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A US judge sentences Rui-Siang Lin, who pled guilty to operating the $105M+ dark web narcotics marketplace Incognito Market, to 30 years in US federal prison (www.coindesk.com)
2026-2-4 Darknet

Galaxy Digital reports a Q4 net loss of $482M, above $282M est., driven primarily by the crypto market crash, and says its trading volumes declined ~40% QoQ (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-4 4Q

Say Hello To GoogleSQL (developers.slashdot.org)
2026-2-4

Trump meets with Colombia's Petro after diplomatic row over cartels (www.rt.com)
2026-2-4 Trump

World is days from becoming more dangerous – Kremlin (www.rt.com)
2026-2-4 Russia

A profile of Obsidian, a game studio Microsoft acquired in 2018, as it seeks to expedite game development and reduce costs after releasing three titles in 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-4 Microsoft

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging (www.juancole.com)
2026-2-4 Trump Energy Renewable

Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran (www.juancole.com)
2026-2-4 Tehran

An interview with Kai-Fu Lee on his startup 01.ai, which builds agentic AI tools for companies, why he thinks China will beat the US in consumer AI, and more (www.ft.com)
2026-2-4 China Interview Startup AI

Sources: banks are marketing at least $56B in investment-grade data center construction loans tied to Oracle's leases, as they seek out new buyers for the loans (www.ft.com)
2026-2-4 Oracle

Iran regime: A Plato's Republic thought experiment gone too far? (www.juancole.com)
2026-2-4 Iran

AMD reports $390M in revenue from MI308 AI chip sales in China in Q4; CEO Lisa Su says orders were “from very early in 2025” but shipped in Q4 after US approval (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-2-4 China AI 4Q AMD

US contacts secured right-wing German party Munich Security Conference invite – media (www.rt.com)
2026-2-4 Germany Munich

OpenAI's Lead Is Contracting as AI Competition Intensifies (slashdot.org)
2026-2-4 AI

PayPal Shares Plunged 86% from the 2021 Goofball High and Right into our Imploded Stocks (wolfstreet.com)
2026-2-4 Stock

Global fintech VC funding rose 27% YoY in 2025 to $51.8B; Y Combinator was the most active investor in the space, participating in 151 deals, up 24.8% YoY (news.crunchbase.com)
2026-2-4 Fintech Y Combinator

Sources: Tokyo-based chipmaker Renesas agrees to sell its clocks and timing device business to Nasdaq-listed chip design company SiTime for ~$3B (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-2-4 Tokyo

With purge, Xi's military control rises—and so do the region's risks (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-2-4

Sources: US Commerce Dept. has finished review of Nvidia's license to sell China H200s, but the State Dept. seeks tighter restrictions, delaying final approval (www.ft.com)
2026-2-4 China Nvidia

Defence sites for disposal after Australia audits military land holdings (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-2-4 Australia

Recon: the US market share of Copilot as paid users' first choice fell from 18.8% in July 2025 to 11.5% in January 2026, while Gemini's rose from 12.8% to 15.7% (www.wsj.com)
2026-2-4

Bangladesh's election: Can culture counter extremism? (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2026-2-4 Bangladesh

Walmart Joins $1 Trillion Club (slashdot.org)
2026-2-4 Walmart

Adobe reversed its plans to discontinue Animate after creators expressed frustration, stating it won't get new features but will remain available “indefinitely” (www.theverge.com)
2026-2-4 Adobe

The problem with banning flags at international sporting events (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2026-2-4

Filing: OpenAI accuses xAI of systematically destroying evidence in its antitrust case by directing employees to use auto-deleting “ephemeral messaging tools” (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-4

Greens Deputy Sues Pauline Hanson Over ‘P*ss Off Back To Pakistan' Tweet (newmatilda.com)
2026-2-4

Simon Crean, Former Labor Leader, Dies Overseas On Trade Mission (newmatilda.com)
2026-2-4

Labor's Betrayal Of Sterling First Victims Underscored By Speedy Higgins' Payout (newmatilda.com)
2026-2-4

Absolutely Everybody (newmatilda.com)
2026-2-4

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