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How Leopold Aschenbrenner, ‘golden child’ of AI trade, was laid low
Financial Times: Leopold Aschenbrenner made his name on his ability to predict the future. But the trader dubbed…
July 31, 2026
George Santos accused of ‘manipulative activity’ in prediction market trades
Washington Post: The former congressman agreed to pay $35,000 to settle charges by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission,…
July 31, 2026
House push to integrate defense industries of Israel, U.S. draws scrutiny
Washington Post: “It compromises our sovereignty and hurts our national security by limiting our options,” said Sen. Chris…
July 31, 2026
Tens of thousands of migrants voluntarily leave after crossing into Spanish territory of Ceuta
Associated Press: Some migrants swam several miles through the sea and faced down authorities who tried to turn…
July 31, 2026
Alphabet rolls back AI image generation in Google Earth over policy violations
Reuters: The feature, powered by Google’s Nano Banana 2 AI model, had allowed users to generate photorealistic images…
July 31, 2026
OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probe
Reuters: The new breakouts were uncovered during the company’s publicly announced investigation into how one of its agents…
July 31, 2026
Chinese military researchers tap US AI models to train defence systems
Reuters: Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic…
July 31, 2026
Trump to appeal judge’s ruling denouncing I.R.S. suit as exercise in self-dealing
New York Times: The notice of appeal and a request to pause the judge’s order, both filed in…
July 31, 2026
China smarter about subsidies than everybody else
Financial Times: US techies might retort that they do better without state help. Maybe so. But there is…
July 31, 2026
US plans fresh strikes on Iran as soon as this weekend. Illicit Iranian gambling network helped pull off $4 billion sanctions dodge—AND MORE
CNN: The United States is planning a wave of new strikes on Iran as soon as this weekend,…
July 31, 2026
Amazing tales from inside Nord Stream sabotage plot
Michael Isikoff and Jeff Stein: n September, 2022, powerful underwater explosions blew up the Nord Stream 2 pipeline…
July 31, 2026
China’s London ‘Super Embassy’ plan survives court challenge
Bloomberg: The UK’s approval of a new Chinese embassy in London was lawful, according to High Court judges,…
July 31, 2026
Canada cannot trade away danger of Russia-China alliance
Marcus Kolga and Charles Burton/National Post: Calling China a strategic partner while Beijing helps Russia strengthen capabilities that…
July 31, 2026
Canadian economy grew 0.3% in May, paving way for 2nd-quarter rebound
CBC: The increase topped Statistics Canada’s own initial estimate for 0.1 per cent growth in the month. The…
July 31, 2026
Trump’s new tariff threat shows Canada’s retaliation ‘being noticed’: Ontario’s D.C. rep
CBC: Speaking to CBC’s Power & Politics, David Paterson pointed to a specific complaint laid out in the fact sheet…
July 31, 2026
Premiers tell Ottawa they ‘urgently’ want negotiations to begin on future of the RCMP
CBC: According to a joint communiqué, the provincial and territorial leaders discussed what’s next in their relationships with…
July 31, 2026
International unions urge Trump official to reconsider 50% tariffs on Canadian goods
The Canadian Press: The union leaders, who represent some 1.45 million workers, wrote that while they have supported…
July 31, 2026
Discussion papers aren’t accessible consultation, say non-profits: ‘The general public really knows nothing about this’
The Hill Times: Two federal discussion papers that recently closed for submissions could lead to the extinction of…
July 31, 2026
CPKC’s automated replacement for human inspectors missed dozens of defects: U.S. agency
IJF: Joel Kennedy, national director of railways at Unifor whose members include train mechanics and inspectors, said he…
July 31, 2026
Carney touts B.C. port expansion plan to strengthen independence, diversify economy
The Canadian Press: Carney outlined his support for the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion…
July 30, 2026