https://vitorpontual.com/posts/the-daily-vee/ A daily AI-curated news podcast. Top stories from tech, science, crypto, and world news, voiced by two AI hosts (Ava and Rex). Built on local LLMs and self-hosted infrastructure. en-us Mon, 04 May 2026 12:01:14 +0000 Vitor Pontual Daily AI news briefing — the signal in the noise. Powered by The VP Journal, local LLMs, and neural TTS. Vitor Pontual false episodic https://vitorpontual.com/audio/cover.png https://vitorpontual.com/posts/the-daily-vee/ Today's top stories: GameStop Reports $55.5 Billion Bid to Acquire eBay, 1,500 Beagles Rescued from Wisconsin Lab After License Surrender, Hantavirus Outbreak on MV Hondius Kills Three Passengers. Mon, 04 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-05-04 5:54 Today's top stories: GameStop Reports $55.5 Billion Bid to Acquire eBay, 1,500 Beagles Rescued from Wisconsin Lab After License Surrender, Hantavirus Outbreak on MV Hondius Kills Three Passengers. full Today's top stories: US Withdraws 5,000 Troops from Germany, Prompting EU Defense Push, Iranian Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi in Critical Condition, GameStop Reportedly Preparing Bid to Acquire eBay, Oil Tanker Hijacked Off Yemen, Signaling Pirate-Houthi Alliance. Sun, 03 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-05-03 2:08 Today's top stories: US Withdraws 5,000 Troops from Germany, Prompting EU Defense Push, Iranian Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi in Critical Condition, GameStop Reportedly Preparing Bid to Acquire eBay, Oil Tanker Hijacked Off Yemen, Signaling Pirate-Houthi Alliance. full Today's top stories: Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi in Critical Condition in Iranian Prison, Evangeline Lilly Blames AI for Disney's Layoffs of Marvel Artists, Car with Explosives Crashes into Portland Athletic Club, Driver Dies, CLARITY Act Finalizes Stablecoin Yield Rules, Advancing Crypto Legislation, GameStop Reportedly Preparing Bid to Acquire eBay. Sun, 03 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-05-03 8:50 Today's top stories: Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi in Critical Condition in Iranian Prison, Evangeline Lilly Blames AI for Disney's Layoffs of Marvel Artists, Car with Explosives Crashes into Portland Athletic Club, Driver Dies, CLARITY Act Finalizes Stablecoin Yield Rules, Advancing Crypto Legislation, GameStop Reportedly Preparing Bid to Acquire eBay. full Today's top stories: Spirit Airlines Shuts Down Amid Fuel Costs and Failed Bailout, Supreme Court Asked to Restore Mail-Order Access to Abortion Pill. Sat, 02 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-05-02 2:09 Today's top stories: Spirit Airlines Shuts Down Amid Fuel Costs and Failed Bailout, Supreme Court Asked to Restore Mail-Order Access to Abortion Pill. full Today's top stories: Evangeline Lilly Blames AI for Disney's Layoffs of Marvel Artists, Riot Platforms Stock Jumps on Expanded AMD Data Center Deal. Sat, 02 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-05-02 1:49 Today's top stories: Evangeline Lilly Blames AI for Disney's Layoffs of Marvel Artists, Riot Platforms Stock Jumps on Expanded AMD Data Center Deal. full Today's top stories: 5th Circuit Blocks Nationwide Mail-Order Access to Mifepristone, Evangeline Lilly Blames AI for Disney's Marvel Visual Art Layoffs, Bitcoin ETFs See $2B Inflows in April, Driving 12% Price Surge, MoonPay Launches AI Agent Debit Card for Stablecoin Spending, Spirit Airlines Shuts Down Operations After Bailout Collapse. Sat, 02 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-05-02 10:34 Today's top stories: 5th Circuit Blocks Nationwide Mail-Order Access to Mifepristone, Evangeline Lilly Blames AI for Disney's Marvel Visual Art Layoffs, Bitcoin ETFs See $2B Inflows in April, Driving 12% Price Surge, MoonPay Launches AI Agent Debit Card for Stablecoin Spending, Spirit Airlines Shuts Down Operations After Bailout Collapse. full Today's top stories: Germany Funds Open Source Maintainers for Standards Bodies. Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-05-01 1:45 Today's top stories: Germany Funds Open Source Maintainers for Standards Bodies. full Today's top stories: Saudi PIF Ends LIV Golf Funding After 2026 Season. Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-05-01 0:54 Today's top stories: Saudi PIF Ends LIV Golf Funding After 2026 Season. full Today's top stories: Saudi Arabia to End LIV Golf Funding After 2026 Season, Tether Proposes Merger of Twenty One Capital, Strike, and Elektron, Germany Funds Open Source Maintainers for Standards Bodies, Hyperliquid Launches Outcome Tokens to Challenge Polymarket, Meta Launches Stablecoin Payouts for Creators in Philippines and Colombia. Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-05-01 4:34 Today's top stories: Saudi Arabia to End LIV Golf Funding After 2026 Season, Tether Proposes Merger of Twenty One Capital, Strike, and Elektron, Germany Funds Open Source Maintainers for Standards Bodies, Hyperliquid Launches Outcome Tokens to Challenge Polymarket, Meta Launches Stablecoin Payouts for Creators in Philippines and Colombia. full Today's top stories: Stabbing in Jewish Area in North London Treated as a Terrorist Incident, Police Say. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-30 1:03 Today's top stories: Stabbing in Jewish Area in North London Treated as a Terrorist Incident, Police Say. full Today's top stories: London Stabbing in Jewish Area Treated as Terrorist Incident. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-30 0:58 Today's top stories: London Stabbing in Jewish Area Treated as Terrorist Incident. full Today's top stories: Computershare Partners with Securitize to Tokenize Wall Street Stocks, London Stabbing in Jewish Area Treated as Terrorist Incident, Visa Expands Stablecoin Settlement to Polygon and Base, Celsius Founder Mashinsky Banned From Crypto Industry in $10M FTC Settlement. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-30 3:48 Today's top stories: Computershare Partners with Securitize to Tokenize Wall Street Stocks, London Stabbing in Jewish Area Treated as Terrorist Incident, Visa Expands Stablecoin Settlement to Polygon and Base, Celsius Founder Mashinsky Banned From Crypto Industry in $10M FTC Settlement. full Today's top stories: Musk Testifies OpenAI's Non-Profit Status Is at Stake, Match Group Invests in Sniffies Amid User 'Straightification' Concerns, Fedora 44 Released with GNOME 50, Kernel 6.19, and X11 Removal. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-29 3:35 Today's top stories: Musk Testifies OpenAI's Non-Profit Status Is at Stake, Match Group Invests in Sniffies Amid User 'Straightification' Concerns, Fedora 44 Released with GNOME 50, Kernel 6.19, and X11 Removal. full Today's top stories: Canonical Ramps Up AI Integration in Ubuntu with Opt-In Design, Charges Against Suspect in Trump Assassination Attempt Based on Shotgun Shell and a Screed, OpenAI ends its exclusive partnership with Microsoft. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-28 1:29 Today's top stories: Canonical Ramps Up AI Integration in Ubuntu with Opt-In Design, Charges Against Suspect in Trump Assassination Attempt Based on Shotgun Shell and a Screed, OpenAI ends its exclusive partnership with Microsoft. full Today's top stories: CFTC Chairman Endorses Prediction Markets for Hedging and Information, Suspect Charged in Trump Assassination Attempt via Shotgun Shell, EU Tells Google To Open Up AI On Android; Google Says That's 'Unwarranted Intervention'. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-28 1:08 Today's top stories: CFTC Chairman Endorses Prediction Markets for Hedging and Information, Suspect Charged in Trump Assassination Attempt via Shotgun Shell, EU Tells Google To Open Up AI On Android; Google Says That's 'Unwarranted Intervention'. full Today's top stories: Musk and Altman Trial Begins, Determining OpenAI's Future, China Blocks Meta's $2B Acquisition of AI Startup Manus, OpenAI Ends Exclusive Microsoft Partnership for Amazon Deal, CFTC Chairman Endorses Prediction Markets for Hedging and Regulation, EU Orders Google to Open AI on Android; Google Calls It Unwarranted. