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Alan Ohnsman
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Former baby, future ghost. Forbes senior editor writing about transportation & cleantech | ❤️ LA
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🚨NEW🚨 Google shipped its AI code editor Antigravity with a bunch of security vulnerabilities.

The most severe, discovered within 24 hours of launch, allows for a persistent backdoor on target systems.

It remains unpatched.

www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Google AI Coding Tool Antigravity Was Hacked A Day After Launch
A security researcher discovered a major flaw in the coding product, the latest example of companies rushing out AI tools vulnerable to hacking.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter w/ @thealexknapp.bsky.social
—RFK Jr. escalates his war on vaccines
—Abbott’s $21B bet on cancer detection
—Vivek Ramaswamy’s soaring wealth
—and more

www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Escalates His War On Vaccines
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the RFK Jr.’s war on vaccines, Abbott’s $21 billion bet on cancer detection, Vivek Ramaswamy’s soaring wealth, and more.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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🚨NEW🚨 An NSA contractor with Booz Allen used his work computer (!!!) to groom teenage girls, per previously-unreported court documents.

Among his alleged handles? Charming_Analyst5077.

He also used a photo of a dead friend when posing as a young man, DOJ said.

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NSA Contractor Groomed Teenage Girls On Reddit, DOJ Alleges
A Booz Allen Hamilton contractor for the NSA allegedly used his work computer to coerce teenagers into sharing nude images. One of his handles was Charming_Analyst5077, per court records.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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MTG may be resigning her term early, but she's still getting her pension. How? Read on in my latest for @forbes.com:

www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu...
How Marjorie Taylor Greene Locked In Her Taxpayer-Funded Pension For Life
It’s not much cash, and she doesn’t need it, but it’s enough to buy herself 210 MAGA hats a year.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“He does not get regular exercise, in part because he has a long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy and that vigorous activity can deplete that reserve, like a battery.” 🤦🏽‍♂️ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
well all right, all right, all right:
California's natural gas use drops as solar power generation rises 🌞
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Days after reversing a rule to allow the use of forever chemicals in agricultural pesticides, Trump's EPA is easing rules on toxic air pollution
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
oops
1. EXCLUSIVE

Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage

The use of Chinese components was previously unreported

Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.
oligarchwatch.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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It took more than fame for Donald Trump and his sons to build a crypto empire. They got a lot of help from industry insiders, many of whom happened to need a hand from the president. Meet Trump's crypto cronies. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
These Crypto Giants Sent Trump Money. His Administration Let Them Off Easy
It took more than fame for Trump and his sons to build a crypto empire. They also got a lot of help from industry insiders, many of whom happened to need a hand from the president.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Santa Monica orders Waymo to stop noisy overnight operations at charging stations. Neighbors rejoice
Santa Monica orders Waymo to stop noisy overnight operations at charging stations. Neighbors rejoice
Waymo charging stations have caused turmoil in a Santa Monica neighborhood, with some residents calling the round-the-clock beeping and humming of autonomous vehicles a nuisance.
www.latimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
In the latest Current Climate newsletter:
🛢️ Trump’s offshore drilling plan draws bipartisan pushback
🚘 Fuzzy prospects for Tesla’s electric Cybercab
☀️ Using AI to optimize residential battery and solar power systems #oil #tesla www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
New Offshore Drilling Plan Gets Bipartisan Pushback
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at the fuzzy prospects for Tesla’s electric Cybercab and using AI to optimize residential battery and solar systems
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November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
give that guy $1 trillion:
Musk’s Boring Co. hiding toxic waste in Las Vegas pond
futurism.com/advanced-tra...
Elon Musk's Boring Company Caught Hiding Toxic Waste Pond in Vegas
Elon Musk's Boring Company has been illegally dumping toxic waste byproduct for months, landing itself a $500k fine from local officials.
futurism.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Billionaire Gordon Getty has never spoken out about Trump publicly—but privately called him a possible psychopath, emails in the Epstein release show:
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This Billionaire Called Trump A Possible Psychopath, Epstein Release Shows
Once America’s richest person, Gordon Getty has donated to anti-Trump PACs but he kept quiet. Now emails from Epstein documents show exactly how he feels.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Tesla tops a survey of +26,000 global EV buyers of brands or countries they’d avoid for political reasons, cited by 41%. Next-highest is BYD, with just 1% saying they'd avoid it🔌🚗
globalevalliance.com/survey-2025/
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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New: Alt5 Sigma, one of Trump's key business partners, told the SEC that it suspended its CEO in mid-October.

An internal email, though, says he was placed on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.

me, for @forbes.com

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Trump Crypto Partner Alt5 Sigma May Have Violated SEC Rules With Filing On CEO
One of Trump's key business partners told the SEC it suspended its CEO in mid-October. Internal records suggest he was on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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NEW: Tesla sued over another fatal 💥 crash in Tacoma, Washington. Good samaritans attempted to use a baseball bat to break the car windows. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tesla Sued Over Another Fatal Crash in Growing Scrutiny of Doors
Tesla Inc. was sued over a fiery crash in Washington state that left one person dead and another seriously injured after rescuers allegedly struggled to open the vehicle’s doors, the latest in a growi...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me music.apple.com/us/album/foo...
Fool Me Twice - Single by Combo Villains on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 1 Song
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November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Donald Trump claimed he had “nothing to do” with his family business yesterday. Nonsense.
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW: Elon Musk’s plan to sell the Cybercab as a steering wheel-free robo-Tesla may hit a legal wall #selfdrivingvehicles #tesla www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
Elon Musk Can’t Legally Sell The Tesla Cybercab As Promised
The billionaire CEO says the steering wheel-less, pedal-less Cybercab goes into production in April. But Tesla doesn’t have the regulatory exemption needed to sell it.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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“We may have passed peak Trump,” says former US Vice President Al Gore at the COP30 climate summit. Read the interview and more in today's Green Daily newsletter.
Al Gore Tells COP30 That the US May Have Reached ‘Peak Trump’
Some say the COP clock officially starts ticking once Al Gore arrives. And with the former US vice president in Belém on Monday, well, the countdown to a deal is on.
bloom.bg
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: Amazon’s Zoox launches ride service in San Francisco in robotaxis with no steering wheels — or fees for now #selfdrivingvehicles www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
Amazon’s Robotaxi Unit Launches In San Francisco Without Steering Wheels—Or Fees
Zoox isn’t yet charging for rides in its electric vehicles, which don’t have steering wheels, mirrors or pedals. But cofounder Jesse Levinson thinks regulatory approval is close.
www.forbes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at UN climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet, telling them humans are failing in their response to global warming and that God’s creation “is crying out in floods, droughts, storms and relentless heat.”
Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is ‘crying out’
Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet.
trib.al
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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im beginning to think it was a mistake to stake our entire economy on chatbots and fake internet money
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
whoever told Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda that wearing a MAGA hat and Trump t-shirt would be good for the brand probably needs to be fired autos.yahoo.com/policy-and-e...
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Recursion’s incoming CEO Najat Khan needs to prove that AI drug development can pay off. New from me for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
Recursion’s Incoming CEO Needs To Prove That AI Drug Development Can Pay Off
After a challenging 12 years trying to use AI to create new medicines, cofounder Chris Gibson stepped down as CEO last week. Can R&D chief and new CEO Najat Khan turn it around?
www.forbes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM