FBI Arrests CIA Official With $40 Million in Gold Bars, $2 Million In Cash Stashed in His Home In what may be the most bizarre story of the week, if not all of 2026, the NYTimes reports that a senior CIA official was arrested last week after investigators found hundreds of gold bars worth over $40 million stashed in his Virginia residence, a non-fiat fortune that he apparently brought home from wo...
FBI Arrests CIA Official With $40 Million in Gold Bars, $2 Million In Cash Stashed in His Home In what may be the most bizarre story of the week, if not all of 2026, the NYTimes reports that a senior CIA official was arrested last week after investigators found hundreds of gold bars worth over $40 million stashed in his Virginia residence, a non-fiat fortune that he apparently brought home from work, according to court papers. The CIA official, David Rush, is being held in jail while he awaits a detention hearing in the coming days on charges of stealing public money by filling out fraudulent time sheets. But, as the NYT admits, the charging documents filed in Alexandria, Va., still leave a lot unanswered about his recent conduct. The only formal charge lodged against Rush is that he inflated his academic credentials and obtained military leave pay worth tens of thousands of dollars. The authorities say he falsely claimed to be a member of the Navy Reserve when he was discharged. In a 2009 application for a government position for which he was subsequently hired, Rush allegedly lied about obtaining a bachelor's degree from Clemson University and a master's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, according to the affidavit. The investigation revealed that Rush never attended or obtained a degree from either institution, according to the affidavit. The court papers describe Rush as a “former senior executive service-level employee at a United States government agency.” According to NYT sources, he until very recently held a senior position at the CIA. In a joint statement, the CIA and FBI said the arrest occurred on May 19, after the agency alerted the bureau. “After a C.I.A. internal investigation identified potential violations of the law, C.I.A. Director John Ratcliffe referred the information to the F.B.I. for a law enforcement investigation,” the statement said. From last November to March, the court papers say, Rush asked for, and received, “a significant ...
让 AI 自己创业、自己赚钱，甚至自己当老板，这件事到底靠不靠谱？ 带着这个问题，国外研究实验室 Andon Labs 发起了一场已经持续半年的“AI 创业实验”，他们分别给 Claude Opus 4.7、GPT-5.5、Gemini 3.1 Pro 和 Grok 4.3 四款大模型各 20 美元 启动资金，让它们完全独立运营四个网络广播电台。 从节目策划、品牌定位，到内容生产、拉新推广乃至盈利...
让 AI 自己创业、自己赚钱，甚至自己当老板，这件事到底靠不靠谱？ 带着这个问题，国外研究实验室 Andon Labs 发起了一场已经持续半年的“AI 创业实验”，他们分别给 Claude Opus 4.7、GPT-5.5、Gemini 3.1 Pro 和 Grok 4.3 四款大模型各 20 美元 启动资金，让它们完全独立运营四个网络广播电台。 从节目策划、品牌定位，到内容生产、拉新推广乃至盈利变现，整个过程几乎都是 AI 自主运行。研究人员唯一设定的目标只有一个——让这些 AI 打造出属于自己的电台“人格”，并尽可能赚到钱。 这场堪称“AI 自主创业压力测试”的实验，最终结果究竟如何？我们不妨一探究竟。 01 一场 AI 创业试炼：20 美元启动资金，接下来自由发挥 从背景上来看，Andon Labs 是一家专注于 AI 自主行为与安全研究的初创公司。此前，他们已经尝试让 AI Agent 运营商店、咖啡馆、自动贩卖机等小型商业场景。 而这一次，这家团队首次把 AI 放进一个长期开放、拥有真实受众、且几乎无人干预的媒体环境中。 相比此前偏“封闭”的商业实验，这次广播电台项目更像一次真正的压力测试：研究人员希望观察，在长时间、低约束条件下，顶级大模型会出现什么样的“行为”，又会如何做出商业决策、逐渐形成属于自己的“人格”。 整个实验的规则十分简单： 启动资源 ：每个 AI 只有 20 美元初始资金， 用于购买音乐版权、维持基础运营，后续没有任何额外补给； 完全自治： AI 可以自主完成所有事务 ，包括搜索和购买歌曲、管理音乐库、制定排播计划、接听听众来电、回复社交媒体留言、分析财务数据、研究听众偏好，甚至全网抓取热点素材； 唯一目标： 打造独特的电台人格、持续盈利，并保证电台“永不停播” ； 长期运行：实验从 2025 年 12 月持续至 2026 年 5 月，整整运行了半年，而且目前仍未结束。 四款大模型分别运营着四个完全不同的独立电台： Claude Opus 4.7 —— Thinking Frequencies； GPT-5.5 —— OpenAIR； Gemini 3.1 Pro —— Backlink Broadcast； Grok 4.3 —— Grok and Roll Radio 四个 AI 在实验开始时，收到的初始提示其实完全相同： “打造属于...