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-28 4:07 Today's top stories: Musk and Altman Trial Begins, Determining OpenAI's Future, China Blocks Meta's $2B Acquisition of AI Startup Manus, OpenAI Ends Exclusive Microsoft Partnership for Amazon Deal, CFTC Chairman Endorses Prediction Markets for Hedging and Regulation, EU Orders Google to Open AI on Android; Google Calls It Unwarranted. full Today's top stories: Tether Freezes $344M in Crypto Amid US Probe and Geopolitical Tensions. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-27 2:08 Today's top stories: Tether Freezes $344M in Crypto Amid US Probe and Geopolitical Tensions. full Today's top stories: Pope Reiterates Death Penalty Opposition Amid U.S. Firing Squad Approvals. Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-26 0:56 Today's top stories: Pope Reiterates Death Penalty Opposition Amid U.S. Firing Squad Approvals. full Today's top stories: Pope Leo reiterates opposition to death penalty on same day U.S. approves firing squads. Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-26 1:14 Today's top stories: Pope Leo reiterates opposition to death penalty on same day U.S. approves firing squads. full Today's top stories: Tether Freezes $344M in Crypto Amid US Probe, US Allows Firing Squads for Federal Executions Amid Papal Opposition. Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-26 2:22 Today's top stories: Tether Freezes $344M in Crypto Amid US Probe, US Allows Firing Squads for Federal Executions Amid Papal Opposition. full Today's top stories: Kubuntu 26.04 LTS Drops X11, Goes Wayland-Only, Linux 7.1 Removes Legacy Drivers for Ancient Hardware. Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-25 1:04 Today's top stories: Kubuntu 26.04 LTS Drops X11, Goes Wayland-Only, Linux 7.1 Removes Legacy Drivers for Ancient Hardware. full Today's top stories: DC Circuit Blocks Trump’s Asylum Ban at Southern Border, Google Invests Up to $40 Billion in Anthropic, Morgan Stanley Launches Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio for GENIUS Act Compliance, Kubuntu 26.04 LTS Drops X11, Switches to Wayland-Only, Maine Governor Vetoes First US State Data Center Freeze. Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-25 6:03 Today's top stories: DC Circuit Blocks Trump’s Asylum Ban at Southern Border, Google Invests Up to $40 Billion in Anthropic, Morgan Stanley Launches Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio for GENIUS Act Compliance, Kubuntu 26.04 LTS Drops X11, Switches to Wayland-Only, Maine Governor Vetoes First US State Data Center Freeze. full Today's top stories: US soldier involved in Maduro raid charged over alleged bets on capture, Special Forces Soldier Arrested for $400K Polymarket Bet on Maduro Raid, Norway and Turkey Lead Global Push to Ban Social Media for Minors, Kubuntu 26.04 LTS Drops X11, Switches to Wayland-Only, Aave rallies DeFi partners to contain fallout from $292 million KelpDAO hack. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-24 1:38 Today's top stories: US soldier involved in Maduro raid charged over alleged bets on capture, Special Forces Soldier Arrested for $400K Polymarket Bet on Maduro Raid, Norway and Turkey Lead Global Push to Ban Social Media for Minors, Kubuntu 26.04 LTS Drops X11, Switches to Wayland-Only, Aave rallies DeFi partners to contain fallout from $292 million KelpDAO hack. full Today's top stories: Soldier Arrested for Insider Trading on Maduro Kidnapping Polymarket Bet, US Special Forces Soldier Arrested for Polymarket Insider Trading, US Soldier Charged in First Prediction Market Insider Trading Case, Aave Mobilizes Partners After $292M KelpDAO Hack, Tether Freezes $344M USDT on Tron at US Law Enforcement Request. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-24 4:10 Today's top stories: Soldier Arrested for Insider Trading on Maduro Kidnapping Polymarket Bet, US Special Forces Soldier Arrested for Polymarket Insider Trading, US Soldier Charged in First Prediction Market Insider Trading Case, Aave Mobilizes Partners After $292M KelpDAO Hack, Tether Freezes $344M USDT on Tron at US Law Enforcement Request. full Today's top stories: Kalshi Suspends Three Candidates for Political Insider Trading, Pentagon Replaces US Navy Secretary Amid Strait of Hormuz Tensions, Pentagon Removes Navy Secretary John Phelan Effective Immediately, 3,000 Banks Lobby to Delay Stablecoin Oversight Act. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-23 3:30 Today's top stories: Kalshi Suspends Three Candidates for Political Insider Trading, Pentagon Replaces US Navy Secretary Amid Strait of Hormuz Tensions, Pentagon Removes Navy Secretary John Phelan Effective Immediately, 3,000 Banks Lobby to Delay Stablecoin Oversight Act. full Today's top stories: Pentagon Requests $54 Billion for Drone and Autonomous Warfare Expansion, Virginia Voters Approve Redistricting to Flip Up to 4 Seats, 3,000 Banks Lobby to Delay Stablecoin Oversight Act, Ubuntu 26.10 Codename Confirmed Amid Rust Coreutils Audit. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-22 3:16 Today's top stories: Pentagon Requests $54 Billion for Drone and Autonomous Warfare Expansion, Virginia Voters Approve Redistricting to Flip Up to 4 Seats, 3,000 Banks Lobby to Delay Stablecoin Oversight Act, Ubuntu 26.10 Codename Confirmed Amid Rust Coreutils Audit. full Today's top stories: Deezer: AI Songs Now 44% of Daily Uploads, Yet Only 1-3% of Streams, LayerZero Blames Lazarus Group for $290M Kelp DAO Exploit, Blue Origin's New Glenn Reuse Success Marred by Upper Stage Failure. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-21 2:49 Today's top stories: Deezer: AI Songs Now 44% of Daily Uploads, Yet Only 1-3% of Streams, LayerZero Blames Lazarus Group for $290M Kelp DAO Exploit, Blue Origin's New Glenn Reuse Success Marred by Upper Stage Failure. full Today's top stories: KelpDAO Exploit Triggers $13B DeFi Wipeout and Aave Liquidity Crisis, Blue Origin's New Glenn Reuse Success Marred by Upper Stage Failure, Palantir Denounces Inclusivity in New Manifesto on Western Identity, Bitcoin Miners Liquidate Record 32k BTC Amid Profitability Crisis, Slay the Spire 2 Devs Reveal Roadmap and 49% Player Stat. Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-20 4:45 Today's top stories: KelpDAO Exploit Triggers $13B DeFi Wipeout and Aave Liquidity Crisis, Blue Origin's New Glenn Reuse Success Marred by Upper Stage Failure, Palantir Denounces Inclusivity in New Manifesto on Western Identity, Bitcoin Miners Liquidate Record 32k BTC Amid Profitability Crisis, Slay the Spire 2 Devs Reveal Roadmap and 49% Player Stat. full Today's top stories: Louisiana Mass Shooting Kills 8 Children; Kyiv Police Chief Resigns, Slay the Spire 2 Devs Reveal Roadmap and 49% Player Stat. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-19 1:03 Today's top stories: Louisiana Mass Shooting Kills 8 Children; Kyiv Police Chief Resigns, Slay the Spire 2 Devs Reveal Roadmap and 49% Player Stat. full Today's top stories: Bitcoin Hits 10-Week High Amid Geopolitical Tensions and Miner Recovery, Kyiv Police Kill Gunman After Mass Shooting Kills 6, Takes Hostage, XRP Expands to Solana via Wrapped Token Amid Speculative Price Forecasts, Kdenlive 2026 Roadmap: AI Tools and Stability Focus. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400 daily-vee-2026-04-19 1:28 Today's top stories: Bitcoin Hits 10-Week High Amid Geopolitical Tensions and Miner Recovery, Kyiv Police Kill Gunman After Mass Shooting Kills 6, Takes Hostage, XRP Expands to Solana via Wrapped Token Amid Speculative Price Forecasts, Kdenlive 2026 Roadmap: AI Tools and Stability Focus. full