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Frustrated Trump seriously thinking of restarting combat operations in Iran—AND MORE
CNN: Some aides of President Donald Trump said he is now more seriously considering a resumption of major combat operations in…
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Amazon staff use AI tool for unnecessary tasks to inflate usage scores
Financial Times: Some employees said colleagues were using the software to automate additional, unnecessary AI activity to increase their…
US communications regulator targets Chinese tech for security risks
Financial Times: FCC chair Brendan Carr has in recent months spearheaded measures to reduce Beijing’s espionage and security threats,…
Tariffs: Trump loses his trade superpower
Financial Times: Myron Brilliant at the Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm, says other countries are already treating…
Chinese cars on US roads is matter of when, not if
Reuters: While Taiwan and broader trade tensions are far more likely to dominate the discussions, there have already been cracks in U.S.…
Xi poised to press Trump on arms sales to Taiwan
New York Times: Mr. Xi’s main focus in raising Taiwan will probably be to persuade Mr. Trump to slow, or ultimately reduce, U.S. arms sales to…
Confessions of a former money mule
Investigative Journalism Foundation: Jill was unemployed, broke and trying to provide for her children when she unknowingly became part of a…
Xi cooking up something special for Trump
Bloomberg: The Chinese leader may put some superficial trade deals on the table to get concessions on tech and Taiwan…
Why is Putin now talking about war in Ukraine ‘coming to an end’?
The Guardian: Drone strikes, mounting casualties and a distracted US president means a slow-motion victory is in doubt…
‘A consistent pattern of lying’: Musk v OpenAI trial exposes what insiders think of Sam Altman
The Guardian: In court last week, jurors heard video testimony from Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former chief technical officer, once a very close…
Starmer on brink as cabinet ministers urge him to quit
The Guardian: …two senior cabinet ministers – Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, and Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary – told the…
EUCOmaxxing: Influencers to be invited to EU summits
Politico Europe: A Council official confirmed that the project, which will kick off in July, would allow the institution to “engage with…
OpenAI offers EU access to new AI hacking model
Politico Europe: The unexpected move is a boon for Europe after weeks of struggling to grasp the cybersecurity risks coming from novel AI…
U.S. oil rush into Venezuela tests Trump’s democracy promises
Politico: Agen, like other White House officials, insisted that the Trump administration still wants to see democracy in Venezuela, but it…
Navy plans to buy 15 costly Trump-class battleships by 2055
Bloomberg: The Navy had previously said it would purchase three of the so-called Trump-class battleships, with the first arriving in 2036. But…
Trump says he will discuss Taiwan arms sales at Xi summit
Bloomberg: “I’m going to have that discussion,” Trump said. “President Xi would like us not to. And I’ll have that discussion.” As part of…
California mayor admits to being a China agent after probe
Bloomberg: The former mayor of an affluent Los Angeles suburb has agreed to plead guilty of acting as an unregistered foreign agent for China…
Shein accuses rival Temu of ‘industrial-scale’ copyright violations
Financial Times: Shein and Temu have both previously been accused by several fashion designers of copying their clothing designs without…
Fuel, munitions and food: Mounting toll of Trump’s Iran war
Financial Times: Donald Trump’s Iran war is ripping across the US economy at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars in lost output, as…
Life without US tech
Financial Times: “The US has the upper hand in this and they are very well aware of it,” says one senior EU diplomat, referring to the extent…
Zelensky’s ex-chief of staff named as suspect in major corruption probe
Reuters: In a statement, Ukraine’s anti-graft agencies said Yermak is suspected of participating in a criminal group that laundered…
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