Rodney Harrison formed taskforce that later identified Rex Heuermann as a suspect in the string of New York murders Rodney Harrison was not in the courtroom in Riverhead on New York’s Long Island last week when serial killer Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to the murders of seven women and volunteered that he’d also murdered an eighth. But as the New York police department’s former chief of detective...
Rodney Harrison formed taskforce that later identified Rex Heuermann as a suspect in the string of New York murders Rodney Harrison was not in the courtroom in Riverhead on New York’s Long Island last week when serial killer Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to the murders of seven women and volunteered that he’d also murdered an eighth. But as the New York police department’s former chief of detectives, who was brought in to be police commissioner of Suffolk county – the area where Heuermann had dumped his victims – it was Harrison who pulled together a taskforce that came to crack the case. Continue reading...
For millennia, the wisdom of Chinese strategist Sun Tzu has guided leaders. His sayings, most famously collected in The Art of War, emphasise deception, careful preparation and understanding both your enemy and yourself. “Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.” “Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.” Today, a new master stra...
For millennia, the wisdom of Chinese strategist Sun Tzu has guided leaders. His sayings, most famously collected in The Art of War, emphasise deception, careful preparation and understanding both your enemy and yourself. “Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.” “Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.” Today, a new master strategist has arisen, though his aphorisms emphasise careless blundering. “If you do not know what...
No frills, all artsy thrills. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge I love black-and-white photography. I also adore compact cameras you can always have by your side. So I'm a total mark for the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome, a fixed-lens camera that can't zoom and can't record color - at all. It's a formula that makes the average person ask, "Why?" I've tested the GR IV Monochrome for over a mont...
No frills, all artsy thrills. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge I love black-and-white photography. I also adore compact cameras you can always have by your side. So I'm a total mark for the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome, a fixed-lens camera that can't zoom and can't record color - at all. It's a formula that makes the average person ask, "Why?" I've tested the GR IV Monochrome for over a month, taking it with me everywhere and photographing everything. Let me explain how this pricey little point-and-shoot is likely to go down as one of my all-time-favorite cameras. Ricoh GR IV Monochrome Score: 8 Pros Cons Excellent black-and-white image quality Everything great about the standard GR IV: sharp lens, small size, … Read the full story at The Verge.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan Calls For A Government Social Media 'Disinformation' Unit Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Sadiq Khan is pushing hard for a new state-backed disinformation unit to silence online criticism of London. The Mayor claims a “dark blizzard of disinformation” is undermining the city, linking it directly to offline harm, and wants government tools to force Big Tech to a...
London Mayor Sadiq Khan Calls For A Government Social Media 'Disinformation' Unit Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Sadiq Khan is pushing hard for a new state-backed disinformation unit to silence online criticism of London. The Mayor claims a “dark blizzard of disinformation” is undermining the city, linking it directly to offline harm, and wants government tools to force Big Tech to act – or else. In a post on X (replies closed of course), Khan declared: “We can’t ignore the link between online disinformation and offline harm. At the Cambridge Disinformation Summit, I spoke about how the ‘outrage economy’ is eating away at the basic bonds of trust that hold our societies together – and why we need urgent action.” We can't ignore the link between online disinformation and offline harm. At the Cambridge Disinformation Summit, I spoke about how the "outrage economy" is eating away at the basic bonds of trust that hold our societies together – and why we need urgent action. pic.twitter.com/sEHU2GwVQF — Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) April 10, 2026 He doubled down in remarks to the media, insisting: “We’re right to expect big tech to do better, but we should not rely on it. If platforms fail to act, the state must have the tools to make them. That’s why I’ll continue lobbying the government publicly and privately to take a much tougher approach.” Disinformation about London has become a global industry. The new “outrage economy” is growing – and it’s eating away at the bonds that hold our society together. That's why I'm calling for urgent action from social media companies and government. https://t.co/moPcAqSWdK pic.twitter.com/olXHoAftTe — Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) April 10, 2026 Khan called for “a new central body with the agility and authority to protect our democracy from disinformation, and deal with the scale and speed of this crisis. And we need more aggressive enforcement of the rules we already have. Because unless regulators like Ofcom have the power to hi...
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) was one of big tech's top performers in 2025, with shares soaring 148% that year. And this followed an even more explosive showing in 2024 when it jumped 341%. The artificial intelligence (AI)-driven data analytics giant has already minted boatloads of wealth for its backers. But does it have what it takes to maintain this millionaire-maker momentum? Let's dig ...
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) was one of big tech's top performers in 2025, with shares soaring 148% that year. And this followed an even more explosive showing in 2024 when it jumped 341%. The artificial intelligence (AI)-driven data analytics giant has already minted boatloads of wealth for its backers. But does it have what it takes to maintain this millionaire-maker momentum? Let's dig deeper to see what might come next. Continue reading
Private equity firm Leonard Green and Partners is closing in on an acquisition of Cumming Group, a construction project consultancy firm owned by fellow buyout firm New Mountain Capital , the Financial Times reported. The deal values Cumming Group at $3 billion including debt, and is set to be announced in the coming weeks, the FT reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The company advis...
