The Daily Populous

Wednesday June 19th, 2024 evening edition

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Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has givem over $3 million to a mysterious company that appears to have been first incorporated in November of last year.

The owners of the limited liability company, called Launchpad Strategies LLC, are not publicly disclosed on campaign finance records, fitting with a strategy Trump’s campaign has used in the past to hide exactly whom the campaign is paying, NBC News reported.

While state business records show that Launchpad Strategies was incorporated in Delaware, campaign finance filings list an address in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Last week, however, state officials in North Carolina confirmed that it is not registered in the state.

The company has received $3.1 million in payments from the Trump campaign and an affiliated joint fundraising committee.

Federal and state campaign finance disclosure filings show that Launchpad Strategies has no history of political work for other state-level or federal candidates.

“The company website shows a black sky rising above grey clouds — the crosshairs cursor shows its location along the x and y axes. »

Boeing CEO testifies at US Senate

Authored by cnn.com

A Boeing 737 MAX 8 is pictured outside the factory on March 11, 2019 in Renton, Washington.

“Nothing has produced change (at Boeing) except frustration from a bunch of airline customers,” Aboulafia said.

But Senator Richard Blumenthal, the chairman of the subcommittee, argued that Boeing needed to turn to outsiders to make a true change in the culture at the company. »

California achieves incredible new milestone with its power supply: 'It is the new reality'

Authored by yahoo.com
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California achieves incredible new milestone with its power supply: 'It is the new reality'.

Mark Z. Jacobson (@mzjacobson), a civil and environmental engineering professor at Stanford University, has been tracking California's renewable energy achievements.

For California residents, using renewable energy is saving households money, as clean energy is cheaper than non-renewable energy sources. »

Elon Musk’s Neuralink forced a pregnant employee to work with herpes-infected monkeys that scratched her, lawsuit says

Authored by fortune.com

Short said she was working with monkeys that carried the Herpes B virus when she was scratched through a glove.

In another incident, after she was forced to perform a procedure she wasn’t familiar with, a monkey scratched her face.

Short was fired the following day with the company saying the dismissal was for performance issues, according to the lawsuit. »

Some AA And Indie Devs Say It’s Not Worth Putting Games On Xbox Without Game Pass Deal

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The expectation set by Microsoft’s successful subscription model has led to a challenging environment for indie and AA developers, where releasing games on Xbox without inclusion in Game Pass seems increasingly untenable.

And one of the things that came back from a few of those developers was the idea that it is not worth putting your game on Xbox without a Game Pass deal because Xbox consumers are essentially conditioned now to expect every game on Xbox Game Pass.”.

As of early 2024, Xbox Game Pass has reached a significant milestone with 34 million subscribers across all its tiers. »