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How the Middle Powers Cynically left Gaza to be Genocided (www.juancole.com)
2026-2-8

When Delay becomes Killing in Gaza: Wisdom from the Talmud (www.juancole.com)
2026-2-8

US and Iran: Back from the Brink (www.gatestoneinstitute.org)
2026-2-8 Iran

Why Some of Trump's Muslim 'Allies' Fear a Loss of Iran More Than They Fear Iran (www.gatestoneinstitute.org)
2026-2-8 Trump Muslim Iran

European countries are moving toward social media bans for children, even as doubts persist over implementation and the risk of a new battle with US tech groups (giftarticle.ft.com)
2026-2-8 Europe

AMZN, GOOG, MSFT, META, ORCL Plan $700 Billion in Largely AI-Related Capex in 2026. Where the Cash Comes From (wolfstreet.com)
2026-2-8 AI

This year's projected capex ramp-up will all but wipe out free cash flow for Amazon, Google, and Meta, potentially forcing stock buyback cuts or more borrowing (www.theinformation.com)
2026-2-8 Google Amazon

US pressuring Ukraine to hold elections soon – Reuters (www.rt.com)
2026-2-8 Ukraine

US cuts ties with senior Polish official over ‘despicable' Trump comments (www.rt.com)
2026-2-8 Trump Poland

Have We Been Thinking About Exercise Wrong for Half a Century? (science.slashdot.org)
2026-2-8

A profile of Ali Ansari, the 25-year-old co-founder of micro1, which recruits human experts to train AI systems; micro1 was last valued at $500M in Sept. 2025 (www.latimes.com)
2026-2-8 AI

Analysts say a design refresh for the iPhone 17 lineup has reinforced Apple's status-symbol appeal in China, with the “cosmic orange” Pro model going viral (www.ft.com)
2026-2-8 China iPhone Apple

The return of the atom: Survival of nations means embracing energy realism (www.rt.com)
2026-2-8 Energy

Anthropic rolls out a fast mode for Claude Opus 4.6 in research preview, saying it offers the same model quality 2.5 times faster but costs six times more (simonwillison.net)
2026-2-8

India's updated startup framework doubles deep-tech startup eligibility to 20 years and triples the revenue cap for tax, grant, and regulatory benefits to ~$33M (techcrunch.com)
2026-2-8 India Tax Startup

X unveils a new pay-per-use pricing model for its API, replacing the earlier pricing model that required developers to pay fixed monthly fees of $200 or $5,000 (www.medianama.com)
2026-2-8

Chinese regulators reiterate the mainland crypto ban and expand enforcement to cover real-world asset tokenization and offshore yuan-pegged stablecoin issuance (www.theblock.co)
2026-2-8 China Ban Asset

Sources: Mercor rival micro1 has told investors it is now generating $200M in recurring revenue; Mercor is offering micro1 employees signing bonuses up to $2M (www.forbes.com)
2026-2-8

Are Big Tech's Nuclear Construction Deals a Tipping Point for Small Modular Reactors? (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-2-8

EU to seek closer ties with Türkiye after Ukraine conflict – commissioner (www.rt.com)
2026-2-8 Europe Ukraine

A New Era for Security? Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 Found 500 High-Severity Vulnerabilities (it.slashdot.org)
2026-2-8

Trump ‘surprised' as Vance booed at Milan Olympics opening (VIDEOS) (www.rt.com)
2026-2-8 Trump

The World's First Sodium-Ion Battery in Commercial EVs - Great at Low Temperatures (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-2-8 Battery

A look at Corning's booming fiber-optic business, boosted by data center demand and a $6B Meta deal, as Nvidia explores Corning's co-packaged optics for servers (www.wsj.com)
2026-2-8 Nvidia

How Western Europe learned to stop worrying and talk casually about nuclear war (www.rt.com)
2026-2-8 Europe

Is the 'Death of Reading' Narrative Wrong? (news.slashdot.org)
2026-2-8

Waymo Reveals Remote Workers In Philippines Sometimes Advise Its Driverless Cars (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-2-8 Philippines

After talking with ~40 people at Anthropic, a look at its “Yes, and...” culture where every idea is welcomed and judged based on vibes, like a hive mind (steve-yegge.medium.com)
2026-2-8

Good News: We Saved the Bees. Bad News: We Saved the Wrong Ones. (news.slashdot.org)
2026-2-8

DOJ-released emails: Jeffrey Epstein helped Ian Osborne, founder of London-based fund Hedosophia, after Osborne's outreach to help Epstein fix his image in 2011 (www.ft.com)
2026-2-8 London

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