The Aporia · Taylor Herzlich

2026-09-04 · New York Post

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says 38K ChatGPT queries only use amount of water it takes to grow an almond

🔮 An OpenAI spokesman couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. assertive

2026-09-14 · New York Post

OpenAI boss Sam Altman warns of two ways AI could go ‘very badly’ for humans — as China alleges ‘fear mongering’

🔮 “There are two ways AI progress could go very badly and that we must avoid. mixed

2026-09-15 · New York Post

10-year Treasury yield hits highest level since 2007, oil surges above $105 as Fed expected to hike interest rates

🔮 Earlier in the session, it hit 5.041% — its highest level in 19 years — as traders grew more convinced the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates to counter inflation at its Wednesday meeting. mixed

2026-09-16 · New York Post

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang shrug off red-alarm AI warnings calling for government regulation

🔮 “Every lab has the responsibility and incentive to move at the pace required to train its models safely, and the ability to take its own actions to ensure that happens,” he wrote late Tuesday on X. “My view is that trust and alignment are quickly becoming the most important capabilities that will differentiate agents and models. assertive

2026-09-16 · New York Post

SpaceX soars 5% after Starship reusable rocket launch date revealed

🔮 If all goes according to plan, the Starship will complete six orbits on a 10-hour mission and deploy Starlink V3 satellites. assertive

2026-09-16 · New York Post

Americans are richer than ever— and poverty hits an all-time low

🔮 “We would expect income to keep going up. assertive

2026-09-17 · New York Post

Stocks rise as Wall Street bounces back from Fed sell-off; oil dips

🔮 But the Fed rarely issues standalone rate movements, and the real market mover was its forecast for more rate hikes this year. assertive

2026-09-17 · New York Post

Couple spends SpaceX IPO riches on $25K-a-month year of travel to French Alps, Italian Grand Prix

🔮 The couple met in college at Washington University in St. Louis, and at one point lived with roommates in Los Angeles so Aggrey could put as much money as possible into SpaceX stock. assertive

2026-09-17 · New York Post

Bill Ackman shares video of woman calling man ‘Zionist pig’ at NYC gym, calls on KPMG to take action

🔮 Outraged social media users urged KPMG to respond, with one writing: “Do you think Jewish clients @KPMG paying over $500/hour for services would feel comfortable knowing that #YuenLee thinks they are ‘Zionist pigs.’” “Fire her or Jewish clients will take their business somewhere else,” another wrote. assertive

2026-09-17 · New York Post

Recall of soups and dips with tainted jalapeños gets highest risk level

🔮 A recall of more than half a million soups, dips and salsas over salmonella concerns has been classified at the highest risk level – meaning consumption of the products could cause death. assertive

2026-09-18 · New York Post

Microsoft, OpenAI workers privately worried their work is ‘largest theft of labor in human history’

🔮 Microsoft and OpenAI workers privately shared concerns that their use of millions of news articles to develop AI bots could represent the “largest theft of labor in human history,” according to newly unsealed court docs. speculative

2026-09-18 · New York Post

Fired Detroit TV anchor cleared to work after calling boss a ‘bitch’ on camera

🔮 Unearthed footage in August revealed a tense exchange between Asher, who was reading a script on-camera, and a supervisor who could be heard off-camera saying they were still working on the script. mixed

2026-09-18 · New York Post

Ryanair CEO apologizes for comparing rival European airlines to ‘rapists’ in wild rant

🔮 “You might find some people will choose not to fly with Ryanair – but you know they’ll be overrun with the people abandoning Aer Lingus, Lufthansa, BA [British Airways] and others desperate to get to Ryanair’s low fares because they can’t afford to fly with the high-fare rapists around Europe assertive

2026-09-21 · New York Post

AI ‘hacker houses’ in Silicon Valley out of control with destructive parties, sexual harassment claims: report

🔮 In December, a woman called police and said she had been trapped at AGI House by a male resident who repeatedly pressured her to have sex, telling her she was old and “would be alone forever,” according to a police report obtained by the Times. mixed

2026-09-21 · New York Post

Apple customers can now submit claims for $250M settlement in deceptive marketing suit

🔮 The claims window will remain open for three months, closing on Dec. 21, at which time any eligible claimants will forfeit their rights to the checks. mixed

2026-09-22 · New York Post

Tech elites launch college alternative to nurture next generation of AI geniuses, raises $42M

🔮 The tech elite of Silicon Valley are spending millions on a new college alternative that they hope will be an incubator for top talent, encouraging students to build AI models instead of taking science classes or doing homework. assertive

2026-09-22 · New York Post

Karoline Leavitt says reporters privately apologized over ‘unfair’ questions: ‘Performative’

