Firefighters douse a blaze at a historic Oregon hotel famously featured in ‘The Shining’

Firefighters douse a blaze at a historic Oregon hotel famously featured in ‘The Shining’

GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. — Firefighters doused a late-night fire at Oregon’s historic Timberline Lodge — featured in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film “The Shining” — before it caused significant damage. The fire Thursday night was confined to the roof and attic of the lodge, 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of Portland, and it may have been … Read more

Trump Media CEO says he’ll do ‘whatever it takes’ to defend DJT investors from short sellers

Trump Media CEO says he’ll do ‘whatever it takes’ to defend DJT investors from short sellers

Devin Nunes, chief executive officer of Truth Social, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, US, on Thursday, March 2, 2023.  Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes on Friday said he would “do whatever it takes” to defend the company’s retail investors from possible … Read more

Trump berates judge for ‘rushed’ hush money trial, days before opening statements

Trump berates judge for ‘rushed’ hush money trial, days before opening statements

Former US President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom at Manhattan criminal court in New York, US, on Thursday, April 18, 2024.  Jeenah Moon | Reuters Donald Trump on Saturday took to social media to deliver another tirade against the judge and the circumstances of his New York hush money trial, which wrapped up jury … Read more

Liberal government turning to influencers to appeal to Canadian youth – National

Liberal government turning to influencers to appeal to Canadian youth – National

Dennis Mathu and Stephanie Gordon first started posting financial-advice videos on YouTube three years ago — a side hustle that helped to scratch a creative itch. They never imagined it would lead them down some of the most powerful political corridors in Canada. Mathu and Gordon — Steph & Den, as they’re known online — … Read more

Citadel Securities blasts Trump Media CEO over DJT short sale letter

Trump Media CEO says he’ll do ‘whatever it takes’ to defend DJT investors from short sellers

Devin Nunes, chief executive officer of Truth Social, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, US, on Thursday, March 2, 2023.  Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Citadel Securities ripped Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes on Friday for a letter he sent the Nasdaq Stock Market which mentioned Citadel … Read more

Dutch government may stop using Facebook after privacy concerns

Dutch government may stop using Facebook after privacy concerns

Morning traffic outside Meta headquarters, in Mountain View, California, U.S. November 9, 2022. Peter Dasilva | Reuters The Dutch government said Friday that it may be forced to stop using Facebook after a warning from the Netherlands’ privacy regulator about the Meta-owned social media platform’s privacy risks. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued a … Read more

Apple pulls Meta’s WhatsApp, Threads from China App Store

Apple pulls Meta’s WhatsApp, Threads from China App Store

Apple CEO Tim Cook looks on following a conversation on mental health, during a spousal program on the last day of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week at Apple Park in San Francisco, California, on November 17, 2023.  Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Apple on Friday said it pulled several messaging apps … Read more

Trump Media alerts Nasdaq to potential DJT stock manipulation

Trump Media alerts Nasdaq to potential DJT stock manipulation

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Trump Media has warned the CEO of the Nasdaq Stock Market of ‘potential market manipulation’ of the company’s stock by “naked” short selling of shares. The warning came as Trump Media has offered shareholders detailed instructions on how to avoid someone loaning out their DJT shares to short … Read more

Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor made $370 million from MicroStrategy sales

Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor made 0 million from MicroStrategy sales

Michael Saylor, chairman and chief executive officer at MicroStrategy, during an interview at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida, US, on Thursday, May 18, 2023.  Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images MicroStrategy founder and bitcoin evangelist Michael Saylor entered into a stock-sale plan with his company last summer that allowed him … Read more

Messaging app Telegram to allow Tether stablecoin payments

Messaging app Telegram to allow Tether stablecoin payments

Stablecoin Tether and Circle’s USDC dominate the market. Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images Telegram users can now start making stablecoin USDT payments to each other through the encrypted messaging service’s linked blockchain. Telegram, which has roughly 900 million users worldwide, on Friday said it will now give users on the app the option … Read more