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ProPublica @ProPublica@newsie.social
· 9h ago
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Bill Gates Wants to Stop Global Warming. He’s Earned Billions From Climate-Polluting Landfills. --- Gates owns a dominant stake in America's second-largest landfill operator, but he's failed to make the company live up to his own climate principles. Inspectors have repeatedly found excess methane escaping from its landfills. https://www.propublica.org/article/bill-gates-republic-landfill-methane-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #Pollution #Billionaires #Business
Bill Gates Wants to Stop Global Warming. He’s Earned Billions From Climate-Polluting Landfills.
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Bill Gates Wants to Stop Global Warming. He’s Earned Billions From Climate-Polluting Landfills.

Bill Gates owns a dominant stake in Republic Services, America’s second-largest landfill operator, but he’s failed to make the company live up to his own climate principles, ProPublica has found.

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ProPublica @ProPublica@newsie.social
· 1d ago
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NEW: XpresTest, a company linked to Trump’s sons, got nearly $40 million in government contracts. It has years of experience conducting disease screening in U.S. airports but has never worked with Ebola or provided biosecurity services abroad. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-sons-xwell-xprestest-government-contracts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #Health #PublicHealth #Ebola #Trump #Government #Business
Firm Tied to Trump Sons Won Nearly $40 Million in Federal Funds to Screen for Ebola, Other Diseases
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Firm Tied to Trump Sons Won Nearly $40 Million in Federal Funds to Screen for Ebola, Other Diseases

XpresTest has years of experience conducting disease screening in U.S. airports but has never worked with Ebola or provided biosecurity services abroad. It’s “a new thing for us,” the company’s CEO said.

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Business Insider @business_insider@robot.villas
· 2d ago
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he was 'unfaithful' to his wife: Read his note to staff https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-jensen-huang-memo-unfaithful-national-security-investigation-2026-11 #Business #Tech #News
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he was 'unfaithful' to his wife: Read his note to staff

In a note to staff, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he hopes to earn back the trust of his family and staffers after admitting to an affair.

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Mark @paka@mastodon.scot
· 5d ago
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Next #pandemic could be brewing on mink farm in #Utah; little being done to stop it

#Mink farms are perfect petri dishes for #deadly #flu strains to emerge

Could this be ground zero?

It’s a candidate, because chain of events to trigger #plague far worse than #Covid-19 looks like disaster film opening sequence. A really bad disaster movie

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/04/global-pandemic-mink-farm-utah-farming-livestock

#USA #Illness #PeoplelNotProfits #CorporateTerrorism

The next global pandemic could be brewing on a mink farm in Utah – and little is being done to stop it | George Monbiot
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The next global pandemic could be brewing on a mink farm in Utah – and little is being done to stop it | George Monbiot

Mink farms are the perfect petri dishes for deadly flu strains to emerge. Yet officials appear to be protecting business interests over human lives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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The Guardian Feeds @guardianfeeds@rssfeed.media
· 1w ago
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UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre By Jillian Ambrose Drax’s FTSE 250 owner strikes £20bn deal to build infrastructure in what it says is site’s ‘next chapter’ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/03/uk-drax-power-station-ai-datacentre #Drax #Energyindustry #Business #Energy #Environment #AIartificialintelligence #Technology #UKnews #TheGuardian #JillianAmbrose
UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre
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UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre

Drax’s FTSE 250 owner strikes £20bn deal to build infrastructure in what it says is site’s ‘next chapter’

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CNBC — US Top News and Analysis @cnbc_us_top_news@robot.villas
· 1w ago
Ryanair CEO warns fares could rise by up to 20% in 2027 as fuel bill jumps by $2.2 billion https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/02/ryanair-h1-earnings-iran-war-fuel-costs.html #Business #Markets #News
Ryanair CEO warns fares could rise by up to 20% in 2027 as fuel bill jumps by $2.2 billion
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Ryanair CEO warns fares could rise by up to 20% in 2027 as fuel bill jumps by $2.2 billion

Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary told CNBC that European airlines may have "significantly higher airfares" of up to 20% next year as fuel costs rise.

