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Unexplained $12.2 billion vanishes from Russia’s balance sheet

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Tehran Targets U.S. Base In Jordan In Retaliation for U.S. Destroying Iranian Oil Tankers

Netanyahu faces backlash over report he was warned of Hamas attack days before October 7

Sweden confirms 458 Britons deported or forcibly removed since Brexit

Australians could opt out of social media algorithms under new law

A weakness of Japan's tech industry is that its talented engineers are held in low regard. An engineer at Toshiba invented NAND flash memory in the 80s, but he was told it wouldn't sell. The tech was then licensed to Samsung.

Scientists find a way to slash computer memory energy use by orders of magnitude

Pentagon Subjects Roughly 50 Members of the Joint Staff to Polygraph Tests in Expanded Leak Hunt

UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size

AI Can Solve Almost Any Homework Assignment Tonight. MIT’s August 2026 committee found AI can complete nearly all undergraduate work, urging oral exams and process portfolios over detection tools

1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project

Trump’s war on Iran is rapidly draining US navy budget, documents and interviews reveal

Chinese worker develops severe muscle breakdown after manager punishes her with 200 squats

One Microsoft Employee Spent $28,000 on AI in 28 Days. Now the Company Is Watching Everyone. - Gadget Review

Zelensky urges China to use its diplomatic weight to end Russia’s war with Ukraine

Canada says it will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down

Andy Burnham hands Storm Shadow blueprints to Ukraine

Ukraine hits Russian jet, radar stations and online retailer's warehouses overnight

Iran state TV airs threat against Trump’s son Barron

Harvard Is Selling a $699 Course Taught by A.I. Clones of Its Faculty: To create a new bootcamp for entrepreneurs, Harvard Business School made A.I. avatars of its instructors

Chinese memory firm CXMT relied on leaked Samsung technology to skip years of R&D, court testimony claims

Iran says the world has accepted it has defeated the US, and other Middle East developments

Republicans are realizing that no one wants data centers

OpenAI is slowing down AI development after rogue agents incidents and Bernie Sanders threatens Senate action

Trump pauses 50% tariffs on Canada for 3 days

Florida officer used Flock camera database 717 times to track estranged wife's vehicle, affidavit says

U.S. says Israeli strikes on Syrian base are ‘unnecessary escalation’

South Korea president calls for military independence in wake of Trump call to cut joint drills

Binance Provided Russia With Customer Data Tied to Ukraine Military Donations

Trump threatens to bomb Oman over Iran deal

Erdogan says EU membership is no longer Turkey’s priority and blames Brussels for stalled accession talks

The chief economist at Russia’s second-largest bank has been fired after a series of critical comments about the state of the economy, warning that Moscow would not win a prolonged economic war with Ukraine

Polish Defence Ministry says it is preparing for war with Russia and expects Kremlin provocations

The rebellion against data centers is growing

Young workers hit hardest as AI automation slashes jobs in Korea

Strategic oil stockpiles have hit a 40-year low amid the Iran war

Ukrainian forces target Moscow Oblast, damaging Wildberries warehouse in major attack

Secondhand booksellers in UK and Ireland suspect AI firms behind ‘strange’ bulk orders

Putin Ordered Kremlin to ‘Destroy NATO and EU From Within’ – NYT