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Saudi national charged with planting a listening device at OpenAI offices
Prosecutors say the device, wrapped in toilet paper, was found inserted in a USB port on the back of a TV in an executive conference room.
Al Jazeera
Law of the Sea comes to life in the hunt for sanctioned Russian oil
Ukraine's Western allies are using maritime law to inspect Russian shadow tankers.
The Guardian
EU says ‘no indication’ intelligence sharing with Ukraine has stopped as Russian attacks leave 600,000 without power – Europe live
European Commission declined to comment on reported disruption to Starlink’s services in Ukraine Ukrainian soldiers have access to Starlink satellite internet restricted Rutte gets asked “is Russia foolish enough to consider attacking any of Nato countries?” He says “we don’t think so” and that there is “no imminent threat against Nato territory,” but stresses that “if we see a build up, we will react to it.” “We will never, ever mount a attack towards anyone else because that is not in our interest. We are a defensive alliance.” “ But here’s the main thing: we are stronger. Russia is not in a good place. These hybrid attacks, whatever it is, are a sign of weakness. What they allow us to do is to talk about it the whole day and to be rattled and to have press conferences on it. We’re not going to do that. We will react where we need to react.” Continue reading...
The Guardian
France’s students are angry about more than crumbling classrooms and missing teachers
Beneath a wave of school protests in France lies a more existential worry: the future prospects of an entire generation • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Say what you will about France’s high schools, they still produce world-class slogan writers. Here’s a brief selection spotted during three weeks of blockades and marches over chronic teacher shortages, overcrowded classes and crumbling buildings: “ Pas d’avenir, pas de calme ” (No future, no calm). “ Diplômés aujourd’hui, précaires demain ” (Graduates today, insecure tomorrow). “ Vous détruisez notre futur, on bloque votre présent ” (You destroy our future, we block your present). Continue reading...
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Hundreds of thousands of workers on strike across Republic of Ireland
It comes amidst an an ongoing pay dispute between public sector workers and the Irish government.
The Guardian
Ukrainian military’s access to Starlink satellite internet suddenly restricted
Launch of Russian ballistic missiles on Ukraine, with no US warning, coincides with outage of Starlink managed by Musk’s SpaceX Europe live – latest updates Ukraine’s military has suddenly had its access to Starlink satellite internet terminals restricted as the Trump administration has increased pressure on Ukraine to halt long-range strikes on Russia’s oil industry immediately. The terminals, which are distributed and managed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, are a key component of Ukraine’s military operations and the sudden restrictions on the terminals travelling at high speeds on Tuesday evening led to the failure of several combat missions, said an adviser on military technology to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Continue reading...