Private equity firm Leonard Green and Partners is closing in on an acquisition of Cumming Group, a construction project consultancy firm owned by fellow buyout firm New Mountain Capital , the Financial Times reported. The deal values Cumming Group at $3 billion including debt, and is set to be announced in the coming weeks, the FT reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The company advises on large infrastructure projects worldwide, including the ongoing $9 billion redevelopment of JFK airport’s terminal one. The acquisition comes at a time of slowing private equity-backed deals amid stubbornly high interest rates, artificial intelligence disruption and geopolitical tensions. Private equity sales have fallen by more than a third this year, data compiled by Bloomberg shows, as developments in AI and the war in Iran heap pressure on a subdued exit market. A potential sale of Cumming Group would be New Mountain’s biggest exit in several years, after recently calling off plans to offload five of its health-care technology companies, the FT report said. Leonard Green recently bought a majority stake in Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. ’s Topgolf and Toptracer unit, valuing the business at $1.1 billion.
Investment Thesis The absence of value has been experienced by the big-cap industrial groups all this time, with the most evident structural mispricing being GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV ). The three business ventures that the company is currently undertaking are power, wind, and electrification; all three will undoubtedly benefit from two significant infrastructure build-outs of the present decade: the ...
Investment Thesis The absence of value has been experienced by the big-cap industrial groups all this time, with the most evident structural mispricing being GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV ). The three business ventures that the company is currently undertaking are power, wind, and electrification; all three will undoubtedly benefit from two significant infrastructure build-outs of the present decade: the rise in the use of electricity through AI and the global energy transition. GEV has performed on all of its major Financial metrics—orders, backlog growth, revenue acceleration, margin expansion, and free cash flow generation—since its spin-off from General Electric in April 2024, and the market has continued to value the company using a traditional industrial OEM multiple to a business that is becoming more of a long-cycle infrastructure franchise with multi-year locked-in pricing and recurring services revenue. The investment thesis is based on three pillars. First, the AI electricity supercycle is structural, not cyclical: U.S. data center power demand will increase 130% between 2024 and 2030, according to the IEA, and the five largest hyperscalers pledged to spend $660–690 billion in combined capital expenditure in 2026 alone—an infrastructure commitment that requires the specific equipment GEV manufactures. Second, GEV's $150 billion backlog entering 2026, combined with Slot Reservation Agreements (SRAs) priced 10-20 points above current backlog pricing, creates a compounding margin improvement that is built into future income statements but not yet visible in the current P&L. Third, the Prolec GE acquisition, completed on February 2, 2026, has made GEV the only company in the world capable of supplying an integrated 'power-to-rack' solution—from gas turbine to distribution transformer to switchgear—from a single supplier to hyperscale customers that are actively requesting exactly this kind of vertical integration. Analysts covering GEV have a consensus 'Buy' rating b...
For years, Nucor Corporation ( NUE ) has been my favorite Basic Materials stock. NUE shares have been in my portfolio since the Great Recession. However, like any other investment, there are times when I believe it's prudent to trim the position on valuation. This is one of those times. Why Nucor? Nucor Corporation ( NUE ) is the largest North American mini-mill steelmaker. Nucor uses electric arc...
For years, Nucor Corporation ( NUE ) has been my favorite Basic Materials stock. NUE shares have been in my portfolio since the Great Recession. However, like any other investment, there are times when I believe it's prudent to trim the position on valuation. This is one of those times. Why Nucor? Nucor Corporation ( NUE ) is the largest North American mini-mill steelmaker. Nucor uses electric arc furnaces to produce steel. Some other producers, for example, U.S. Steel (now owned by Nippon Steel North America) and Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. ( CLF ), utilize old-school blast furnaces. Nucor manufactures steel mostly from scrap. The company, through subsidiaries, operates America's largest metal recycling business. Nucor is North America’s most diversified steel producer, manufacturing plate, bar, deck, coil, and many other specialty steel products. In recent years, management has focused upon such higher-margin specialty products. I believe management makes a difference. My view is that Nucor management is the best in the business. They do not lay off workers. Employee safety is integral to the company culture. The company operates exclusively non-union shops. Profit-sharing is part of the annual pay package from the floor worker to the C-suite. Year-in-and-year-out, Nucor maintains the best balance sheet in the steel business, currently sporting an “A-” credit rating. CEO Leon Topalian frequently calls out Nucor's outstanding balance sheet. He offered these remarks on the 3Q2025 earnings conference call : Following the Moody's upgrade, we are now rated A- or A3 by all three ratings agencies, making us the only major North American steel producer to hold that distinction. The company “earns its profits in cash,” meaning operating cash flow tends to be equal to or greater than net income. The following ten-year FAST Graph highlights this relationship. The red bars are cash flow. The yellow bars represent net income. fastgraphs.com Meanwhile, the board of directors increase...