TECHNOLOGY

By Noi Mahoney of FreightWaves

Authorities at the Port of Long Beach on Friday seized 55 tons of dicumyl peroxide, a chemical used to make methamphetamine.

The shipment originated in China and was destined for the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico, according to a news release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The dicumyl peroxide was identified as a result of an initiative launched by ICE in 2019 to identify suspicious (more…)

Following last fall's U.S. presidential election, a wave of left-leaning X accounts—some of which self-proclaimed themselves as "news influencers"—announced their plans to abandon Elon Musk's social media platform in favor of the woke Bluesky platform.

A new Pew Research Center analysis of 500 top news influencers (each with over 100,000 followers) shows that Bluesky's adoption surged after the 2024 presidential election, rising from 21% to 43% by March 2025. (more…)

A new report cites an internal memo from the General Services Administration informing 'Big Tech' that the Trump administration is expanding its cost-cutting review of federal contractors beyond consulting firms to include now technology providers—specifically value-added resellers (VARs) like Dell and CDW.

The letter, obtained by The Wall Street Journal, was sent by Josh Gruenbaum, Commissioner of the GSA's Federal Acquisition Service, to 10 tech firms in recent weeks, (more…)