From 1 January through June, companies announced $1.3 trillion worth of mergers and acquisitions globally, a value 37 percent below the same period in 2022, data service Refinitiv reported.
Category: 18 July 2023
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
A just released Biden Administration Cybersecurity strategy has many “stakeholders” and government bureaucrats disappointed, because it lacks the implementation of a Federal “digital identity” plan.
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TOP SWEETENER OFFICIALLY DECLARED A CARCINOGEN
The World Health Organization has finally gotten around to declaring the popular artificial sweetener aspartame a potential carcinogen.[1] I warned about aspartame’s cancer-causing potential on my site over 25 years ago, in my best-selling book, “Sweet Deception: Why Splenda, NutraSweet, and the FDA May Be Hazardous to Your Health,” in 2006, and in an article I wrote for The Huffington Post.[2] It’s since been deleted—but you can see just how long this danger has been known.
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TARGETED FOR TYRANNY: WE’RE ALL SUSPECTS UNDER THE GOVERNMENT’S PRE-CRIME PROGRAM
We’re all being targeted now. We’re all guilty until proven innocent now.
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ISRAEL HONING AI IN BATTLEFIELD SITUATIONS
That AI pause? If it’s happening at all (which is doubtful), the pause certainly doesn’t extend to the rapid development and implementation of AI in military applications.
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EV FABULISM WON’T HEAL THE EARTH, BUT WILL ENRICH ELITES
The Biden administration allocated hundreds of billions in a misnamed “Inflation Reduction Act” in 2022 to create subsidies and incentives for a supposed “green energy” transition.
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
To say it was a good day for crypto doesn’t quite get it right.
It was a day that crypto likely avoided the hardest road to greater adoption.
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THE NEW CHOKEPOINT TIGHTENS: COINBASE DEFENDS CRYPTO STAKING SERVICES
In a 14 July blog post, Coinbase gave an in depth defense of their platform’s crypto staking services.
That follows a lawsuit brought in June by the SEC and 10 states filed against the exchange, alleging that its staking services constitute an offering of “securities.”
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AMISH CHILDREN: NO VAX, LESS CHRONIC ILLNESS
Steve Kirsch, a former tech entrepreneur, claimed that a new study found that children of the Amish—who are known to shun the common comforts in society for a life based on self-sufficiency—have dramatically lower instances of chronic health issues that affect millions of Americans.
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AI TO ADVERTISERS: UP YOUR GAME
By the end of this year, half of all advertising revenue is likely to be tied somehow to AI, according to GroupM, a global media agency.