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European law enforcement say they hacked into a VPN (virtual private network) service used for ransomware attacks and other crimes, and identified thousands of users before shutting the VPN down and arresting its administrator. Europol announced yesterday the results of the operation against the service, First VPN. The First VPN website now displays a message saying the domain was seized by a joint international law enforcement action. “A VPN service used by cybercriminals to conceal ransomware attacks, data theft, and other serious offenses has been dismantled in an international operation led by France and the Netherlands, with support from Europol…

U.S. drivers will pay gasoline prices near four-year highs when they fuel up for travel over the long Memorial Day weekend and should expect more pain at the pump this summer if the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen. The average gasoline price stood at $4.55 per gallon on Friday, an increase of more than 50% since the U.S. and Israel began the war with Iran on Feb. 28, according to AAA. It is the most drivers have paid on the Friday before Memorial Day since 2022, following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Prices dipped slightly from Thursday when drivers paid…

Well, that was fast. The Boys series finale only wrapped two days ago, but Prime Video clearly wants to build on that momentum by releasing the first teaser for the prequel series, Vought Rising. With spinoff series Gen V canceled after two seasons, Vought Rising and a planned The Boys: Mexico must carry the franchise banner. (Spoilers for The Boys series finale below.) The Boys‘ fifth season set up the final confrontation between Antony Starr’s Homelander and Karl Urban’s Butcher—the former seeking the original V compound that would make him immortal, the latter seeking to commit genocide with a Supe-specific…

The Micron Technology offices in San Jose, California, Dec. 16, 2025.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesQuantum stocks jumped this week on news that the U.S. government was taking equity stakes in nine companies, including IBM, as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to acquire shares of private sector companies. So where might the government take its shopping cart next? Traders on prediction market platform Kalshi are putting money on the question. Traders place 32% odds that IonQ will get a government stake in 2026. IonQ was one of the quantum computing companies that wasn’t part of the Thursday announcement, but its…

Bitcoin evangelist Michael Saylor said the coming tokenization of financial assets could change how credit and yield are priced across the economy and pose a direct challenge to traditional banking and brokerage businesses.”The real power of tokenization is it creates a free market in credit formation and yield for asset owners,” the Strategy founder and chairman said Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”. “So if you can tokenize a bunch of securities, then you can shop for the best credit terms and the highest yield.”By contrast, the banks effectively decide customers’ financing terms in the TradFi, or traditional finance, system, he…

Consumer sentiment has tumbled to a fresh record low in May as fears of higher prices grow due to the U.S.-Iran war and elevated oil prices, the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers said Friday.The index of consumer sentiment fell to 44.8 from a preliminary reading of 48.2. It’s also well below the 49.8 level seen at the end of April. “Consumer sentiment fell for the third straight month as supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz continue to boost gasoline prices. Sentiment is now just below the previous historical trough seen in June 2022,” Surveys of Consumers Director Joanne…

The FCC’s 2002 determination “has remained unchallenged and unchanged since that time and, to this day, The View remains fully qualified for the exemption under the applicable legal standards,” ABC said. Today’s FCC Media Bureau public notice described the 2002 ruling as “a letter from an FCC staffer.” The ABC petition said the 2002 letter was “a Declaratory Ruling from the Mass Media Bureau,” which “remains in full force and effect.” ABC challenges legality of equal-time rule Besides asking for comment on whether The View is a bona fide news show, the FCC proceeding offers an opportunity for people to…

It’s time to consider just how much higher stocks can rise from here. JPMorgan Private Bank sees a pathway for the S & P 500 to reach 9,000 by the middle of next year, or about a 22% above current levels. While that’s not the bank’s base case, it’s also a scenario that JPMorgan said is more plausible than investors currently believe. The key to unlocking those gains is higher productivity, or companies generating more sales at a lower cost, than ever before with the help of artificial intelligence. There were positive signs in the latest earnings season that AI…

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, on Feb. 13, 2026 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.Aubrey Gemignani | NASA | Getty ImagesA flurry of initial public offerings from mega-cap companies this year could mark the top of the market, strategists said, drawing parallels with the late-1990s dot-com bubble.SpaceX’s hotly anticipated IPO, confirmed in a regulatory filing on Thursday and expected on June…