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China overhauls world’s biggest surveillance network with advanced AI
Financial Times: An FT analysis of more than a dozen procurement documents and interviews with people familiar with…
May 26, 2026
Trump admin wants federal employees to sign nondisclosure agreements
New York Times: Lawyers representing federal workers said the move is intended to chill speech and could be…
May 26, 2026
At epicenter of A.I., Pope Leo’s warnings are dismissed
New York Times: “People are matter-of-factly saying that they are looking to build a machine God,” said Rayan…
May 26, 2026
US law enforcement warns of ‘anti-rech extremism’ as AI hatred grows
Wired: “The chaotic atmosphere that may result from emergent AI technology in the next five years may fuel…
May 26, 2026
EU could deny new member states veto rights as bloc pushes for enlargement
The Guardian: Measure could ease concerns from countries – such as France – that are sceptical about bringing…
May 26, 2026
Revealed: Secret suburban life of Britain’s greatest Cold War spy
Telegraph: Former KGB double agent hid in plain sight in Surrey…
May 26, 2026
Iranian hackers responsible for Los Angeles transit system breach, Israeli researchers say
Reuters: The saboteurs stole at least 700 gigabytes of emails, backups, and other files from the Los Angeles…
May 26, 2026
Pentagon spars with SpaceX over Starlink price hike during Iran war
Reuters: Within weeks of the United States launching its bombing campaign, SpaceX executives met Pentagon officials and argued…
May 26, 2026
US targets Iranian missile launch sites and boats in ‘self-defense’ strikes as talks to end war proceed—AND MORE
CNN: The US military carried out what it called “self-defense strikes” targeting Iranian missile launch sites and boats…
May 26, 2026
Pope Leo compares AI threat to biblical ‘Tower of Babel’
Wall Street Journal: Pope Leo XIV warned that artificial intelligence “threatens to normalize an anti-human vision” and said…
May 25, 2026
Israeli ministers call for return to ‘high-intensity’ war on Hizbollah
Financial Times: Ultranationalist members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government have made calls for a full-scale resumption of Israel’s offensive…
May 25, 2026
Ferrari launches first EV with Jony Ive’s ‘polarising’ design
Financial Times: “This needs to stand the test of time,” Newson said, noting that not everyone would like…
May 25, 2026
Creation of new Murdoch empire
Washington Post: James Murdoch is taking over New York magazine and Vox, building a different media company than…
May 25, 2026
Trump’s unofficial Venezuela viceroy shapes U.S. policy, raising oversight concerns
Washington Post: Mauricio Claver-Carone doesn’t work for the U.S. government but has an outsize role in determining the…
May 25, 2026
American journalist charged with serving as unregistered agent for China
Politico: Thomas Pauken II allegedly told the FBI he was “80 percent sure” an associate now working for…
May 25, 2026
Lithuania suspects foreign involvement in data leak of over 600,000 national register entries
Associated Press: The Lithuanian general prosecutor’s office on Friday announced the leak was primarily from registers of real…
May 25, 2026
Netherlands seizes 800 servers, arrests 2 for aiding cyberattacks by Russia
Krebs on Security: Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested the co-owners of two related Internet hosting companies for…
May 25, 2026
Putin’s plan for new Austria-Hungary
Profil: A profile of the Kremlin leak outlines a “Central Europe” alliance of Austria, Hungary and Slovakia –…
May 25, 2026
Pope elevates AI ethics to religious imperative with first encyclical
Washington Post: In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV put forth an ode to human dignity in the…
May 25, 2026
Millions fewer visitors, billions in lost tourism dollars. Impact of how world perceives US right now
CNN: This time, it wasn’t a pandemic or a collapse of the market — it was human error.…
May 25, 2026