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New cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps across Europe. Britain on alert.
Reuters: A hacking attack on European supermarkets spread across the continent on Monday, hitting fridges and freezers from Sweden to Belgium and forcing stores to…
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My journey to center of America’s political spam text hell
Wired: I’ve gotten nearly 2,000 campaign fundraising texts that were meant for someone else. I tried to find out why—and uncovered a…
Israel’s poll chief rebukes Benjamin Netanyahu’s claims of ‘stolen’ election
Financial Times: …in a video statement issued on Sunday night, the head of the Central Elections Committee, Justice Noam Sohlberg,…
Fox News suffers sharp drop in ratings as US elections approach
Financial Times: Lachlan Murdoch — the eldest son of Rupert Murdoch, who founded Fox News three decades ago and built it into a powerhouse of…
EU open to flexibility on euro and Schengen if UK tries to rejoin
Politico EU: Britain would not necessarily have to join the single currency or passport-free zone — a concern held by some British voters —…
Life in Tehran under Trump’s blockade
Financial Times: Economically, the nation of 90mn is being slowly strangled by Trump’s months-long naval blockade on its ports and his…
Online betting companies wager big money on US state elections
Financial Times: Online gambling companies and prediction market operators are spending millions on state legislative races in Tuesday’s…
Trump family-linked mining venture aims to go public in $2 billion deal
Wall Street Journal: The proposed $2 billion deal would provide investors another way to back America’s race to secure materials critical for…
Inside Musk’s plan to upend wireless phone industry
Washington Post: SpaceX is in talks to buy Boost Mobile or use its network, giving Musk a potential back door into the $235 billion wireless…
Allies fear Trump will target NATO in case of midterm loss
Politico: European allies fear a Republican loss could spur President Donald Trump to dramatically step up his attacks on the alliance,…
Democrat Haley Stevens endorses Abdul El-Sayed’s Republican rival Mike Rogers
The Guardian: Congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, endorsed his Republican rival,…
Germany blames infiltrators as Gen Z protests turn violent
CNN: Speaking to German tabloid Bild, Germany’s interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt said that “violent left-wing groups and troublemakers…
Investors pull billions in funds from Binance after record $6.3bn hack
The Guardian: By Sunday afternoon, the platform had processed $4.6bn in withdrawals and $1bn in deposits, resulting in a net outflow of about…
US critical minerals push delivers gold rush — for Washington lobbyists
Financial Times: The rush to secure government support has attracted a flood of mining executives to Washington, including those running…
Ocasio-Cortez has evolved. She wants left to evolve, too.
New York Times: In public and private remarks, meetings with lawmakers and appearances with midterm candidates inside and outside the…
Trump voices uncertainty about Nvidia CEO, a close tech adviser
Washington Post: President Donald Trump stopped short of fully backing Nvidia co-founder and chief executive Jensen Huang, an influential…
What I learned in ‘Dalifornia,’ China’s laid-back capital of doing nothing
Wall Street Journal: A trend among China’s youth of fleeing the rat race has prompted concern from Beijing. But many young Chinese do want to…
Voters usually ignore corruption as an issue. It now has their attention.
New York Times: Like many Americans, Michael Nave has a hunch that politicians of both parties enrich themselves while the working class…
Steve Bannon: Republicans will erupt in ‘civil war’ after midterm elections
Financial Times: He also predicted “monster battles” in the lame-duck session between voting day and the swearing-in of the new Congress in…
North Korean hackers stole billions, F.B.I. says. It’s not their first heist.
New York Times: Powered by a pipeline of top-class programming students, North Korea’s hacking units have for years penetrated banks and…
How Binance’s $6.3 billion hack went down
New York Times: It was a surreal situation made even more surreal by the actions of Binance’s founder, Changpeng Zhao, who spent the evening…
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