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Israel launches new strikes on Lebanon despite Trump rebuke. Trump confident yet again about imminent deal. But who really calls the shots?—AND MORE
CNN: Israel’s military launched fresh attacks on Tyre this morning and issued a rare evacuation order for the…
June 9, 2026
Germany drops jet project with France in setback for European defense sovereignty
Wall Street Journal: Berlin will no longer pursue building and ordering the aircraft after failing to resolve a…
June 8, 2026
Meta deletes face-recognition system from its smart glasses app after WIRED report
Wired: The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for…
June 8, 2026
UK spying fears after secret camera found in Whitehall ceiling panel
iPaper: The discovery sparked alarm because officials in the building had been involved in the controversial planning application…
June 8, 2026
Meta launches ‘workforce academy’ to train workers to build data centers
Wall Street Journal: The company is starting a “workforce academy” to train Americans to build its data centers…
June 8, 2026
White House, Hill relaunch effort to block state AI laws
Axios: The White House is negotiating a federal preemption of state AI laws in exchange for its support…
June 8, 2026
Alibaba, Baidu accused by Pentagon of aiding Chinese military
Bloomberg: The companies were added to the Pentagon’s 1260H list, which also includes Tencent Holdings Ltd. and targets…
June 8, 2026
Fight to break China’s rare-earth dominance moves to new front in Brazil
Wall Street Journal: Brazil holds the world’s second-largest reserves and wants to become a processor of critical minerals,…
June 8, 2026
Meta furious over bombshell smart glasses revelation
Futurism: “Despite the billions of reasons not to, Meta seems to have created the capacity to turn their…
June 8, 2026
Apple renames Siri as ‘Siri AI’ with new push into artificial intelligence
NBC: The overhaul puts Siri into more direct competition with modern AI assistants such as ChatGPT… Apple unveils…
June 8, 2026
New privacy frontier: Europe eyes crackdown on smart glasses
Politico Europe: Concerns peaked when Swedish media reported earlier this year that subcontractors for Meta in Kenya were reviewing…
June 8, 2026
Macron courts China with G7 outreach
Politico Europe: French President Emmanuel Macron is set to host a video call between the Group of Seven…
June 8, 2026
Andrew Tate’s empire of abuse
New Yorker: How the defining figure of the manosphere built a fortune—and became a political force—by systematically exploiting…
June 8, 2026
‘Reckless’ British defence chiefs unable to say how many Chinese devices MOD uses to build critical weapons despite security concerns
Daily Mail: Britain’s defence chiefs have no idea how many Chinese-made 3D printers it has installed to build…
June 8, 2026
U.S. military quietly turned GPS into global ‘numbers station,’ evidence suggests
404 Media: That means every device that uses GPS has been receiving hidden government information for years, and…
June 8, 2026
Chagos Islands ‘not a piece of real estate for sale’, Trump warned amid reports he wants to buy territory
The Independent: …Misley Mandarin, the first minister of the Chagossian government in exile, who is already in a…
June 8, 2026
Federal judge strikes down Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas
Associated Press: The administration announced the much-higher fee as a way of preventing foreign workers from taking American…
June 8, 2026
Federal judge strikes down Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas
Associated Press: The administration announced the much-higher fee as a way of preventing foreign workers from taking American…
June 8, 2026
Prosecute Orbán’s inner circle over ‘stolen’ billions, Hungary’s anti-corruption watchdog says
Politico Europe: The head of the Hungarian Integrity Authority claims top officials oversaw a scheme to systematically defraud…
June 8, 2026
Europe ready to take reins from US in talks with Putin, says Berlin
Politico Europe: “What is new, I believe, is that this process is now gaining new momentum in Europe,”…
June 8, 2026