李家超下周率團訪中亞 中銀陳文：冀銀行業發揮橋樑角色、助中亞企業走向全球 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】行政長官李家超下周率團出訪中亞，中銀香港總裁孫煜將以銀行公會主席身份隨團，副總裁陳文希望此行...
李家超下周率團訪中亞 中銀陳文：冀銀行業發揮橋樑角色、助中亞企業走向全球 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】行政長官李家超下周率團出訪中亞，中銀香港總裁孫煜將以銀行公會主席身份隨團，副總裁陳文希望此行能讓銀行業發揮橋樑角色，協助中亞企業走向全球。 陳文：「這次隨團出訪中亞，希望可以透過政府、組織，與當地的政府部門、當地金融機構，亦是當地企業，即是民間以及國家機構之間的交流，具體探討一些合作機會，從金融基建到項目融資，到資本市場操作，進一步強化香港作為連繫中國與中亞金融合作的一個橋樑角色，亦符合我們所所說『樞紐對樞紐』的一個作用之發揮。」
Armando Oliveira/iStock via Getty Images I usually only write up Energy Transfer ( ET ) once a year despite it being my largest position , as it is well covered here on SA by a lot of great writers. But after Q1, I believe the investment case today is so strong, it remains a Strong Buy and I'm considering adding to it despite it already being beyond my position limit for a single company - that's ...
Armando Oliveira/iStock via Getty Images I usually only write up Energy Transfer ( ET ) once a year despite it being my largest position , as it is well covered here on SA by a lot of great writers. But after Q1, I believe the investment case today is so strong, it remains a Strong Buy and I'm considering adding to it despite it already being beyond my position limit for a single company - that's how much conviction I have. Data by YCharts The company has had a good run YTD, but that is mostly because of the Q4 drop. It has underperformed the broader energy index by 30%, despite it being a beneficiary of both the AI Datacenter buildout and the geopolitical events in the middle east. The market is missing the opportunity here. Q1 Results and Guidance increase Energy Transfer's Q1 results were excellent and did not get enough press in my opinion. While competitors like Enterprise Products Partners ( EPD ) maintained guidance, ET raised guidance $750 million at the midpoint. They captured the full year $500 million optimization budget in Q1 alone. The great part in this massive guidance jump is that it is likely they have line of sight into more than $750 million. I expect additional hikes in Q2 and Q3. This quote from Thomas Long from the Q1 Conference call is worth highlighting Our guidance each year is based upon expectations for the base business with minimal optimization included. However, in 5 of the last 8 years, we have seen large spreads, optimization and other opportunities that have provided significant upside to our base business. These kinds of benefits, while one-time in nature, highlight the unique ability of our business to consistently capture significant upside during market volatility. Q1-26 had $2.7 billion in distributable cash flow, up significantly from $2.3 billion in Q1-25. Roughly half the increase was organic, while the other half came from Sunoco's ( SUN ) Parkland acquisition (which still counts.) Diving into the details shows even stronger...
NVIDIA and Taiwan: Why the AI Revolution Is Turning the Island into the World’s AI Infrastructure Hub Jensen Huang has once again placed Taiwan at the center of the global AI map. His message was direct: Taiwan is not merely participating in the AI revolution; Taiwan is one of its epicenters. This statement should not be read only as a compliment. It is a strategic definition of Taiwan’s new role ...
NVIDIA and Taiwan: Why the AI Revolution Is Turning the Island into the World’s AI Infrastructure Hub Jensen Huang has once again placed Taiwan at the center of the global AI map. His message was direct: Taiwan is not merely participating in the AI revolution; Taiwan is one of its epicenters. This statement should not be read only as a compliment. It is a strategic definition of Taiwan’s new role in the AI era. NVIDIA’s relationship with Taiwan is no longer just about chips, foundry services, or GPU assembly. It is about building the entire physical foundation of AI factories: silicon, advanced packaging, high-speed PCB, CCL materials, power delivery, thermal management, system integration, and data center infrastructure. In other words, NVIDIA is not just buying components from Taiwan. NVIDIA is building the AI industrial stack with Taiwan. From GPU Supply Chain to AI Factory Supply Chain In the past, Taiwan’s semiconductor story was mainly centered on TSMC and advanced process technology. That story is still critical, but it is no longer sufficient. The AI infrastructure cycle has expanded the boundary of value creation. A GPU is no longer just a chip. It is part of a rack-scale computing system. A rack is no longer just a server cabinet. It is becoming a high-density AI factory unit. As NVIDIA platforms move from GB200 and GB300 toward Rubin and Vera Rubin, the system boundary keeps expanding from chip to package, from package to board, from board to rack, and from rack to the entire data center power architecture. This is why Taiwan matters so much. Taiwan is one of the few places in the world that can convert architecture into mass production at system scale. NVIDIA’s Taiwan Spending Is a Signal of Structural Dependency According to Jensen Huang, NVIDIA’s annual procurement and spending in Taiwan has grown dramatically from roughly US$10–15 billion several years ago to around US$100 billion, and may move toward US$150 billion in the future. This is not just a l...