"We chose to live in Silicon Valley, and whatever taxes I guess they would like to apply, so be it. I’m perfectly fine with it." - CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang

Scams aren’t just for grandma anymore. Even Italy’s Defense Minister had his voice cloned to demand millions. And that’s just one of the many ways scammers are coming for you.Find out more here👇

Fibrebond CEO, who sold the company for $1.7 billion, is giving $240 million of the proceeds to employees. On average, 540 full-time employees will receive about $443,000 each. Different from how most exits play out, unfortunately.

After working normally for seven years, a group of browser extensions on roughly 4.3 million Chrome and Edge devices suddenly went rogue, sending user data to attackers believed to be in China. If you use browser extensions, it’s time to check what’s really active in your browser.

Your data flows further than you’re told, and far more people profit from it than you realize. Read the full story here. 👇

“We need to control all social platforms and take control of what they are saying.” – Israeli billionaire Shlomo Kramer, who believes the United States should limit First Amendment protections to prevent antisemitism.

While California debates billionaire taxes, one man quietly donated $100B, and it wasn’t until 2021 that Hurun Research and EdelGive Foundation revealed the full total over 115 years after he died.

BREAKING: According to Chamath Palihapitiya on X, ultra-wealthy individuals with a combined net worth of $500B reportedly left California yesterday.

Insurers don’t take your data by force. They ask nicely, dress it up as a discount, and wait for consent. Next thing you know, your rates have doubled. Romeo Chicco had to learn this the hard way. Learn more here.

Elon Musk claims his tax payment was so large it “broke the IRS computer.”

In mid-2025 the Trump government decided to expand corporate access to Americans’ medical records under the banner of efficiency. What they didn’t change was who profits and who carries the risk. This post shows the billion-dollar industry waiting behind it.

“Arguing that you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” - Edward snowden

Zuckerberg just settled an $8B lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica to avoid testifying. That alone tells you how serious this was.

Browser extensions have become one of the most normalized security failures on the internet. We grant them permissions we would never give a human being. Then we act surprised when data leaks and accounts get drained.

Ronald Read spent his life working as a gas station attendant and janitor while living frugally. He saved and invested until he had $8 million. At 92, he left $4.8 million to the local hospital and $1.2 million to the library. He gave up comforts for himself so others could benefit.

“If you have something you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it.” - Eric Schmidt (2009) Comment on Google data collection

Most people are wildly underestimating how dangerous modern scams have become. AI has turned fraud into a precision weapon. Which of these would you fall for?

Known as the Secret Santa, Larry Stewart gave away $1.3 million, mostly in $100 bills, by seeking out people in shelters, thrift stores, and bus stations. It was only when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer that he revealed himself, hoping to inspire others to continue the tradition.

BREAKING: The Trump administration is reportedly considering transferring 775 acres of a federal wildlife refuge in Texas to Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Nvidia is set to open a $1.5 billion AI campus in Israel, calling it its “second home.” www.jns.org/nvidia-decla...?

Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” motto was removed from its code in 2018. They just… dropped it.

Elon Musk has become the first person in history to have a net worth of over $600 billion. As of today, his net worth stands at approximately $677 billion.

Switzerland has rejected the use of Palantir’s software by federal authorities and the Army, after an extensive and ultimately unsuccessful lobbying and sales campaign by Palantir. www.republik.ch/2025/12/09/m...?

Meta will read and use your chats with Meta AI starting December 16. The data will be used to personalize content and ads. Private chats, public data.

President Trump says he’ll only pick a Fed Chair who agrees to cut rates right away. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...?

Known as the "quiet lawyer," Jack MacDonald lived a very frugal and private life.Only when he passed away in 2013, did it emerge that he had secretly donated nearly all of his $187 million fortune to children’s hospitals, schools, and programs for youth. A life you could truly call meaningful.

EU has fined Elon Musk's X $140 million for allegedly misleading users with verified badges and not giving them access to its data.

During the 2018 SingHealth cyberattack, hackers accessed over 1.5 million patients’ data, including names, addresses, dates of birth, and medication records. Even Singapore’s Prime Minister’s records were hacked. If even the Prime Minister’s records can be hacked, I don’t know who’s safe.

Michael Dell and Susan Dell just pledged $6.25 billion to create investment accounts for 25 million children. Under this plan, every child under 10 in a lower- to mid-income ZIP code will receive $250.

Based on research from Cornell Tech, Grokpedia was found sourcing information from blacklisted sites and even neo-Nazi forums. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Swiss entrepreneur Hansjörg Wyss launched the 30x30 initiative in 2018, aiming to protect 30% of the Earth’s land and oceans by 2030. So far, Wyss has personally pledged $1.5 billion. The protected land is so large that it’s roughly the size of India.

According to GrokAI, Elon Musk is fitter than LeBron James, would likely win a poop-eating contest, and would choose to vaporize the whole country of Slovakia over Elon.

According to a newly unsealed filing, Instagram had a disturbingly high tolerance for sex trafficking and no way to report child sexual abuse. time.com/7336204/meta...

The biggest breach ever happened at Yahoo in 2013–2014, with hackers stealing data from all 3 billion accounts. But instead of alerting users, Yahoo stayed quiet for years and only admitted it during the Verizon deal in 2016, even then they lied claiming it was just 1 billion.

After selling his company for millions, Marcel LeBrun, a canadian entrepreneur, chose to build homes for the homeless instead of buying luxuries. He’s already built 99 tiny homes with $4 million of his own investment and he's still going.

A Google search of a fallen Ukrainian soldier says everything you need to know about the war.

The Trump T1 phone, supposed to ship by September, hasn’t shipped any unit yet, and the official website no longer lists a release date. Earlier, the original “Made in USA” label was replaced with more vague wording like “American‑proud design … brought to life right here in the USA.”

The EU is planning to pass 'chat control' legislation that allows them to monitor private chats without any discussion, all behind closed doors. According to MEP Martin Sonneborn.

Meta is facing a lawsuit claiming it illegally pulled 2,400 adult films to build an AI training dataset. But Meta says it was only for “personal use.” arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

According to Eric Trump, Bitcoin is “the greatest asset of our time.” finance.yahoo.com/video/bitcoi...?

Some Chinese public bathrooms require watching ads to get toilet paper, all to prevent waste. Welcome to the dystopian restroom of the future.

Over the past two decades, tech billionaire Tim Sweeney has been buying land and growing forests. Today, he owns more than 54,000 acres, much of it permanently conserved.

Elon Musk’s dad, Errol Musk, says the U.S. will go “back to the jungle” if white people become a minority.

Every day, Trader Joe’s donates all its close-to-expiry but edible products. In 2023 alone, those donations amounted over $469 million.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his company is the first to be “completely woke-free.”

Apple is planning to launch a new “iPhone Pocket” for $229. A bag for your phone, and it costs more than some phones.

According to leaked internal documents, in 2024, Meta made 10% of its revenue, around $16 billion, from scam ads, illegal gambling, and fake medical product promotions. www.reuters.com/investigatio...?

Proof that even tiny digital footprints can have massive real-world consequences.

Wall Street billionaire Jeff Yass has donated $100 million to the University of Austin. With this gift, the university has pledged to never charge tuition to its students.

The amount of innovation happening quietly in the background is pretty impressive.