual payment from Google to Apple to secure its status as the default search engine on iPhones and other Apple devices is now in the range of $18 to $20 billion, representing an incredible 14 to 16 percent of Apple’s annual operating profits. Market analyst Bernstein warned its clients that Apple’s Google gravy train may be altered forever by the landmark antitrust case against the internet giant.

The EU has publicly admonished Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, for allegedly failing to adequately address the spread of illegal content and disinformation on its platform, particularly in relation to the recent violent attacks on Israel orchestrated by Hamas terrorists.

Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of hedge fund Alameda Research, testified on Tuesday that she committed fraud at the behest of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, saying it looked like they funneled money to FTX executives.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) reported former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden to the Capitol Police on Tuesday over the former general’s suggestion on social media the lawmaker be removed from the “human race.” 

Following intense national backlash over silence among university leaders, Harvard President Claudine Gay released a second statement on Tuesday on the terror attacks against Israel, and distanced the school from its 30 student groups that expressed support for Palestinian terrorists and blamed Israel for the Hamas attacks that have so far left 1,000 Israelis dead.

A new promotional poster for “Loki” has been linked to an image from the stock photography company Shutterstock, which appears to break Disney Plus’s licensing agreement regarding AI-generated content, according to a report by The Verge.

Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) sounded the alarm over concerns that the FCC chairwoman “misled the public” over her proposed net neutrality rules.

The top architects of the west’s social media censorship regime continue to complain about the success of the ongoing pushback against their industry, spearheaded by GOP congressional investigations and the Missouri v. Biden lawsuit.

Vice News reports that the field of generative AI and popular tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E are being scrutinized as instances of misuse and ethical dilemmas become more apparent. In short, tech companies are creating AI chaos often aimed at kids, and none of them seem particularly concerned about the fallout.

A recent investigation has unveiled a harrowing incident involving the results of Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain implant trial on macaque monkeys, sparking a debate about if the technology is ready for human trials. In one gruesome incident, the implant caused a monkeys brain to “rupture,” leading to its untimely death.

A California federal judge has nullified a hefty $32.5 million fine previously imposed by a jury on tech giant Google, citing non-infringement of Sonos’ multi-room audio patents.

Playboy issued a stronger statement on the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel than Harvard leadership did.

Amazon has launched the first test satellites for its proposed satellite internet service on Friday, as the company seeks to close the gap on Elon Musk’s Starlink, which is already offering global internet coverage.

Frustrated with chip shortages, the company behind ChatGPT, OpenAI, is considering entering the chip manufacturing market itself, with various options including the acquisition of another chip manufacturing company on the table, per a report in Reuters.

Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz slammed Harvard on Monday in response to the Ivy League school remaining silent after more than 30 of its student organizations expressed their support Palestinian terrorists and blamed Israel for Hamas killing hundreds of Israelis last weekend.

More than 800 Canadian citizens have had their bank accounts shut down since 2018, including hundreds who participated in the pivotal trucker protests against coronavirus policies in 2022, known as the Freedom Convoy.

The judge presiding over the criminal trial of disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has lost patience with Bankman-Fried’s lawyers only three days into the trial.

Facebook is allowing advertisements for pro-Palestinian merchandise that effectively supports Israel’s destruction by replacing Israel on the map with the Palestinian flag.

Harvard leadership has finally issued a statement in response to the Palestinian terrorist attack against Israel over weekend, after being called out by former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers — and others — for their “silence.” University leadership, however, made no mention of their students expressing support for the Hamas terrorists.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is rolling out facial recognition technology on some of its university campuses, per reports.

Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers slammed Harvard over the “silence” by university leaders after dozens of student groups expressed their support for Palestinian terrorists in a joint statement in which they blamed Israel for Hamas killing hundreds of Israelis over the weekend.

Amazon’s popular voice assistant Alexa has recently claimed that the 2020 U.S. presidential election was “stolen by a massive amount of election fraud.”

Supermarket giant Kroger is spearheading a novel approach to fighting theft and errors at self-checkout lanes by deploying AI and camera technology, sparking a debate on customer experience, ethics, and privacy even as prominent chains dealing with massive shoplifting problems carefully watch how technology contributes to solving the problem.