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Ryan Salame, Part of ‘Inner Circle’ at Collapsed Crypto Exchange FTX, Sentenced to Prison
(Headline USA) A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former FTX executive Ryan Salame to more than seven years in prison, the first of the lieutenants of failed cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried to receive jail time for their roles in the 2022 collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange. Salame, 30, was a high-ranking executive at FTX for…
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OpenAI Forms Safety Committee, Starts Training New AI Model to Replace ChatGPT System
(Headline USA) OpenAI says it’s setting up a safety and security committee and has begun training a new artificial intelligence model to supplant the GPT-4 system that underpins its ChatGPT chatbot. The San Francisco startup said in a blog post Tuesday that the committee will advise the full board on “critical safety and security decisions”…
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Update: Early Signs Point to Hung Jury in Trump Porn-Star Sex Trial
UPDATE: Early Signs Point to Hung Jury in Trump Porn-Star Sex Trial (Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Corrupt New York judge Juan Merchan dismissed the jury for the day following several hours of deliberation after receiving a note that asked for him to reread his convoluted and capricious instructions. ……The new note at 3:51 is asking…
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‘You’re an Idiot’: Joy Reid Fumbles When Challenged by Conservative in NYC
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) MSNBC host and leftist mouthpiece Joy Reid recently faced a confrontation with a conservative personality who questioned her about “Trump Derangement Syndrome” and her distinctive hairstyle. “Joy, just wondering: Do you think people with Trump Derangement Syndrome know they have it?” asked Ben Bergquam, host of Real America’s Voice’s Law & Border,…
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WHO Assembly Urges Pandemic Prep, Despite Stalled ‘Treaty’ Project
(Headline USA) Member countries kicked off the World Health Organization’s annual assembly on Monday with plans of improving global readiness for deadly outbreaks like COVID-19, after an ambitious—and highly controversial—“pandemic treaty” ran aground last week. Health officials are racing to get the world to agree to new ways to prepare for and fight an inevitable…
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Congress Moves against Totalitarian Central Bank Digital Currency
(Mike Gleason, Money Metals News Service) As hopes for rate cuts fade, metals markets are giving back some of their recent gains. On Wednesday, minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting showed central bankers are frustrated by the lack of progress on inflation. After several months of official inflation readings coming in hotter than…
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Price Inflation Isn’t an Accident; It’s a Policy
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) If you listen to government officials and central bankers talk about price inflation, you might think they don’t have the foggiest idea of what caused it. It might have been supply chain problems, or perhaps it was Putin’s fault. Maybe greedy corporations are jacking up prices. Or it could…
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Biden’s Surprise Visit to Daughter-in-Law Raises Witness-Tampering Questions
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) President Joe Biden‘s surprise visit to his son Beau Biden’s widow, Hallie Biden, has promoted speculation that the president may be tampering with a key witness before she testifies in Hunter Biden‘s upcoming trial related to the illegal acquisition of a firearm, the New York Post reported. Hallie Biden was not…
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Indian Gold Demand Rebounds During Important May Festival
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After a tepid March and April, Indian gold demand surged during an important May festival. India ranks as the second-largest gold market in the world behind only China. Moderating prices helped drive a resurgence in gold demand ahead of and during the Akshaya Tritiya festival on May 10. According…
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Colorado Rancher Dies, Along w/ 34 Head of Cattle, in Lightning Strike
(Headline USA) A lightning strike killed a Colorado rancher and 34 head of cattle over the weekend, officials said Sunday. Mike Morgan, 51, was feeding his cattle from a trailer when he was struck and died on the scene despite life-saving efforts, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said. The lightning bolt struck on wide open…
