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Sources: legal AI startup Legora is in early talks to raise funds at a $10B+ valuation, up from $5.6B four months ago; its ARR rose 50% QoQ to $150M in Q2 (www.ft.com)
2026-8-13 Startup AI

President Trump signs a memo letting the US government partner with private firms to conduct cyberattacks abroad against criminal groups targeting Americans (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-13 Trump U.S.

US War on Iran Is Devastating for Women Who Want Life and Freedom (www.juancole.com)
2026-8-13 Iran

Our Wars on Each Other and our War on the Planet (www.juancole.com)
2026-8-13

Iraq between Occupation and Sovereignty, as US Troops Depart (www.juancole.com)
2026-8-13 Iraq

How Social Media Spurred a Refugee Crisis Between Spain and Morocco (news.slashdot.org)
2026-8-13 Spain Social Media Refugee

New Ebola variant linked to unknown animal source – study (www.rt.com)
2026-8-13 Ebola

Yuno, a payments infrastructure provider for processing transactions globally, raised a $45M Series B led by Global PayTech with a16z and others participating (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-13

Sources: Anthropic is in talks to buy Decart, which offers real-time generative video and GPU optimization tech, for about $6B (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-13

Preparing for surprise: Australian defence in an age of flux (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-8-13 Australia

Here Come the HELOCs: Mortgages, Housing-Debt-to-Income-Ratio, Serious Delinquencies, and Foreclosures in Q2 2026 (wolfstreet.com)
2026-8-13 Real Estate

Sources: former Google exec Jeff Dean is in talks for $1B in funding at a ~$10B valuation for his new science and engineering-focused AI startup, Discovery Loop (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-8-13 Google Startup AI

Trump Administration Enlists Private Companies To Hack Foreign Cybercrime Groups (news.slashdot.org)
2026-8-13 Trump

Vanishing Midnight Visions (dailyreckoning.com)
2026-8-13

Fear not for AUKUS as Britain's new prime minister takes over (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-8-13 U.K.

Moscow mocks Romanian ‘evidence' linking downed drones to Russia (www.rt.com)
2026-8-13 Russia Drone Romania

Solar eclipse 2026: Where and when to watch across Russia and Europe (www.rt.com)
2026-8-13 Russia Europe Solar

Sources: Apple is discussing multiyear content deals with publishers to deliver current news and information for Siri AI, with a potential nine-figure budget (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-13 AI Apple Budget

"City-Forum" data-theft attacks target Salesforce, ServiceNow portals (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-13 Salesforce

Big Tech Wants to Harvest Your Thoughts (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-8-13

Sources: the White House is expected to expand its AI oversight framework in the coming months to cover open models once they reach frontier capabilities (www.wired.com)
2026-8-13 AI

Russian sanctions-proof payment system to benefit the world – top banker (www.rt.com)
2026-8-13 Russia

Putin-backed BRICS grain exchange expected to exceed $1 trillion turnover (www.rt.com)
2026-8-13 Putin

Android malware combo takes out loans and relays victims' credit cards (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-13 Android Credit Card

Twitch says it intends to use videos streamed on its platform to help train Amazon's generative AI models and tells creators how to opt out (techcrunch.com)
2026-8-13 Amazon AI

'Godmother of AI' Says Biggest AI Risk In Schools Is Students Losing the Desire to Learn (news.slashdot.org)
2026-8-13 AI

Russian Aerospace Forces Day: What's inside the arsenal (www.rt.com)
2026-8-13 Russia

The fragile machines that carried Russia into the First World War (www.rt.com)
2026-8-13 Russia

CPI Dragged Down by Energy, Hotels & Motels (Shelter), Auto Insurance, and Meat (Finally) (wolfstreet.com)
2026-8-13 Energy CPI Insurance

A livestream of the Made by Google 2026 event hosted by Trevor Noah (www.youtube.com)
2026-8-13 Google

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