Author: kumbhorg

Graduation ceremonies are traditionally moments of celebration, unity, and reflection—markers of perseverance and achievement in the academic journey. At a prestigious institution like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), these events carry symbolic weight not just for the graduates but for the entire academic community. However, for Megha Vemuri, the elected president of MIT’s Class of 2025, this milestone became unexpectedly fraught with controversy. Her pre-commencement speech, which boldly addressed her institution’s involvement in international conflict, sparked a wave of debate and ultimately led to her being barred from attending the ceremony.This incident brings to the fore complex questions about…

Nigel Farage isn’t just stirring things up in British politics anymore. Now he’s trying to shake up the entire financial system. At the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, the Reform UK leader dropped a set of proposals that sound more like a crypto manifesto than a typical campaign pitch. He’s calling it the “Crypto Assets and Digital Finance Bill,” and it’s packed with bold ideas to make the UK a digital asset hub. The plan includes slashing crypto taxes, building a national Bitcoin reserve, and banning banks from cutting off people just because they use crypto. And just as…

Enjoyed this article? Share it with your friends! William Duplessie has been formally charged in a case involving the kidnapping and assault of an Italian cryptocurrency investor, Michael Valentino Teofrasto. According to a report by Associated Press on May 30, Duplessie has been indicted on charges including kidnapping, assault, unlawful imprisonment, and illegal possession of a weapon.The charges were filed by a Manhattan grand jury, and the details will remain sealed until the arraignment scheduled for June 11. Did you know? Want to get smarter & wealthier with crypto? Subscribe – We publish new crypto explainer videos every week! What…

Trump Agrees to Give EU More Time, Boosting Stocks and the Euro, EUR/USD Reaches 1 Month High; GBP/USD Rises to New 4-Year High; Bitcoin Gaining Again Near $110,000 Summary: President Trump’s decision to postpone his new 50% tariff on the EU has boosted US and Eurozone stock markets, while also putting a bid into the Euro.The main event in the market today is President Trump’s announcement of a delay in the new 50% tariff on imports from the European Union, which will now not take effect until 9th July, the same deadline as all the other global tariffs, many of…

World War II offi­cial­ly end­ed on Sep­tem­ber 2, 1945. It fol­lowed, by less than three weeks, an equal­ly momen­tous event, at least in the eyes of cinephiles: the birth of Wim Wen­ders. Though soon to turn 80 years old, Wen­ders has remained both pro­duc­tive and capa­ble of draw­ing great crit­i­cal acclaim. Wit­ness, for exam­ple, his Tokyo-set 2023 film Per­fect Days, which made it to the run­ning for both the Palme d’Or and a Best Inter­na­tion­al Fea­ture Film Acad­e­my Award. Back on V‑J Day, it sure­ly would’ve been dif­fi­cult to imag­ine a Japan­ese-Ger­man co-pro­duc­tion seri­ous­ly com­pet­ing for the most pres­ti­gious prizes…

In the spring of 2019, while on tour for my book Digital Minimalism, I stopped by the Manhattan production offices of Brian Koppleman to record an episode of his podcast, The Moment. We had a good conversation covering a lot of territory. But there was one point, around the twenty-minute mark, where things got mildly heated. Koppleman took exception to my skepticism surrounding social media, which he found to be reactionary and resisting the inevitable. As he argued: “I was thinking a lot today about the horse and buggy and the cars. Right? Because I could have been a car…

NEED TO KNOW A missing girl’s body was found in the River Thames in England on Saturday, May 31, Kent Police saidThe previous day a young boy was rescued from the water and hospitalized after the two entered the river together”At the heart of this is a family and community in grief,” local politician Lauren Sullivan wrote on social media A missing girl’s body has been found in the River Thames in England after she entered the water with a young boy the day prior. At around 1:46 p.m. local time on Friday, May 30, Kent Police was alerted by…

John Carpenter’s “Starman” has lodged itself in my consciousness since I first saw it in 1984. I was eleven that Christmas, and there has not been a year in the last forty that I haven’t revisited this film at least once. It is, in many ways, the perfect film in my eyes – one that satisfies my desire for emotional catharsis, that reminds me of an America that aspired to knowledge for its own sake, that sees love as complex and painful but worth it all the same. I forgive it everything. It is a well of nostalgia for me,…

Mike Ladano, from Grab A Stack of Rock, and I had a chance to sit down with former Guns ‘N Roses and Great White Manager, Alan Niven to discuss his upcoming book. ‘Sound N’ Fury: Rock & Roll Stories’ will be out on June 24th so go pre-order your copy now at any fine bookstore. Appetite for Destruction!  Once Bitten!  Twice Shy!  This is the guy who made Guns N’ Roses into superstars, and gave Great White their big second chance.  Alan talks about the great stories in his book. So many Axl Rose stories, Slash and Izzy as well…

Edge Computing Jujur aja, dulu aku cuma tahu soal cloud computing yang kayaknya sudah jadi “standard” buat nyimpen data dan aplikasi di internet. Tapi, makin lama aku merasa teknologi kok ada aja aplikasi atau layanan yang kadang lemot banget, walaupun katanya servernya di “awan” alias cloud itu cepat. Nah, dari wikipedia situ aku mulai ngulik apa itu Edge Computing.Pertama kali aku denger istilah ini, rasanya kayak bahasa teknis yang cuma buat orang IT doang. Tapi ternyata, konsepnya simpel banget dan bisa banget bikin pengalaman kita pakai internet atau aplikasi jadi jauh lebih baik. Bayangin, kalau selama ini semua data harus…