🔮 President Trump announced in August that Leavitt would be stepping down at the end of the month to spend more time with her children and family, calling her a “wonderful” press secretary and one of his “most trusted aides.” Leavitt and her husband, Nicholas Riccio, 61, share two young children: a two-year-old son named Nicholas, or “Niko,” and a daughter Viviana, or “Vivi,” born in May. Leavitt – a New Hampshire native and the youngest-ever White House press secretary – said she will return to her previous work at MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump political action committee. assertive

2026-09-23 · New York Post

Eerie Elizabeth Holmes doc trailer shows fraudster cry, Nathan Fielder ask rich husband if he’s being scammed

🔮 In the two-minute trailer, a taste of the three-hour documentary coming to theatres Oct. 16, Canadian comic Fielder is caught in awkward, up-close conversations with Holmes throughout her house as he lives with her for a month before she is sent to a federal prison in May 2023. assertive

2026-09-23 · New York Post

Meta’s Muse AI agent weighs on financial industry as investors fear competition to human advisors

🔮 Meta’s new Muse AI agent is weighing on financial stocks as investors fear the bot could be powerful enough to transform the industry – providing serious competition to human advisors. mixed

2026-09-24 · New York Post

OpenAI reveals more rogue AI incidents — attempted hacks of government, education websites

🔮 OpenAI on Wednesday confirmed four previously unknown incidents spanning May and June, before the head-spinning hack of rival Hugging Face that surfaced in July. mixed

2026-09-25 · New York Post

McDonald’s promises to bring back colorful PlayPlaces in bid to win over frustrated parents

🔮 A future McDonald’s restaurant model shows revamped locations will include bright, colorful PlayPlaces featuring jungle gyms, slides and interactive play areas, including a “McMini Crew” activity board that lets kids pretend they’re behind the counter. assertive

2026-09-28 · New York Post

Oil soars above $107 after Trump rejects Iran peace deal, expects fresh strikes after midterms

🔮 Elevated energy costs have been the main driver of inflation over the past few months, and economists have warned they could easily bleed through to other sectors – raising prices for food and apparel, among other goods. mixed

2026-09-28 · New York Post

Starbucks’ ‘widely recyclable’ plastic cups end up in landfills, incinerators: nonprofit

🔮 Environmentalists are slamming Starbucks for falsely claiming its plastic cups are “widely recyclable,” after an investigation could not confirm a single one being recycled. mixed

2026-09-30 · New York Post

Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch stepping down, will now lead Mattel

🔮 Lynch will remain on the board of the media conglomerate, which is home to publications like The New Yorker, Vogue, GQ and Vanity Fair. assertive

2026-09-30 · New York Post

Ken Griffin donates $3B for Carnegie Mellon University to open a new Miami campus

🔮 Another $1 billion will go toward Carnegie Mellon’s main Pittsburgh campus. assertive

2026-09-30 · New York Post

Sydney Sweeney’s racy ads help sports betting platform quadruple valuation to $2B

🔮 The platforms have also faced backlash over alleged insider trading and for offering bets related to terrorism and war, which opponents have warned could act as an incentive for violence. assertive

2026-10-01 · New York Post

McDonald’s prepares test of hand-breaded chicken tenders, sandwiches at 200 spots

🔮 One of the main challenges will be finding room for new equipment in McDonald’s restaurants. assertive

2026-10-02 · New York Post

Nike shares tumble 6% on dismal revenue forecast, layoff plans as sneaker giant loses shine

🔮 Nike shares tumbled 6.7% Friday after the sportswear giant shared a dismal revenue forecast and warned of upcoming layoffs, as athletes flock to rival sneaker brands. assertive

2026-10-02 · New York Post

Europe diesel release won’t have much impact on US prices, experts say: ‘At most a few pennies’

🔮 Europe on Friday caved to President Trump’s demand that it release barrels of diesel oil from reserves – but experts are warning it could have little to no effect on US prices at the pump. mixed

2026-10-05 · New York Post

CNN’s Mark Thompson to stay on after Ellison takeover, Bari Weiss to remain in current role

🔮 CNN’s Mark Thompson announced Monday that he will be staying on as the network’s chairman and editor-in-chief after the $81 billion merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. mixed

2026-10-05 · New York Post

CNN’s Mark Thompson to stay on after Ellison takeover, Bari Weiss to remain in current role

2026-10-06 · New York Post

David Ellison’s $81B merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery officially completed

🔮 The combined company will include two historic film studios and their Hollywood lots; major streaming services HBO Max and Paramount+; CNN and CBS News; live sports channels including CBS Sports and TNT Sports; and thousands of iconic movie titles. mixed

2026-10-06 · New York Post

Trump’s red-dye diesel tax waiver could have limited impact on prices – here’s why

🔮 Long-haul drivers could save a substantial amount of money using the cheaper fuel, potentially passing those savings along to groceries – but there are several roadblocks standing in the way. mixed

