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The Plague of Plastic: The other Petroleum Curse (www.juancole.com)
2026-5-4

Americans must Mobilize against the Iran War for Peace (www.juancole.com)
2026-5-4 U.S. Iran

A profile of William Savitt, Sam Altman's lead lawyer against Elon Musk, who represented Twitter against Musk in 2022 and helped OpenAI's for-profit transition (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-5-4 Twitter Elon Musk

Chinese state media: AI-generated Chinese microdramas to be worth $3B+ in 2026, out of a $14B+ total microdrama market, boosted by tools like Seedance 2.0 (www.nytimes.com)
2026-5-4 China AI

Roblox Blames Age-Verification Rollout for Lowered Growth. Stock Tumbles 22% (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-5-4

Sources: some lenders are exploring private deals to sell their data center debt, and some banks are seeking to offload their Oracle-linked loans at a discount (www.ft.com)
2026-5-4 Oracle

ICE hires firm accused of torture to track down immigrant children – Guardian (www.rt.com)
2026-5-4 Immigration

New mechanism to govern Strait of Hormuz in Iran peace proposal – RT reporter (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-5-4 Iran

Sources: SoftBank plans to make lithium- and cobalt-free data center batteries in Japan as soon as FY2027, as Japan tries to cut its reliance on Chinese metals (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-5-4 China Japan

China's Linkerbot, which holds 80%+ of global dexterous robotic hands market, raised a Series B+ at a $3B valuation and seeks a $6B valuation in its next round (www.reuters.com)
2026-5-4 China Robot

Sources: Anthropic is finalizing a deal for a $1.5B JV with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, Hellman & Friedman, and others to sell AI tools to PE-backed companies (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-4 AI Goldman

NetHack 5.0 Released (games.slashdot.org)
2026-5-4

Apple's handling of vibe coding apps draws complaints from startups like Replit and Anything that iOS App Store rules for their apps are applied erratically (www.ft.com)
2026-5-4 IOS Startup Apple

Kuwait exports zero barrels of oil for first time in 35 years – monitor (www.rt.com)
2026-5-4

British Jews facing hate from all sides – police chief (www.rt.com)
2026-5-4 U.K.

How music streaming services are adapting to the rise of AI-generated music by labeling, deranking, and demonetizing tracks, using AI detection tools, and more (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-4 AI

Bookshelf: on war and wheat (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-5-4

OpenAI Introduces AI-Generated Pets for Its Codex App (idle.slashdot.org)
2026-5-4 AI

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen says he is making an unsolicited ~$56B offer to buy eBay and will take the offer to shareholders if the company is not receptive (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-4 eBay

AI Cameras are Being Deployed Across the Western US for Early Detection of Wildfires (news.slashdot.org)
2026-5-4 AI

A profile of music AI startup Suno, valued at ~$2.5B with 2M+ paying users and $300M annualized revenue as of February, as it battles record labels and artists (www.forbes.com)
2026-5-4 Startup AI

Russia expands oil sales as EU warns global economy ‘reeling' from Iran war fuel crisis (www.rt.com)
2026-5-4 Russia Europe Iran

China orders domestic refineries to ignore US sanctions (www.rt.com)
2026-5-4 China

Carbon Pollution Is Making Food Less Nutritious, Risking the Health of Billions (science.slashdot.org)
2026-5-4

Instructure confirms data breach, ShinyHunters claims attack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-4

Greece rejects Ukraine's terms for naval drone deal – media (www.rt.com)
2026-5-4 Drone Greece Ukraine

Robots Are Building Clay Homes In Texas Using Dirt From the Ground (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-5-4 Robot Texas

Hedging our bets: a Japanese option for managing risk in the AUKUS Optimal Pathway (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-5-4 Japan

A look at Atlassian and Twilio earnings beats, with early signs of Atlassian's AI response success and Twilio becoming a picks-and-shovels layer for AI agents (www.saastr.com)
2026-5-4 AI Atlassian

Hundreds of Ukrainian drones shot down over Russia – Defense Ministry (www.rt.com)
2026-5-4 Russia Drone Ukraine

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