2025q2-issue
Amazon Says Cloud Infrastructure In Bahrain, UAE 'Beyond Saving'
Engineers still salvaging what they can from the two other battered zones & across the wider Emirati region.
BRICS Steps Off The Dollar, With Iran Pressing Hardest
Drawing the most attention was BRICS Pay, a decentralized payment-messaging framework that stitches together India's UPI, China's CIPS, and Russia's SPFS into a shared interoperability layer.
Technology
Aphorisms
In the wild west, a .45 caliber colt cartridge cost 12 cents - same as a stack of whiskey at a bar. When they ran out of money and wanted more, the guests paid the bartender with bullets. A drink of whiskey paid for in this way was therefore called a shotSports
Entertainment
Markets & Trading.
Markets & Trading
Ex-Facebook security exec slams Meta $17bn no-trial pay-off
The controversial settlement with US states effectively prevented the court from assessing widely-held accusations that Facebook and Instagram were designed to addict minors
US Looks To Revive 'Prize Courts' For Iranian Oil Seizures
The Justice Department is preparing to use a dormant wartime maritime system to handle ships and cargo captured under the Iran blockade...
Federal Court Dismisses Musk's X Lawsuit Against New York Law Forcing Platforms To Define Speech
"[T]he First Amendment poses no obstacle to New York’s law," the judge wrote...
Trump Complained About Big Oil Profits, But Dumped Exxon Stock On Ceasefire Day
President Trump’s investment accounts sold between $500,000 and $1 million of ExxonMobil stock on April 7, the same day Trump announced a ceasefire in the Iran war and hours before Exxon shares opened 6.5% lower...
Geopolitics
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