2026-10-06 · New York Post

David Ellison reassures skittish Anderson Cooper over CNN’s independence in town hall: ‘We will never interfere’

🔮 Skydance CEO David Ellison reassured a nervous Anderson Cooper that CNN will retain its editorial independence in the wake of the blockbuster Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. assertive

2026-10-07 · New York Post

Chevron CEO warns against ‘unwise’ diesel export ban, says it could make energy crisis worse

🔮 Chevron CEO Mike Wirth warned Wednesday it would be “unwise” of the US to impose a ban on diesel exports, saying such a policy could actually make the global energy crisis worse. assertive

2026-10-07 · New York Post

Here’s what’s happening to Paramount+ and HBO Max subscriptions after Paramount-WBD merger

🔮 Skydance CEO David Ellison doubled down on his plans to combine HBO Max and Paramount+ into a single streaming service – sparking questions about how much the mega-streamer could cost fans. assertive

2026-10-07 · New York Post

Trading app Webull tanks 18 percent over ‘ties’ to Chinese government, national security concerns: report

🔮 Shares in Webull – a trading app similar to Robinhood that boasts 28 million global users – plummeted 18% after CNBC reported the House Select Committee on China found its data flows “may remain exposed to the Chinese Communist Party’s” demands. mixed

2026-10-08 · New York Post

Trump unveils $2.4B investment from tech giants including Nvidia, OpenAI to fund federal AI mission

🔮 The funding will be used to bring the Genesis Mission — an effort to use AI to improve federal scientific developments — to 14 agencies across energy, health and space, according to the Trump administration. mixed

2026-10-08 · New York Post

PepsiCo to hike prices on Doritos, sodas — pivot from recent effort to save consumers money

🔮 Doritos, Ruffles, SunChips and some soda brands will see prices jump in the single-digit percentage range, the company said. assertive

2026-10-09 · New York Post

Walmart’s multibillion-dollar push to replace workers with robots hits snags on dog food, cardboard boxes: report

🔮 It might sound like a simple fix – replace the boxes. assertive

2026-10-09 · New York Post

Here are 10 terms you need to know to understand artificial intelligence

🔮 Some, like ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, have gone as far as to say AI may end the world as we know it. assertive

2026-10-14 · New York Post

State treasurers press Moody’s, Fitch and S&P on ‘ESG’ guidance that gives higher rankings to Chinese companies, downgrades US biz

🔮 In a letter sent to the agencies Wednesday, the state treasurers and auditors argued their own finances could be hurt if the bodies use the discredited “Environmental, Social, and Governance” framework, or ESG, to downgrade publicly traded companies in which the states have invested billions of dollars. assertive

2026-10-14 · New York Post

Luxury real-estate Alexander brothers face life in prison over ‘sex crimes of extraordinary magnitude’

🔮 The Alexander brothers “spent years designing, executing, and perfecting their playbook of luring victims with promises of luxury, drugging victims so they could not resist, and then forcibly raping them,” the feds wrote. assertive

2026-10-16 · New York Post

Traders bet on October interest-rate hold after Kevin Warsh is tight-lipped at conference

🔮 Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh stayed mum Friday on the path for interest rates, even after hot inflation data this week – which traders took as a sign officials will hold rates steady this month. mixed

2026-10-16 · New York Post

AI stock sell-off ramps up over debt-fueled data center spending fears: ‘Full-blown crisis of confidence’

🔮 The VanEck Semiconductor ETF – which tracks top chipmakers – slipped 3.3%, set to end the week down more than 10%. mixed

2026-10-19 · New York Post

CBS News correspondent apologizes, deletes post praising heckler who questioned El-Sayed on Muslim Brotherhood

🔮 “Do you assume that I wouldn’t?” assertive

2026-10-19 · New York Post

Defense stocks plummet as investors worry possible Dem midterms win could thwart Trump’s spending plans

🔮 Defense stocks have plummeted over the past few weeks as investors grow convinced Dems will emerge victorious in the midterm elections – potentially thwarting President Trump’s plans for huge military spending. mixed

2026-10-20 · New York Post

Andrew Cuomo faces blowback as he plugs NYSE owner’s Chinese joint venture for crypto-based stock exchanges

🔮 “Everyone’s talking about ‘tokenize this, tokenize that, tokenizing securities,’” Cuomo – who suffered a brutal defeat to NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani last year – told the Wall Street Journal earlier this month. assertive

2026-10-20 · New York Post

Bill Ackman blasts ‘radicalized, anti-American’ Democratic Party and ‘disasters’ Pritzker, Newsom

🔮 Ackman said he has some friends in the Democratic Party, like New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker – but that he can’t think of a single candidate who could win his vote in the 2028 presidential election. assertive

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