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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social
· 1w ago
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Anthropic is SpaceX's largest single customer, a person familiar with the matter has said, accounting for more than a third of the revenue for the Elon Musk-owned firm during the third quarter of this year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/30/companies/spacex-customer-anthropic/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies
SpaceX’s largest, $3 billion-a-month ‘Customer B’ is Anthropic
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SpaceX’s largest, $3 billion-a-month ‘Customer B’ is Anthropic

SpaceX had said in a filing that about 34.5% of its revenue for the last quarter came from a single client, identified only as “Customer B.”

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Fortune @fortune@robot.villas
· 1w ago
Weakened Netanyahu spreads claims of malfeasance by Arab-led parties as his party claims Israel's election was 'stolen' https://fortune.com/2026/10/29/israel-election-netanyahu-bloc-loses-majority-stolen-claims/ #Business #News #Politics
Weakened Netanyahu spreads claims of malfeasance by Arab-led parties as his party claims Israel’s election was ‘stolen’ | Fortune
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Weakened Netanyahu spreads claims of malfeasance by Arab-led parties as his party claims Israel’s election was ‘stolen’ | Fortune

The opposition accused Netanyahu of demonizing the Arab population after a historic showing by Arab-led parties in an attempt to delegitimize the election.

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Fortune @fortune@robot.villas
· 1w ago
Spanish PM, facing reelection, says it's 'unacceptable' to suffer two high-speed rail accidents in one year as at least 68 die in collision https://fortune.com/2026/10/29/spain-high-speed-train-crash-68-dead-urda/ #Business #Economy #News
Spanish PM, facing reelection, says it's 'unacceptable' to suffer two high-speed rail accidents in one year as at least 68 die in collision | Fortune
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Spanish PM, facing reelection, says it's 'unacceptable' to suffer two high-speed rail accidents in one year as at least 68 die in collision | Fortune

Pedro Sánchez called for increased safety measures to restore confidence in a high-speed rail system that was once a source of national pride.

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Fox Business @fox_business@robot.villas
· 1w ago
Binance says security incident had estimated $6.3B impact, $3B in assets frozen https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/binance-says-security-incident-had-estimated-6-3b-impact-3b-assets-frozen #Business #Crypto #CyberSecurity
Binance says security incident had estimated $6.3B impact, $3B in assets frozen
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Binance says security incident had estimated $6.3B impact, $3B in assets frozen

Binance froze $3 billion in assets after a major security incident, with Changpeng Zhao suggesting the crypto exchange appears to have been hacked.

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ProPublica @ProPublica@newsie.social
· 1w ago
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NEW: A top U.S. official endorsed a key policy change on hormone replacement therapies while holding at least $115,000 in stock in a company that provides access to menopause treatments. Ethics experts called it an “obvious conflict of interest.” https://www.propublica.org/article/hhs-alicia-jackson-menopause-treatment-policy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #Health #Women #Ethics #Conflict #Government #Business
Top U.S. Health Official Backed a Medication Policy Shift That Benefited a Company She Has Stock In
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Top U.S. Health Official Backed a Medication Policy Shift That Benefited a Company She Has Stock In

Alicia Jackson endorsed a key FDA policy change on hormone replacement therapies while holding at least $115,000 in stock in a company providing access to menopause treatments. Ethics experts called her endorsement an “obvious conflict of interest.”

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Kaspersky official blog @kaspersky_official_blog@robot.villas
· 1mo ago
Cybersecurity Tokenomics: Denial of Wallet Attacks and the Cost of SOC Operations | Kaspersky official blog https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/tokenomics-ai-and-cybersecurity/56523/ #Cybersecurity #AI #Business
Cybersecurity Tokenomics: Denial of Wallet Attacks and the Cost of SOC Operations
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Cybersecurity Tokenomics: Denial of Wallet Attacks and the Cost of SOC Operations

How to prevent budget overruns in the information security department, and what cyber risks the cost of AI tokens poses to the SOC.

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