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Trump switched planes in Turkey earlier this month because of threat from Iran proxy forces – report

The Guardian

Trump switched planes in Turkey earlier this month because of threat from Iran proxy forces – report

President flew to Ankara onboard Qatari-gifted jet, without advanced defenses, and flew home on old Air Force One Donald Trump switched aircraft before departing Turkey earlier this month after US officials determined there was a credible…

The Guardian

Firefighters struggle to contain Madrid wildfires, as more than 140,000 evacuated in France and Spain

BBC

Firefighters struggle to contain Madrid wildfires, as more than 140,000 evacuated in France and Spain

Authorities face the "worst fire in the history of the region", Madrid officials say, as French firefighters battle a blaze heading towards Bordeaux.

BBC

Remote worker with anxiety wins discrimination case after employer refused to let her turn off her camera

The Next Web

Remote worker with anxiety wins discrimination case after employer refused to let her turn off her camera

A UK employment tribunal has ruled that forcing a remote worker with anxiety, ADHD, and autism to turn on her camera during a video training session amounted to disability discrimination. Laura Tait, a home-based travel consultant at…

The Next Web

NT government opens door to AI industry powered by Beetaloo gas

ABC News

NT government opens door to AI industry powered by Beetaloo gas

The Northern Territory government wants to develop the "data centre capital of the globe" and says natural gas will be key to succeeding.

ABC News

Canadian legislator reads out apparent LLM response in floor speech

Canadian legislator reads out apparent LLM response in floor speech

Anyone who has used the Internet in recent years is probably used to encountering telltale signs of LLM prompting that lazy users sometimes forget to remove from their AI-generated pabulum. But a Canadian legislator took that idea to an…

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Trump says EU to pay 'very big price' for Google fine

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Trump says EU to pay 'very big price' for Google fine

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to hit the European Union with tariffs and a formal trade investigation over Brussels’ latest antitrust penalty against Google. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said…

Oracle awarded 10-year $7 billion Pentagon deal to supply Department of War with vital software and services

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Oracle awarded 10-year $7 billion Pentagon deal to supply Department of War with vital software and services

Pentagon issues Oracle with first ever direct-award contract Nearly $7 billion in existing Oracle licensing is consolidated into a single contract vehicle The contract is projected to deliver $441 million in savings by unifying technology…

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F.D.A. Panel’s Vote on Peptides Raises Concerns About a Prescribing Boom

The New York Times

F.D.A. Panel’s Vote on Peptides Raises Concerns About a Prescribing Boom

The committee endorsed broader use of the peptides in lightly regulated compounding pharmacies that have grown into a multibillion-dollar business.

The New York Times

Vietnam is looking to restrict social media for kids; here’s a look at growing number of other countries doing the same

TechCrunch

Vietnam is looking to restrict social media for kids; here’s a look at growing number of other countries doing the same

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

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Anthropic's Opus 5 is about token efficiency, not a capability leap

Anthropic's Opus 5 is about token efficiency, not a capability leap

Today, Anthropic rolled out Opus 5 , the newest update for the model that has recently become a popular choice for coding and other software development tasks, among other things. While this is a noteworthy bump for Opus, it doesn't seem…

Roku Hikes Hardware Prices by Up to 60%

RAMageddon has claimed another company’s products, with costs for streaming devices the latest to blow out.

OpenAI Is ‘Very Interested’ in Building Out ChatGPT Integrations for Wearables

OpenAI Is ‘Very Interested’ in Building Out ChatGPT Integrations for Wearables

OpenAI President Greg Brockman talks a bit about where the company’s increasingly Jarvis-like AI agents could be heading next… and in what form.