# NuseReal
Miscellaneous news
Samsung set to hand out record bonuses as AI boom translates into profits (LINK) 18 January 2026
Google search traffic to news sites plunges by one-third globally and 38% in the US (LINK) 18 January 2026
— Google responded by questioning the findings. Its own numbers do not match the sharp declines described in the report. Google also pointed out that the study left out traffic numbers from Google News. Social media platforms are also sending fewer readers to news websites. Since May 2023, traffic from Facebook has dropped 43% worldwide and 35% in America. Traffic from X fell even faster, declining 46% globally and 45% in the United States.
Studies may have "detected" microplastics in the human brain because of a severe error: the same indicators for the materials used in microplastics like polyethylene can also be produced from the fats present in human tissue (LINK) 17 January 2026
— "At present, experts aren't sure how microplastics affect our health, nor have they definitely proven that they're harmful to us (though there are no shortage of studies suggesting they do). We do have plastics in us — that is safe to assume. But real hard proof on how much is yet to come."
What the melting Alps have revealed (LINK) 17 January 2026
DOJ says it has over 500 people reviewing millions of pages of Epstein files, no estimate on next release date yet (LINK) 16 January 2026
Elon Musk seeks up to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft in 'wrongful gains' from his early support (LINK) 16 January 2026
— OpenAI gained between $65.5 ?billion and $109.4 billion from the billionaire entrepreneur's ?contributions when he was co-founding what was then a startup from 2015, while Microsoft gained between $13.3 billion and $25.1 billion, Musk said in the federal court filing ahead of his trial against the two companies. "Without Elon Musk, there'd be no OpenAI. He provided the bulk of ?the ?seed funding, lent his reputation, and taught them all he knows about scaling a business. A pre-eminent expert quantified the value of that," Musk's lead trial lawyer Steven Molo said in a statement to Reuters.
Elon Musk's xAI datacenter generating extra electricity illegally, regulator rules: Memphis activists who say 'Colossus' facilities add extra pollution to already overburdened communities (LINK) 15 January 2026
US justice department investigating Minnesota Democrats Gov Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged obstruction of ICE (LINK) 16 January 2026
The Martha Graham Dance Company, on a centennial nationwide tour, has announced it will no longer be performing at the Kennedy Center in April, joining a slew of other cancelations at the historic performing arts center in the wake of Donald Trump's controversial takeover. (LINK) 16 January 2026
Letting sheep graze alongside solar panels: 'A massive leg-up' for U.K's armers and for panel operators — can save operators up to $67,000 per year on mowing and herbicide treatments, and many offer grazing rights at no cost, opening doors for producers who would otherwise be priced out of the industry (LINK) 16 January 2026
Twice convicted, twice pardoned: Trump again pardons South Bay businesswoman convicted of fraud with brother (LINK) 16 January 2026
— Precisely why the two siblings were pardoned is unclear. No reason was given in the order Trump signed. The brother and sister were convicted by a jury in 2024 for running a scheme where several Otay Mesa companies they controlled bought an array of household goods from various companies and promised they would sell the products in Mexico or in domestic prisons and rehabilitation centers. That allowed them to purchase the goods at a discounted price. Instead, the products were sold back into the U.S. market – at U.S. level prices. After her release, both Adriana and Andres Camberos made a maximum $360 campaign fund to John McCann's 2022 mayoral campaign.
