Palmer Luckey has donated $5.9m to Republicans and bundled more, while reaping billions in Pentagon contracts Wealthy Republicans on the west coast received an emailed invitation in July to an upcoming fundraiser titled “Keep the Senate”. The email, obtained by the Guardian, described the event as a “private roundtable and dinner with the National Republican Senatorial Committee” where donors can pledge $50,000 for seats at the head table, and mingle with legislative heavy hitters from Capitol Hill including the Senator majority leader, John Thune, and Mike Rogers, who is running for Senate in Michigan with Donald Trump’s endorsement. One of the organizers listed on the invite was the defense industry tycoon Palmer Luckey, the 33-year-old co-founder of sprawling weapons manufacturer Anduril Industries. Continue reading…
A világ évek óta attól tartott, hogy Irán atomfegyver kifejlesztésén fáradozik. Öt hónapnyi háború azonban megtanította az ország uralkodóit arra, hogy már most is egy félelmetes fegyver birtokában vannak. A földrajzi fekvés és a tűzerő de facto ellenőrzést biztosít számukra a Hormuzi-szoros felett, amelyen rendes körülmények között a világ kőolajának és cseppfolyósított földgázának (LNG) egyötöde áramlik át. Ennek az ütőérnek az elszorítása kivételes alkupozíciót biztosított Irán vezetőinek az ellenfeleikkel szemben.
Firm lifts outlook, saying it is well placed to benefit from PM’s focus on new homes despite cost pressures from Iran war The UK housebuilder Persimmon has lifted its outlook for the full year, saying it is “well-placed” to benefit from the prime minister Andy Burnham’s policy agenda, despite growing costs linked to the Iran war. As confidence rises across the housebuilding sector, Persimmon plans to complete 12,500 new homes by year-end, which would be at the upper reach of its previous guidance. Continue reading…
No, Amazon, I do not want to buy another version of the thing I just bought, or any other random object I don’t recognise or understand We live, as I’m sure someone’s chief growth officer has recently boasted on an earnings call, in a golden age for data capture. Jeff Bezos knows what I buy, read and watch; Mark Zuckerberg will be aware that I recently sold a car transport box for a medium-sized dog. I’ve been ruthlessly conditioned into clicking Accept All Cookies every time I want to check how much cumin my favourite chilli needs, and I simply accept that my washing machine is probably spying on me. All of which raises the obvious question: with all of these terabytes of personal information available, why can’t advertisers try to sell me something I might actually like? Every time I swipe open my Kindle, for instance, I dismiss an advert for a bestselling trilogy called something like Ruthless Faerie Werewolves or Evil Mafia Hunk, even though I have never once – in my life – read a book where the main character could be described as a “morally grey shadow daddy”. I stopped watching Stranger Things after one season, and yet Netflix, which should know this better than anyone, has suggested the stage-play version to me so many times that I can recite its ad from memory. Amazon seems to have given up on predicting my needs and advertises the same one-off purchases that I’ve just bought, while Reddit and X want me to buy software products that I genuinely don’t understand. Continue reading…
Észak-Korea csütörtökön legalább egy rövid hatótávolságú ballisztikus rakétát lőtt ki a Japán-tenger (Keleti-tenger) irányába – közölte a dél-koreai hadsereg.
A műholdfelvételeken drámai módon összezsugorodott folyómedrek látszanak a kiszáradt tájban, ahol a visszahúzódó víz hatalmas partszakaszokat és eddig felszín alatti homokpadokat tárt fel.
A brit Királyi Haditengerészet a Dragon Rider hadgyakorlat során sikeresen kapcsolt össze egy átalakított Wildcat HMA2 helikoptert több drónnal, a tengerészgyalogsággal és a parancsnoki egységekkel Dél-Angliában. A teszt célja a haditengerészeti erők felderítési és célmegjelölési hatótávolságának növelése volt anélkül, hogy a hadihajóknak vagy a személyzettel repülő légi eszközöknek meg kellene közelíteniük a veszélyzónát - írta meg az Army Recognition.
The position as a trusted sounding board is in high demand as business gets more complex — and everyone wants to get in on the latest bureaucratic fad.
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