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Lessons from Cold War’s disinformation front
Gill Bennett: Britain’s Cold War propagandists fought Moscow with lies and forgeries. The adversaries and the technology have…
July 8, 2026
What happens if China hacks US water supply? I went to a secret war game to find out
Wired: As the US government and cybersecurity industry continued to track Volt Typhoon, however, it became clear that…
July 8, 2026
Trump says Ukraine to be allowed to make Patriot missile interceptors
Reuters: “We’re going to give a license to you to make Patriots. That’s pretty cool. This way, you…
July 8, 2026
Russia bans diesel exports in fuel crunch
Financial Times: Announcing the decision on Wednesday evening in a video meeting with President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s deputy…
July 8, 2026
Anthropic caught secretly spying on users
Futurism: As Ars Technica reports, a security researcher last week uncovered spyware-like code in the company’s Claude Code…
July 8, 2026
Meta tests ‘super sensing’ AI glasses that can record every moment
Financial Times: The $1.5tn social media platform has been advancing a new hardware line of smart glasses that…
July 8, 2026
Palantir: Too tied to Trump?
Financial Times: The tactics that fuelled Palantir’s relentless rise have, according to some insiders, become a liability. In…
July 8, 2026
Trump orders halt to US trade with Spain over NATO spending, Iran
Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an immediate halt to all trade with NATO ally Spain,…
July 8, 2026
Trump team tests anti-communist message for midterms as rhetoric intensifies
Reuters: Preliminary findings from his team’s focus groups suggest the message strongly energizes Trump’s base and could boost…
July 8, 2026
Trump says ceasefire ‘over’ after US and Iran trade strikes. New US attacks on Iran were absolutely necessary, NATO chief says—AND MORE
CNN: President Donald Trump said he believes the Memorandum of Understanding with Tehran “is over,” but that negotiators…
July 8, 2026
Danish PM says her country is ‘ready to defend’ Greenland as Trump’s demands upend NATO summit
Associated Press: “We hope that all, including all allies, will respect the Greenland people’s right for self-determination,” Frederiksen…
July 8, 2026
Chinese men in Germany used Telegram groups to share rape videos and drugging tips, prosecutors say
Associated Press: In posts that sometimes included photos and videos of their attacks on unconscious victims, they referred…
July 8, 2026
White House pressures top U.S. grocers on beef prices
Wall Street Journal: Tate Bennett, the chief of staff for USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, spoke last week with…
July 7, 2026
Farage resigns as MP and vows to fight by-election amid finances row
BBC: Nigel Farage says he will resign as MP for Clacton and stand in the subsequent by-election, after…
July 7, 2026
NATO allies to sign raft of missile deals with US companies
Politico: European allies are preparing deals to produce or maintain U.S.-designed missiles on the continent, signaling that U.S.…
July 7, 2026
Iran’s slain Supreme Leader mourned in Qom. Iran’s revolutionary guard fires missiles at ships near Hormuz—AND MORE
New York Times: The ceremony for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, held at a site considered sacred by many Shiites,…
July 7, 2026
More Americans than ever taking weight-loss drugs
New York Times: The survey showed that 15 percent of Americans reported using a weight-loss drug at any…
July 7, 2026
China’s DeepSeek developing its own AI chip, sources say
Reuters: Chinese startup DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip, according to three people familiar with the matter,…
July 7, 2026
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen cleared to run for French presidency — but under a condition she rejects
NBC: Far-right leader Marine Le Pen will be able to run in France’s presidential election next year, though her involvement…
July 7, 2026
Trump in Turkey for NATO summit as he piles pressure on alliance. Rutte to NATO: Admit it, Trump was right—AND MORE
CNN: President Donald Trump has landed in Turkey ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara, as his growing…
July 7, 2026