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- Apple released iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 last week, which included fixes for several security vulnerabilities. But these updates also seemed to introduce a serious bug. Some users found that photos that they deleted years ago—some of a sensitive nature—suddenly showed up in the Recents album again, as though they were new. And some people who purchased used or refurbished iPhones or iPads reported seeing previous owners’ deleted photos on their device.
- AI Overview also recommended a user eat “at least one small rock a day”. The response even cited “UC Berkeley geologists” as its source for the recommendation, saying rocks “contain vitamins and minerals that are important for digestive health”. It does come with a warning, however, that eating rocks “can be dangerous”. To be clear, you shouldn’t eat rocks. Doing so could kill you. However, Google says these answers aren’t representative of how the tool is working in general.
- A former Chinese takeaway worker found guilty of money laundering after police seized more than £3bn worth of Bitcoin has been jailed for more than six years. Jian Wen, 42, came to the attention of police when she tried to buy some of London’s most expensive properties, including a £23.5m seven-bedroom Hampstead mansion with a swimming pool and a nearby £12.5m home with a cinema and gym. The cryptocurrency was worth £1.4bn at the time but its value has now risen to more than £3bn, while 23,308 Bitcoin, now worth more than £1bn, linked to the probe remains in circulation. The Bitcoin allegedly came from a £5bn investment scam carried out in China between 2014 and 2017. Wen was not involved in the fraud but was said to have acted as a “front person” to help disguise the source of the money, some of which had been used to buy cryptocurrency and smuggled out of China on laptops.
- The latest Rasmussen poll of Americans shows that with the vaccine we have almost doubled the death toll from the COVID virus. It wasn’t “safe” at all. Not even close. The main results of the survey with some cross tables Rasmussen Reports, the only market research firm in America willing to ask tough questions, just asked a cross-section of American adults whether they personally knew anyone who died from COVID, and separately whether they knew anyone who died from the vaccine. The key takeaway from the survey is that it indicates that deaths due to “ cure ” versus “ disease ” were within a factor of two. It’s devastating. This means that we likely increased the death toll from the COVID virus by 50% or more by putting a deadly vaccine on the market and convincing Americans that the vaccines were safe. They should be ashamed. ~Steve Kirsch
- Amid a dramatic geopolitical shift brought about by the BRICS economic alliance, Citigroup’s chief US economist, Andrew Hollenhorst, has issued a stark warning of an impending economic crash, highlighting the fragile state of the US labor market and the growing pressures from global economic changes. Andrew Hollenhorst, recently expressed his grave concerns to CNBC regarding the fragile state of the United States economy. As the labor market shows signs of severe strain, Hollenhorst believes that a hard landing may be inevitable for the nation. The BRICS economic alliance has witnessed remarkable growth over the past year, marking its first significant expansion since 2001. This coalition, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has implemented policies aimed at reducing international reliance on the US dollar and promoting the use of local currencies. The geopolitical shift orchestrated by BRICS is now playing a pivotal role in the concerns raised by Citigroup’s Andrew Hollenhorst. ~ Medeea Greere
- Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has claimed that a European commissioner told him he could end up suffering the same fate as Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who survived an assassination attempt last week. In a Facebook post on Thursday, Kobakhidze said that the unnamed commissioner warned him during a recent phone call that the West would take “a number of measures” against him if his government pressed ahead with a law requiring foreign NGOs in Georgia to disclose their funding. “While listing these measures, he mentioned: ‘you see what happened to Fico, and you should be very careful’,” he wrote.
- Perhaps ask us whether escalating tensions that threaten massive Global conflict is actually a carefully crafted globalist “false flag” hiding something even more sinister. Dominating the news cycle in particular are the battles now raging in the United States and elsewhere between activists and authorities through pro-Palestinian demonstrations. But again, is this a more contrived distraction? I think it is. So what is the real agenda behind these events that have dominated the headlines? What are the globalists, who are the real string-pullers, actually trying to achieve? Will more conventional wars and street-level conflicts really serve the purpose? What then is the real agenda behind these headline-dominating events? What are the Globalists, who are the real string-pullers, actually trying to achieve? Will more conventional wars and street-level conflict really do the job? ~ Richard C. Cook
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed that God has sent him “for a reason” and that his work “will be done” once the purpose is achieved.” The Indian leader made the statement during his latest interview with the news channel NDTV. Modi has lately appeared in a string of interviews with several prominent news channels. “I am convinced that God has sent me for a purpose and once that purpose is completed, my job will be done,” said, adding that he has “completely devoted” himself to God. When asked what his “purpose” is, Modi said that God has not revealed the plans to him. “He keeps making me do things; I do not have direct access to dial him to ask what plans he has for me.”
- The rap musician and aspiring crypto baron, who goes by the name Mikol, launched his currency ‘Truth or Dare’ ($DARE) on the Solana platform last week. Known as a ‘meme coin’, any value the currency may have comes from public attention. On Wednesday, Mikol doused himself with alcohol and launched a ‘Roman Candle War’ with several friends to mark the launch of the coin. The stunt involved the crypto developer’s friends shooting flares at him and each other. Inevitably, one of the flares hit Mikol and set the flammable liquid ablaze. Some of the artist’s friends tried to put out the fire, but the only things they had on hand were bottles of water, which were useless. As Mikol screamed in pain, the cameras kept rolling. The livestream did not stop until they reached the hospital.
- The German state of Hesse, located in the west-central part of the country, has introduced Ukrainian as a second foreign language for the 2024-25 school year, the local Ministry of Education and Culture announced on its website on Friday. While other German states offer individual courses in Ukrainian, it has so far not been taught as a foreign language in the country’s schools. According to the ministry’s statement, the move aims to help integrate Ukrainian refugees currently living in the region, including some 20,000 students and 300 teachers.
- The Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, has been serviced five times and remains in good health. But the telescope is aging and slowly falling toward Earth through natural drag from the atmosphere, so billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut Jared Isaacman helped spearhead a proposal to send a maintenance mission to the telescope for the first time since 2009. Isaacman — the commander of the private Inspiration4 mission in 2021, which he also financially backed — is also the funder and an astronaut of the Polaris Program. Polaris is a three-mission private astronaut series flying with SpaceX hardware that plans to run the first-ever commercial spacewalk as soon as this year, with Polaris Dawn.
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