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AI inference chip startup Etched raised $700M led by its new server rack customer Jane Street at a $21B valuation, up from $10.3B after raising $300M in July (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-18 Startup AI

Microsoft confirms outage affecting search in Microsoft 365 apps (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-18 Microsoft

Sources: China orders some state-linked entities to uninstall a government-tailored version of Windows 10, ahead of its February 2027 retirement timeline (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-18 China

Google unveils Operation Blue Skies, a £5M trial to re-route North Atlantic aircraft to reduce contrail-induced warming using Google's AI atmospheric forecasts (www.newscientist.com)
2026-8-18 Google AI

Baidu reports Q2 revenue down 2% YoY to ~$4.62B, below ~$4.69B est. and its fifth straight quarterly decline, and net income of ~$341M, as it lags AI rivals (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-18 AI

Apple's macOS Tahoe 26.7 RC has references to unreleased products: a Home Hub, home accessories, new Beats, AirPods Pro 4, Apple Intelligence in China, and more (www.macrumors.com)
2026-8-18 China Apple Intelligence

With Colby's tour, the US makes a pragmatic pitch to Southeast Asia (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-8-18 Asia Southeast Asia

Solar Power and Batteries Have Been Keeping Europe's Grid Stable (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-8-18 Europe Solar

Microsoft starts removing WMIC tool used by cybercriminals (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-18 Microsoft

In filings, Apple acknowledges App Store regulatory changes are weighing on its $100B+ services business; US App Store spend fell 6% in Q2, per Sensor Tower (www.ft.com)
2026-8-18 Apple Sensor

Moment Iranian morality police force woman to cover her bare legs with trousers as new hijab crackdown sees dozens of cafes and gyms sealed off (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18 Iran

Trump orders US to scale back military exercises with South Korea after it stayed out of Iran war (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18 Trump Korea Iran

Iran unveils cash prize to anyone who captures or kills American troops...as panic mounts in DC over plots to assassinate Trump (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18 Trump U.S. Iran

Mount Etna lightning strike kills US tourist after he 'walked into restricted area to see volcano's lava flow during storm' (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18

Influencers warned to stop taking selfies with sharks after series of attacks (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18

Two are killed in inferno on Greek island as Belgium's biggest-ever wildfire heads towards Germany as inferno doubles in size in 24 hours (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18 Germany Greece Belgium

Sardinian coastal beauty spots are overrun by 'locust swarm' of tourist party boats sparking fury among conservationists (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18

Could Putin really fire long-range drones into Nato territory? Experts warn dictator 'clearly' has the means - but alliance response would overwhelm Russian military (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18 Russia Putin Drone

Spanish police investigate 15 sex assaults in Ceuta including against ten-year-old girl as hundreds of homeless migrants stage protest demanding asylum (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18 Immigration Spain

Two British women, 18, 'are raped by tourism worker' on Greek holiday island (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18 U.K. Greece

Trump threatens to 'BOMB the s*** out of' US ally in unhinged tirade as ceasefire runs out (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18 Trump

Pregnant woman and child among three dead as masked men open fire in 'gangland revenge hit' in Spanish holiday resort (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18 Spain

Top Russian banker is fired after warning Putin was leading country into 'social crisis' amid 'war of attrition' with Ukraine (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18 Russia Putin Ukraine

Furious Brit delays Ryanair flight for an hour after his wife is prevented from joining him on overbooked jet - before he is fined £2,500 over the disruption (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18

Pictured: Five youths killed in wrong-way motorway crash that left family headed to airport seriously injured (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18

Brit, 49, faces attempted murder charge in France after 'raping then repeatedly stabbing 60-year-old woman in the neck' in Nice (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-18 France

Foreign Central Banks & Governments Dumped Treasuries, Led by China/Hong Kong and Japan to Raise USD for Yen Intervention (wolfstreet.com)
2026-8-18 China Japan US Dollar Hong Kong

Rogue Studio, which calls itself a “playground for creative ethical mischief”, launches Rogue 1.0, an AI video tool to make adult content of Hollywood quality (www.wired.com)
2026-8-18 AI

Sources: AI-drafted bills are swamping the US House's Legislative Counsel, which now spends more time fixing them than it would spend to draft them from scratch (www.politico.com)
2026-8-18 AI

US warship loses power and toilets in South China Sea – CNN (www.rt.com)
2026-8-18 China South China Sea

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