The Dialog society grades its attendees on a hidden scale, tackles issues from sex to world wars, and offers matchmaking
What would happen if roughly 200 members of the global elite gathered every year for a top secret retreat? What would they do? What would they talk about? Who would be on the guest list?
Well, data leaked by the Swiss hacktivist maia arson crimew (who also brought us the justice department’s no-fly list back in 2023) is shedding new light on Dialog, the private social club co-created by the former PayPal boss Peter Thiel and the angel investor Auren Hoffman.
Tayo Bero is a Guardian US columnist
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The investigation could intensify scrutiny on oil market practices, potentially leading to regulatory changes affecting global energy dynamics.
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The sanctions and Bitcoin seizure highlight increased regulatory scrutiny on crypto markets, impacting global compliance and investor confidence.
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Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo will co-chair a joint venture between OKX and NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange with ICE futures-exchanges chief Trabue Bland. Cuomo has advised OKX on policy since 2022, spanning the exchange's $504 million DOJ settlement. The venture is the consumer-facing
A group identifying as Handala and linked to Iran claims it hijacked FBI surveillance drones guarding FIFA World Cup sites that opened June 11, tapping live video and data from facial and license-plate recognition systems. The FBI has curtailed drone flights over venues as the Justice Department warns of Iranian cyber activity and the State […]
California first lady’s Miss Representation: Rise Up studies the backlash against women in the era of algorithms and deepfakes
Life moves pretty fast. It is Monday lunchtime when Jennifer Siebel Newsom drops into the Guardian’s office in Washington, just a couple of blocks from the White House, for an interview to promote her new film. Less than two hours later her husband, the California governor, Gavin Newsom, announces that the couple are under investigation by the justice department.
One strand of the investigation specifically targets Siebel Newsom’s taxes and the California Partners Project, a gender equity non-profit she co-founded that received $4.3m in donations solicited by her husband. Gavin Newsom denounced the move as a “personal vendetta” directed by Donald Trump because the governor is considering running for US president.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has intervened in support of xAI in a lawsuit brought by the NAACP over the use of 57 unpermitted natural gas turbines at the company’s Colossus data centers near Memphis. The DOJ argued that shutting down the turbines would undermine American national security, noting that Grok is among four AI […]
