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The CEO of America’s most powerful surveillance company spent $200 million on places nobody can find him Palantir

The CEO of America’s most powerful surveillance company spent $200 million on places nobody can find him

TL;DR Palantir CEO Alex Karp has assembled a $200M+ real estate portfolio centred on seclusion, from a 3,700-acre Colorado monastery to a Miami compound. The privacy-obsessed lifestyle contrasts sharply with the surveillance software his company sells to governments. Alex Karp, the co-founder and chief executive of Palantir Technologies, has quietly assembled…
bubmag
July 3, 2026
EPA Punjab launches skimming boat to remove plastic waste from Lahore Canal Water Pollution

EPA Punjab launches skimming boat to remove plastic waste from Lahore Canal

LAHORE: Punjab’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday launched its first skimming boat designed to remove plastic waste from canals and rivers, in a major step towards tackling plastic pollution. The boat will begin operations as a pilot project in the Lahore Canal, marking the introduction of a technology-based solution…
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July 3, 2026
Polestar announces completion of USD 640 million debt-to-equity conversions Geely

Polestar announces completion of USD 640 million debt-to-equity conversions

Polestar (Nasdaq: PSNY) announces that Geely Sweden Holdings AB and Volvo Cars completed previously announced debt-to-equity conversions. On 30 June 2026, approximately USD 300 million and USD 66 million of their respective outstanding shareholder loans were converted into Polestars equity. This brings the total of debt converted by the parties…
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July 3, 2026
A Crab Survived Two Months Trapped in a Plastic Bottle in the Pacific After Growing Too Big to Escape Plastic Pollution

A Crab Survived Two Months Trapped in a Plastic Bottle in the Pacific After Growing Too Big to Escape

A research vessel was conducting studies on fish in the Pacific when scientists spotted a plastic bottle bobbing in the water. Of course their instinct was to pick it up and recycle it, but when researchers took a quick glance at the retrieved bottle, they found something no one expected:…
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July 3, 2026
Capitol Police Arrest Air Force Major During Impeachment Protest Against Trump Impeachment

Capitol Police Arrest Air Force Major During Impeachment Protest Against Trump

US Air Force Major Jason Watson cited “an unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’s authority” to justify his protest. The eastern facade of the United States Capitol Building. Getty Images Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. A uniformed member of the…
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July 2, 2026