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Lorne Gunter: Daft brain-drain tax proposal no answer to Liberal ineptitude Google

Lorne Gunter: Daft brain-drain tax proposal no answer to Liberal ineptitude

Patrick Pichette, fromer chief financial officer of Google, seen here in Montreal in 2011, proposed a tax on emigration at the Liberal national convention in Montreal last weekend. Postmedia file Article content At last weekend’s Liberal Party national convention in Montreal, Partrick Pichette, a Canadian who worked for several years…
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April 18, 2026
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is still earning rap music royalties, tax filings show New York City

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is still earning rap music royalties, tax filings show

Home › World › NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is still earning rap music royaltie... World Celebrity politician took home $1,643 in music royalties last year, up only slightly from $1,267 in 2024 Zohran Mamdani, right, and his wife, Rama Duwaji, react to supporters during an election night watch party on…
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April 18, 2026
Palantir, Thales, and a startup are competing to build the FAA’s predictive air traffic AI Palantir

Palantir, Thales, and a startup are competing to build the FAA’s predictive air traffic AI

In short: The FAA is developing SMART (Strategic Management of Airspace Routing Trajectories), an AI system that would extend air traffic conflict prediction from 15 minutes to two hours, with Palantir, Thales, and Air Space Intelligence competing for the contract. The project follows the LaGuardia crash that exposed controller overwork…
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April 18, 2026
Cursor is raising $2 billion at a $50 billion valuation as AI coding tools become the fastest-growing software category Cursor

Cursor is raising $2 billion at a $50 billion valuation as AI coding tools become the fastest-growing software category

In short: AI coding startup Cursor (Anysphere) is in talks to raise at least $2 billion at a $50 billion valuation, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, and Nvidia, nearly doubling its November 2025 valuation of $29.3 billion. The company has grown from zero to $2 billion ARR in three…
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April 18, 2026
Putin’s new critics: The celebrity influencers warning Russians might ‘snap’ Putin

Putin’s new critics: The celebrity influencers warning Russians might ‘snap’

Fitness videos, makeup tutorials — and now a viral manifesto on the growing problems plaguing Russia. A celebrity influencer’s direct warning to Vladimir Putin that his people might “snap” has prompted a rare acknowledgment of public criticism from the Kremlin. The 18-minute Instagram critique was a surprise pivot for Victoria…
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April 18, 2026