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Business

First Huawei, Then SMIC, Now Hua Hong: The US Chip Chokehold Widens

China's No. 2 chipmaker quietly developed 7nm technology with Huawei's backing. Then Washington's letters arrived—and billions in equipment contracts went dark overnight.

Maynard Keys April 29, 2026

Politics

ABC's Broadcast Licenses Under FCC Review. The Offense: A Joke About Melania Trump.

Jimmy Kimmel joked about Melania Trump. One week later, the FCC ordered early license reviews for eight ABC-owned stations — licenses not due until 2028. The stated reason is DEI policy.

Von Clause April 28, 2026

Politics

A Seashell Photo, a Second Indictment: Criminalizing Dissent in America

A former FBI director posted a photo of seashells on a beach. The US Justice Department has now indicted him for threatening the president's life — the second attempt to prosecute him in seven months.

Von Clause April 28, 2026

Politics

The Pentagon May Be Filtering What Trump Knows About His Own War

Iran still has two-thirds of its air force. The vice president wants to know why the president keeps being told otherwise.

Von Clause April 28, 2026

Culture

The White House Wants Jimmy Kimmel Fired. A Free Press Is Watching.

The White House called Jimmy Kimmel a "shit human" and demanded Disney fire him over a widow joke. Disney's response: silence.

Ozzy Wild April 28, 2026

Business

AI Was Supposed to Replace Workers. Right Now It Just Costs More.

Startup CEOs are bragging about spending more on AI than on humans. A Nvidia executive just admitted the technology still costs more than the workers it's meant to replace.

Maynard Keys April 28, 2026

Gaming

Garry's Mod Successor Hits #2 on Steam. Players Say: Not Yet.

#2 on Steam, 83% positive, and already drowning in AI-generated filler. The Garry's Mod successor players waited two decades for is here — sort of.

Tyler Vincere April 28, 2026

Gaming

Robot Cowboys, 99% Reviews, and the Number One Spot: Far Far West's Out-of-Nowhere Steam Takeover

An eight-person French studio just dethroned every major publisher on Steam's Top Sellers chart with a co-op shooter about robot cowboys fighting undead nightmares. It has 99% positive reviews and costs less than a pizza.

Tyler Vincere April 28, 2026

Technology

EU Orders Google to Open Android to Rival AI

Download ChatGPT on Android and you get an app. Download Gemini and you get an operating system — and Brussels wants to close that gap.

Jonny V. Nuovo April 28, 2026

World

OPEC Just Lost the UAE. The Cartel May Never Recover.

The UAE walked out of OPEC after 59 years without telling Saudi Arabia first. With its second-most capable producer gone, the cartel faces an existential crisis at the worst possible moment.

Von Clause April 28, 2026

Science

A 4,000-Year-Old Language Was Finally Deciphered. The Comparison Is Champollion.

For 119 years, Linear Elamite sat in a drawer marked "undecipherable." Then a French archaeologist found his Ptolemy — a king named Shilhaha — and cracked open a civilization that flourished between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.

Carl Sage April 28, 2026

Politics

9 Million Voters Stripped From India's Rolls Before Key Election

India has stripped nine million people from West Bengal's voter rolls — 12% of the electorate — weeks before a critical state election. An AI algorithm that failed to account for how Bengali names work flagged millions as suspicious.

Von Clause April 28, 2026