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Palantir

Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate financial crimes

In Brief Posted: 2:53 PM PDT · April 24, 2026 Image Credits:Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images Palantir has helped the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations office probe a variety of financial crimes in the U.S. for much of the last decade, The Intercept reported. The IRS has paid the firm…

bubmagApril 24, 2026

Maradona

Napoli coach Conte ‘really disappointed’ after no communication since Lukaku return

epa12092720 Napoli's head coach Antonio Conte during the Italian Serie A soccer match SSC Napoli vs CF Genoa at Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Naples, 11 May 2025. EPA-EFE/CESARE ABBATE Napoli head coach Antonio Conte left the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona a happy man tonight, after his side delivered a…

bubmagApril 24, 2026

Huawei

DeepSeek’s new models are so efficient they’ll run on a toaster … by which we mean Huawei’s NPUs

Chinese AI darling DeepSeek is back with a new open weights large language model that promises performance to rival the best proprietary American LLMs. Perhaps more importantly, it claims to dramatically reduce inference costs and it extends support for Huawei's Ascend family of AI accelerators. Unveiled on Friday, DeepSeek V4…

bubmagApril 24, 2026

Google

Google Wallet’s Lock Screen Update Is Really Convenient For Frequent Flyers

Stockinq/Shutterstock If you fly or travel a lot, you're going to love the new feature Google Wallet is rolling out. A new lock screen element has been added that allows you to see your flight status, and it uses the same Live Updates functionality that helped Android 16 bring a…

bubmagApril 24, 2026

Electric Car

Pakistan Petroleum Car Sales Drop 9% & Electric Car Sales Rise 61% In March 2026

Petroleum-based car sales in Pakistan have recorded a decline of around 9%, largely driven by rising fuel prices and changing consumer preferences. The continuous increase in petrol and diesel costs has made conventional vehicles more expensive to operate, prompting many buyers to reconsider their purchasing decisions. In contrast, electric vehicle…

bubmagApril 24, 2026

Star Wars

Burger King introduces special Star Wars menu for The Mandalorian and Grogu

Launching May 4 for Star Wars Day Burger King is celebrating the release for The Mandalorian and Grogu with a special menu in the U.S. and Canada. Appropriately launching on May 4, AKA “Star Wars Day,” the fast food chain’s themed items will include: BBQ Bounty Whopper — a Whopper…

bubmagApril 24, 2026

Global Warming

El Niño set to return in mid-2026, UN warns of global climate impacts

A villager in Hafeji village, in the Tana delta district, north of Mombasa, Kenya, comes down from the top of his thatched house as help arrives Thursday May 20, 2010. - Copyright © africanews Copyright 2010 AP. All rights reserved. United Nations The warming El Niño climate pattern is expected…

bubmagApril 24, 2026

Propaganda

Netanyahu says he hid prostate cancer from public because of Iran war

Democracy Dies in Darkness Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he delayed revealing his diagnosis to prevent Iran from using it as “propaganda.” He said treatment had left “no trace” of the cancer. Updated April 24, 2026 Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has undergone treatment for early-stage prostate…

bubmagApril 24, 2026

Refugees

Afghans Stranded in Qatar Express Betrayal at Trump’s Push to Send Them to DRC

The Trump administration is moving to force Afghans who worked alongside the U.S. military either back to the war-torn nation or to the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C), veterans and refugee advocates say. Those Afghans have been stranded at a former U.S. military base in Qatar since 2021, and fear…

bubmagApril 24, 2026

Joe Biden

Trump DOJ Announces It Will Start Executing People by Firing Squad

The Department of Justice announced Friday that it will resurrect federal firing squads as part of an effort to implement Donald Trump’s day-one executive order to revamp capital punishment. Trump’s order, signed in January 2025, demanded the attorney general pursue the death penalty on “all crimes of a severity demanding…

bubmagApril 24, 2026

Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate financial crimes

Napoli coach Conte ‘really disappointed’ after no communication since Lukaku return

DeepSeek’s new models are so efficient they’ll run on a toaster … by which we mean Huawei’s NPUs

Google Wallet’s Lock Screen Update Is Really Convenient For Frequent Flyers

Pakistan Petroleum Car Sales Drop 9% & Electric Car Sales Rise 61% In March 2026

Burger King introduces special Star Wars menu for The Mandalorian and Grogu

El Niño set to return in mid-2026, UN warns of global climate impacts

Netanyahu says he hid prostate cancer from public because of Iran war

Afghans Stranded in Qatar Express Betrayal at Trump’s Push to Send Them to DRC

Trump DOJ Announces It Will Start Executing People by Firing Squad

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