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China-US tech truce is fragile
Financial Times: What is Washington’s theory of the truce? Silicon Valley types talk of being “AGI pilled” —…
June 3, 2026
Grab what you can while you can: New reality in South China Sea
BBC: After years of watching China creating land to back its expansive territorial claims Vietnam too is now…
June 3, 2026
MI5 warns Chinese spies using job websites to target government staff
BBC: In a joint warning issued in a bulletin by the Five Eyes alliance, made up of UK,…
June 3, 2026
Erin Brockovich takes aim at rapid growth of AI data centres with new project
CBC: Brockovich’s efforts to build a case against Pacific Gas & Electric Company over groundwater contamination in Hinkley,…
June 3, 2026
Brussels says new US forced-labour tariffs are unjustified
Euractiv: Accusing the EU of not doing enough to combat forced labour is “absurd”, said German MEP Bernd…
June 3, 2026
China Shock 2.0 could destroy Europe as we know it
Telegraph: The Rhodium Group says the Chinese Communist Party is digging in its heels, doubling down on a…
June 3, 2026
EU plots long game against US digital supremacy
Politico Europe: As the European Commission unveiled a plan Wednesday to reduce Europe’s reliance on the foreign technology…
June 3, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of EU jobs at risk, Commission to warn
Politico Europe: EU countries risk mass job losses in the coming years as high energy costs, industrial restructuring…
June 3, 2026
Iran targets Kuwait and Bahrain as US conducts new strikes in latest test of peace talks—AND MORE
CNN: Iran launched missiles at Kuwait — where one person was killed, according to the country’s foreign ministry…
June 3, 2026
Scott Pelley fired by CBS after ‘60 Minutes’ clash with management
CNN: The firing is sure to trigger even more scrutiny of CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss…
June 3, 2026
Putin tasks FSB with creating ‘white list’ internet system
Kyiv Post: The Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin’s new directive deepens Russia’s shift from traditional blocking of “undesirable” sites…
June 3, 2026
AI has ruined job market
The Atlantic: AI screening tools in particular are creating an “algorithmic monoculture” in hiring, a new study of…
June 2, 2026
Xi’s surveillance state seeks to identify future dissidents
Times: In a move that makes the Hollywood imaginings of Minority Report real, a Chinese firm is using…
June 2, 2026
Trump signs AI executive order to increase govt oversight
Wall Street Journal: The order reduces voluntary review period for powerful models to 30 days, down from 90…
June 2, 2026
UK rightwing leaders call for public ‘rage’ in response to Henry Nowak’s murder
Financial Times: The case has forced the rivalries on the right of British politics into public view, as…
June 2, 2026
White House seeks to impose political test on billions in federal grants
New York Times: A new proposal would allow the administration to block grants if they do not satisfy…
June 2, 2026
Inside Trump’s takeover of American regulatory machine
Wall Street Journal: Trump has gotten involved in regulatory decisions big and small that once were made by…
June 2, 2026
Why Trump tapped ‘little Trump’ as his intelligence chief
Wall Street Journal: Pulte has no known national security experience, but he has something Trump values above all…
June 2, 2026
New Danish govt vows to resist Greenland pressure and tackle cost of living
The Guardian: The government’s immediate priorities include ongoing diplomatic talks with the US and Nato over Greenland, a…
June 2, 2026
Florida now OpenAI’s biggest problem in red America
Politico: The moves also signal that Florida Republicans are willing to buck Trump — and tech money flowing…
June 2, 2026