He gives it 5 years...? He's more optimistic that me...We're already there.

Bill Gates warns the world is going ‘backwards’ and gives 5-year deadline before we enter a new Dark Age

Last year didn’t go the way Bill Gates hoped. As a philanthropist who has dedicated billions to improving everything from healthcare and education in poor countries to climate change action, Gates could only watch as the Trump administration slashed swathes of foreign aid contracts.

#tech #darkage #healthcare #education #ClimateChange #foreign aid

https://fortune.com/2026/01/09/bill-gates-world-backwards-funding-fears-dark-ages/

FCC Updates Covered List to Include Foreign UAS and UAS Critical Components [pdf]

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-416839A1.pdf

#HackerNews #FCC #Updates #UAS #Foreign #Components #UAS #Regulation #Tech #News

X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/xs-new-country-of-origin-feature-shakes-maga-and-democrat-circles-as-many-us-accounts-revealed-to-be-foreignrun-101763857104296.html

#HackerNews #X #country-of-origin #feature #foreign #accounts #US #politics #social #media

With little public scrutiny, the #Trump admin is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies & wealthiest investors.

The #Treasury Dept & #IRS, through a series of new notices & proposed #regulations, are giving breaks to giant #PrivateEquity firms, #crypto companies, #foreign #RealEstate investors, #insurance providers & a variety of multinational #corporations.

#aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #law #USpol

With little public scrutiny, the #Trump admin is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies & wealthiest investors.

The #Treasury Dept & #IRS, through a series of new notices & proposed #regulations, are giving breaks to giant #PrivateEquity firms, #crypto companies, #foreign #RealEstate investors, #insurance providers & a variety of multinational #corporations.

#aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #law #USpol

The #Trump family raked in more than $800 million from sales of #crypto assets in the first half of 2025 alone, a Reuters examination found, on top of potentially billions more in unrealized “on paper” gains. Much of that cash has come from #foreign sources as Donald Trump's sons have touted their business on an international investor roadshow.

#law #emoluments
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/inside-trump-familys-global-crypto-cash-machine-2025-10-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

The #Trump family raked in more than $800 million from sales of #crypto assets in the first half of 2025 alone, a Reuters examination found, on top of potentially billions more in unrealized “on paper” gains. Much of that cash has come from #foreign sources as Donald Trump's sons have touted their business on an international investor roadshow.

#law #emoluments
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/inside-trump-familys-global-crypto-cash-machine-2025-10-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement