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#ElonMusk has made a particularly bold demand of his #WallStreet advisers ahead of the #IPO of #SpaceX.

#Musk is requiring banks, law firms, auditors & other advisers working on the IPO to buy subscriptions to #Grok, his #AI #chatbot, which is part of SpaceX, acc/to 4 people with knowledge….

Some of the banks have agreed to spend tens of millions on the chatbot, & they have already started integrating Grok into their #IT systems….

#tech #business #law #SEC #antitrust
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/business/spacex-ipo-grok-elon-musk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Big Banks Seeking a Piece of SpaceX’s I.P.O. Must Subscribe to Elon Musk’s Grok

Mr. Musk is requiring Wall Street firms to purchase subscriptions to his A.I. chatbot if they want to advise on one of the largest initial public offerings in history.

The New York Times

UN Special Rapporteur and legal scholar Francesca Albanese will today receive an honorary doctorate jointly awarded by three Flemish universities: Ghent University, the Free University of Brussels, and the University of Antwerp.

MO* interviewed Albanese one year ago.

https://www.mo.be/interview/Israel-pleegt-genocide-in-palestina-en-europa-doet-alsof-er-niets-aan-de-hand-is

#palestine #gaza #genocide #FrancescaAlbanese
#universities #doctorate #interview #europe #complicit

‘Israël pleegt genocide in Gaza, en Europa doet alsof er niets aan de hand is’ – MO*

VN-rapporteur Francesca Albanese hekelt de lakse Europese houding en pleit voor sancties tegen Israël.

MO* Magazine

Kees N ✅🔻19h ago

Kevin Beaumont 23h ago

Microsoft Copilot terms of service have been updated to include this gem: "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only." https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/copilot_terms_of_service/

Even Microsoft knows Copilot shouldn't be trusted with anything important

: Terms admit it is for entertainment only and may get things wrong

The Register

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Kirsten Verdel 23h ago

Trump Day 438: Trump fires Bondi, wants to increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion, Hegseth allows private firearms on military bases, fires Army chief of staff, infectious disease testing halted, 10,000 veterans lose their homes after aid program is scrapped: https://reportersonline.eu/trump-day-438-trump-fires-bondi-wants-to-increase-defense-spending-to-1-5-trillion-100-tariff-on-brand-name-drugs-50-on-aluminum-steel-and-copper-hegseth-allows-private-firearms-on-military-ba/

Trump Day 438: Trump fires Bondi, wants to increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion, 100% tariff on brand-name drugs, 50% on aluminum, steel, and copper, Hegseth allows private firearms on military bases, fires Army chief of staff, infectious disease testing halted, 10,000 veterans lose their homes after aid program is scrapped - Reporters Online

New decisions from Trump, and new fallout. An overview of day 438. – Trump says he can do whatever he wants with the ballroom he plans to build at the White House because wealthy people are funding it; it is not public money. However, the judge said that he is the guardian of the White […]

Reporters Online

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Assal Rad 1d ago

The ICC prosecutor has faced more punishment for holding war criminals accountable than Netanyahu has for committing genocide.

Imagine explaining this to future generations.

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Peter Breedveld 1d ago

Die Straat van Hormuz was gewoon open tot oorlogsmisdadiger Netanyahu zijn seniele sokpop Trump zover kreeg Iran zonder aanleiding aan te vallen en de wereld in een crisis mee te slepen, schrijft Hassnae Bouazza.

https://www.frontaalnaakt.nl/archives/europese-genen.html

Europese genen - Frontaal Naakt

Hassnae Bouazza Die Straat van Hormuz was gewoon open tot oorlogsmisdadiger Netanyahu zijn seniele sokpop Trump zover kreeg Iran zonder aanleiding aan te vallen en de wereld in een crisis mee te slepen. Hassnae Bouazza Illustratie: Yoshiharu Tsuge. Het mocht maar heel even duren, Europa’s zogenaamde rechte rug. Nadat de dolle oranje aap stampvoetend om militaire hulp vroeg in de oorlog tegen Iran, waren de verschillende Europese leiders (op de Nederlandse na, er is geen grotere voetveeg dan onze premier van dienst, met uitzondering van Rutte, die de betekenis van deurmat een geheel nieuwe betekenis heeft gegeven. Ik bedoel, we slikken allemaal wel eens onze waardigheid in, maar de zelfvernedering van dit lege theeblik is duizelingwekkend) opmerkelijk stellig: dit was niet hun oorlog, er grensde geen NAVO-land aan Iran. Maar de vreugde was van korte duur, want inmiddels wil een coalitie van EU-landen samenwerken om de afgesloten Straat van Hormuz te openen, omdat de wereldeconomie eronder lijdt en de gas- en de benzineprijzen enorm stijgen. Iedereen heeft het al geschreven, maar die Straat van Hormuz was gewoon open tot de gezochte oorlogsmisdadiger Netanyahu zijn seniele sokpop Trump zover kreeg Iran zonder aanleiding aan te vallen en de wereld in een […]

Frontaal Naakt

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Randahl Fink 1d ago

In his continued firing spree, Fox News host Pete Hegseth fires Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George and replaces him with his own aide Christopher LaNeve.

The U.S. is at war, and in total Pete Hegseth has fired 26 experienced generals and admirals in fourteen months, to surround himself with less competent loyalists.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/hegseth-ousts-army-chief-of-staff-gen-randy-george/

Hegseth ousts Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George

One of the sources said Hegseth wants someone in the role who will implement President Trump and Hegseth's vision for the Army.

Kees N ✅🔻1d ago

宮城巴惠 1d ago

Krita’s Maintainer is awesome!

Kees N ✅🔻1d ago

Michael Downey 🧢1d ago

🚨 LinkedIn runs a silent browser scan on every Chrome user who visits the site. 6,222 extensions. ~405 million users affected. No consent, no disclosure, no mention in their privacy policy.

The scan identifies your sales tools, VPN, ad blocker, job search extensions, and extensions tied to religion, politics, and disability.

The full technical breakdown, legal analysis, and searchable database of every scanned extension:

https://browsergate.eu

#LinkedIn #BrowserGate #privacy

LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer

Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm. The user is never asked. Never told. LinkedIn’s privacy policy does not mention it. Because LinkedIn knows each user’s real name, employer, and job title, it is not searching anonymous visitors. It is searching identified people at identified companies. Millions of companies. Every day. All over the world.

BrowserGate

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