🕵️♀️ Global Scam Exploits Cancer-Stricken Children to Raise Millions
A disturbing look at how digital empathy can be abused for profit. This report calls for stricter transparency and regulation of online fundraising platforms to prevent similar exploitation.
A BBC investigation uncovered an international fraud network that exploited families of children with cancer to collect millions through fake crowdfunding campaigns. The operation used staged videos and emotional manipulation, allegedly led by Israeli-Canadian Erez Hadari under names like Chance Letikva and Walls of Hope. Most families received little or none of the money raised, while some of the children involved have since passed away. Authorities across several countries are now investigating the organizations’ legality.
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📈 Secret Documents Reveal Pepsi and Walmart Price-Fixing Scheme
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🧩 Building a Telegram Clone with Qt, QML, Rust, and C++
A creative and technically rich dive into cross-language development. It showcases the perseverance of indie developers who bridge performance and usability through experimentation.
Developer Joshua Worth shares his experiment recreating Telegram’s UI using QML for the interface and Rust for backend logic, with C++ integrations for advanced Qt features. The post details lessons learned about build tools, live reloading, and UI performance tuning. His project, Provoke, reflects the fusion of modern Rust workflows with traditional Qt development.
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🧠 Liskell: Haskell Semantics with Lisp Syntax
A classic in programming language design that bridges two paradigms—Lisp’s flexibility and Haskell’s rigor—demonstrating the power of meta-programming in functional systems.
Clemens Fruhwirth’s 2007 paper introduces Liskell, a language merging Lisp’s symbolic syntax with Haskell’s type-safe semantics. Implemented as a front-end for GHC, Liskell brings Lisp-style macros, tree transformations, and compile-time meta-programming into the Haskell environment. The project explores how Lisp’s simplicity can enhance functional language expressiveness.
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