Posts by Liam Redmond
Trump administration sued over 50% tariffs on Canadian products
The Trump administration was sued over its Canadian tariffs Tuesday by the same group that successfully got the Supreme Court to overturn a large swath of the president’s levies last year. The Liberty Justice Center filed the suit in the US Court of International Trade on behalf of Gellert Global Group, a New Jersey importer…
Read MoreWoke French student mocked owners who lost stores in riots — then her jet-set life was revealed: ‘Your little shops, that’s cute’
Let them eat snark. A woke French student has become the běte noire of the protests after she mocked business owners who lost their stores in the riots. Lola-Fleur Whittaker, a leftist political influencer who studies at the prestigious Sciences Po Paris, appeared on a TV show Monday to defend the rioters. “Your little shops,…
Read MoreQualcomm Targets Underperformers in Global Layoffs: Job-Cut Notices to Begin in Nov
Qualcomm will begin notifying employees of planned job cuts in November following its annual performance reviews, according to an internal memo from CEO Cristiano Amon reviewed by Reuters. Qualcomm has not disclosed how many positions will be eliminated or which teams and regions will be affected. Amon described the planned reductions as a “performance-focused reduction”…
Read MoreHochul admin warns AI bubble burst could leave NY’s coffers dry
New York state’s rosy mid-2026 economic picture could come crashing down if a potential AI-fueled market bubble bursts, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Budget Director Blake Washington warned recently. Washington, in a letter to state agency heads last week, sounded the alarm that New York’s tax receipts could take a hit if this year’s bull markets give…
Read MoreMMA fighter receives big bonus on OnlyFans after suffering a wardrobe malfunction during loss
A wardrobe malfunction turned into what could be as much as a $500,000 OnlyFans bonus for Lucero Acosta. During the MMA fighter’s PFL debut on Friday night in Chicago, opponent Shannon Clark had her pinned against the canvas and at one point Acosta’s top shifted and briefly exposed her chest on the live broadcast. The…
Read MoreChinese medicine maker addresses global TCM gathering, bringing flagship heart pill to trial in Singapore
SINGAPORE — Famous Chinese medicine maker told a global gathering of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners here Saturday that a 500-year-old tradition built on treating the whole patient and tailoring treatment has offered an Eastern answer to aging societies and chronic disease worldwide. According to a press report issued by China News Service (CNS) ,…
Read MoreTeam Messaging App Zenzap Raises $44M to Rival WhatsApp
Zenzap has raised $44 million to build a private, AI-enabled work messenger that aims to replace WhatsApp for team communication, TechCrunch reported on October 14. Bessemer, Lightspeed, and The Garage backed the round, along with a few individual investors. If your team coordinates through personal chat apps, this story is for you. Messages scatter, files…
Read MoreRedundancy Is Not Reliability: What Healthcare Technology Gets Wrong About Distributed Systems
Healthcare organizations have spent years treating redundancy, having infrastructure in reserve, as a substitute for reliability. The two are related, but they describe different properties. Redundancy adds spare capacity or components; reliability is whether a system performs consistently under expected conditions. Whether it keeps working when a component fails is a separate question again, one…
Read MoreHow Minky Couture Turned a Blanket Into a Lifestyle Brand With 1 Million Instagram Followers
There was a time when buying a blanket was a pretty simple decision. You needed something warm, found something soft, and probably didn’t think much about it again. Minky Couture has spent the last seventeen years changing that relationship entirely. What started as a comfort-focused blanket company has grown into a recognizable lifestyle brand, with…
Read MoreHalloween curfews are sending kids home as early as 7 p.m. — proof the nanny state is alive and well
Kids have a new chaperone this Halloween: the government. Towns around the tristate — including Long Branch, New Jersey, and Warwick, New York — are implementing strict curfews for minors, telling them when they’re allowed to be out enjoying themselves on the spooky holiday. And some localities are giving kids only until 7 p.m. to…
Read MoreCloud Cost Management Startup North.cloud Raises $60M
North.cloud has closed a $60 million Series B round, with PeakSpan Capital as lead investor, AI Weekly reported on October 15. The company builds software that helps businesses control what they spend on cloud and AI services. That is a problem many young companies discover too late. When your product runs on cloud servers and…
Read MoreMike Wilbon calls out ESPN on network: ‘Nobody calls a game better than Troy Aikman’
An ESPN veteran is throwing his support behind Troy Aikman. Michael Wilbon, host of ESPN’s longest-running television program, “Pardon the Interruption,” threw a subtle shot at the Worldwide Leader’s bosses in support of their lead “Monday Night Football” commentator. “You know who calls a game better than Troy Aikman, knuckleheads? Nobody calls a game better…
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