Google engineer charged with insider trading after making .2M on Polymarket

Google engineer charged with insider trading after making $1.2M on Polymarket

The U.S. Justice Department charged Google software engineer Michele Spagnuolo with insider trading, alleging the employee made $1.2 million trading on Polymarket based on confidential business information. Spagnuolo, who used the name “AlphaRaccoon” on Polymarket, has worked at Google for over 12 years, according to information on LinkedIn. “As alleged, Spagnuolo violated the duties he…

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Dutch government blocks US company from acquisition, citing ‘risk to public interest’

Dutch government blocks US company from acquisition, citing ‘risk to public interest’

The Dutch government has blocked American IT giant Kyndryl from acquiring Solvinity, a Dutch cloud provider that hosts the Netherlands’ online identity platform. The government in The Hague said the deal poses a possible “risk to the public interest.” Dutch minister for the digital economy Willemijn Aerdts said in a machine-translated letter published Monday that…

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Pentagon releases UFO files on new website

Pentagon releases UFO files on new website

The Trump administration on Friday launched a new website that will house a collection of “new, never-before-seen” files about UFOs, according to the Pentagon. (And yes, we’re apparently okay with calling them UFOs again, as the URL to the new website is war.gov/ufo.) In a public announcement by the Defense Department — which, under Trump,…

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US Supreme Court appears split over controversial use of ‘geofence’ search warrants

US Supreme Court appears split over controversial use of ‘geofence’ search warrants

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in a landmark legal case that could redefine digital privacy rights for people across the United States. The case, Chatrie v. United States, centers on the government’s controversial use of so-called “geofence” search warrants. Law enforcement and federal agents use these warrants to compel tech companies, like…

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What’s behind Europe’s efforts to ditch US software in favor of sovereign tech

What’s behind Europe’s efforts to ditch US software in favor of sovereign tech

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is far less vocal about his worldviews than Palantir’s Alex Karp. And yet, France is taking steps to reduce its reliance on Windows, while its domestic intelligence agency recently renewed its contract with the increasingly controversial data analytics company. This paradox is representative of Europe’s messy breakup with U.S. tech. After…

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