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Tech Billionaires face tricky political waters after Democratic sweep
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Hoekstra downplays Democrats’ sway on tariffs, but predicts deal could come soon
CTV: Hoekstra, who was appointed as Washington’s ambassador to Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump, made the prediction during an interview…
U.S. finds subdued foreign meddling operations in midterm elections
New York Times: Russia was linked to influence campaigns targeting Democrats that gained little traction, but the Kremlin may be more focused…
AI backlash threatens trillion-dollar data centre boom, say tech leaders
Financial Times: “The reason is not that people are Luddites . . . it’s much like the protests against the masks in Covid. It has become a…
France, US clash over G7 effort on AI safety
Politico: The U.S. government has scuttled a French push for the G7 to coordinate on advanced AI safety, with a White House official calling…
OpenAI kicks off charm offensive to change voters’ view of data centers
Reuters: Stunning victories by Democrats in US midterm elections this week have been interpreted by many as Americans repudiating tech…
White House warns Conservative groups it is ‘monitoring’ their statements
Wall Street Journal: The White House Office of Public Liaison, which works with outside groups, sent a memo to more than 3,000 conservative…
Rural voters in GOP strongholds helped carry Democrats to midterm victories
Washington Post: Whether conservatives in rural areas stayed home or flipped to Democrats, they contributed to wins in deep-red areas…
Machine and messaging that won Texas for Democrats
New York Times: Years of organizing met a moment of voter discontent, as James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa offered Texans a vision of economic…
US Congress welcomes record number of lawmakers of Chinese descent
SCMP: Democrat Richard Pan won a California House race, making it six lawmakers of Chinese descent when the 120th Congress convenes in January…
‘This is a disaster’: Angry Republicans blame Trump for midterms defeat. ‘The money didn’t work’: Big Tech’s $600mn midterm campaign falls flat
BBC: Most Republicans expected to lose control of the House and were clear-eyed about the challenge of holding onto the Senate in a tough…
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years in prison
Associated Press: Rights groups have raised concerns over Wong’s case. Dozens of people queued outside the court building to secure a seat in…
Nvidia orders data centre clients to reduce China exposure
Financial Times: The instructions have been communicated verbally and carried out by Nvidia’s sales force and regional teams rather than spelt…
Montenegro, Albania seek NATO support to tackle Russian disinformation
Politico EU: In separate interviews, Montenegrin Defense Minister Dragan Krapović and his Albanian counterpart, Ermal Nufi, said the alliance…
Vance blames Iran war for G.O.P. losses, distancing himself from Trump
New York Times: In Mr. Vance’s social media post, he said many voters who had supported Mr. Trump turned to Democratic candidates on Tuesday…
Republican missteps that laid groundwork for historic midterm rebuke
Washington Post: A campaign that put a distracted President Donald Trump front and center, and a war no one asked for, led the party into a…
MAGA media civil war erupts over who’s to blame for GOP’s thrashing
Washington Post: Their competing explanations — and their efforts to pin responsibility on one another — exposed deep fractures in an online…
Midterms: Democrats seize control of Congress as voters rebuke Trump
New York Times: Democrats seized control of the Senate and were projected to win the House, according to New York Times projections, as voters…
Binance hackers used fake interviews, social media profiles in $6.3bn heist
Financial Times: Crypto exchange’s internal investigation reveals the role of human error in the biggest theft in history…
US has no immediate plan to strike Iran, Trump tells FT
Financial Times: In an interview with the FT on Tuesday, the US president suggested he was content with the state of the stand-off with Iran —…
Germany warns politicians their iPhones may be hacked
Financial Times: Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security issued an urgent notice over the weekend advising government figures that…
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