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Pentagon quietly building elite new tech sabotage agency
Politico: Neither Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth nor any other senior Pentagon official has publicly mentioned the agency since it was established this April — a…
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US is prepared for long stand-off with Iran, says Trump envoy
Financial Times: “I’m not going to put out hypotheticals. One would hope that they’ll come to the table in a meaningful way before that,”…
France is a warning – our civilization is not immortal
Douglas Murray/The Spectator: Look at any of the terrorist atrocities of recent years and you will see the same pattern. Britain – under…
Hacking attempts surge as companies, govts rush to patch PHP flaws
Reuters: “In the 10 hours before it was publicly announced, across the network we saw thousands of attempts to exploit it,” Cloudflare CEO…
Signal chats that cost OpenAI researchers their jobs
Wall Street Journal: OpenAI’s security team called three outspoken safety researchers into meetings last month and asked them to unlock their…
Trump called Musk and asked him to lift Ukraine Starlink restrictions
Wall Street Journal: Trump told Musk he was frustrated the system’s speeds remained capped at around 100 miles an hour, officials said. The…
US Treasury proposes rule to crack down on high-tech investments in China, other adversaries
Associated Press: The rule announced Thursday would expand the restrictions to cover investments in hypersonic systems (capable of traveling…
Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs as bank steps up AI adoption
Financial Times: The cuts equate to about 5 per cent of Barclays’ workforce, the bank said on Thursday, and are part of a broader cost-cutting…
China steps up ‘grey zone’ tactics to isolate Taiwan and punish its allies
Financial Times: “These are all forms of Beijing’s intensified pressure campaign aimed at isolating Taiwan internationally and limiting middle…
From Kenya to Japan, rush to fix security flaw takes sites briefly offline
New York Times: In Finland, one of the most digitized countries in the world, the government’s public websites were temporarily shut down,…
DOJ reviewing accusations of contracting misconduct involving Corey Lewandowski
Washington Post: The Justice Department is reviewing accusations that Corey Lewandowski, who was a top aideto former Homeland Security…
Iran threatens to strike oil and AI facilities across Gulf if US and Israel renew attacks
The Guardian: Mehdi Mohammadi, an adviser to Mohammad Ghalibaf, the hardliner who led Iran’s negotiations with the US to end the conflict…
Art of the deal: Jared Kushner’s hacked phone revealed his secret negotiations—including more than $700 million in transfers
Vanity Fair: Kushner’s apparent betrayal of the public trust, however, went further than his failure to disclose the secret Alpha account in…
‘What he did was outrageous’: Ron Lauder, once Netanyahu’s closest confidant, speaks out
Haaretz: “What he did was so outrageous,” Lauder says. “I spent months and months getting this thing together, and he says ‘only if you…
Iran’s fleet of shadow tankers has run out of oil after monthslong U.S. blockade
Wall Street Journal: Now, that floating storage is gone. By mid-October, the reserves were fully depleted, according to analysts at Kpler, as…
Talking to Putin: Europe seeks negotiator-in-chief for Ukraine
Politico EU: “President Putin disregards the European Union as an authority,” Czech President Petr Pavel said Tuesday in an interview with the…
Peter Thiel breaks with Trump over Iran war: ‘We should not have done it’
Politico: “I’m skeptical of [the war], I think we should not have done it,” Thiel said. “There were a lot of mistakes that were made.” Thiel…
Calling Putin a ‘humanitarian,’ Witkoff thanks him for releasing an American
New York Times: The release came after Mr. Trump made a direct appeal last week to Mr. Putin to let the 74-year-old teacher, Stephen James…
China’s battery makers race to invest abroad to avoid western barriers
Financial Times: These manufacturers are able to build a gigafactory — the industry term for the plants making cells used in EVs, AI data…
U.S. and Israel draw up plans for renewed strikes on Iran after elections
New York Times: As planning for a short but intensive operation progresses, the U.S. and Israeli militaries have stepped up exercises, flying…
Fridge hackers exploited ‘basic security flaws’ at French retailers
Financial Times: Vincent Strubel, head of cyber security agency ANSSI, told the French Senate on Wednesday that it appeared that weak…
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