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Australia projects data center electricity use will soar nearly +600% by 2036.

Hyundai union reaches tentative deal with management after demanding higher bonuses & protections against AI & automation.

US bank failure by end of year?

California judge rules 4 Avenal officials who refused to leave office after being recalled are “not lawfully” holding their positions.

Dunkin’ is reportedly preparing to file for an IPO.

Venezuela to eliminate police checkpoints across cities & replace them with expanded patrols that are “respectful of people’s rights.”

Bitcoin surges past $80,000 for the first time since May.

Iran declares it is “fully prepared” for U.S. sanctions.

South Korea’s Kospi slides -2.7%.

Libertarian Party of New Hampshire calls for “ending democracy as soon as possible.”

France partners with Saudi Arabia to build a “Dragon Ball Z” theme park near Paris.

Alabama launches investigation into OpenAI over its rogue AI agent that hacked Hugging Face.

Pentagon awards Boeing a contract with a ceiling value of $131,200,000,000.00 to support the F-15 fighter jet program.

WNBA sources declare Enes Kanter Freedom & Royce White are not eligible to play in the league after declaring themselves women & entering the draft.

Canada to reportedly announce retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. tomorrow.

Germany to reportedly double its military presence on the Korean border in September, deploying a second Bundeswehr soldier to monitor the armistice.

Kylie Jenner’s 𝕏 account appears to have been hacked, with posts promoting a memecoin.

It’s been revealed Rep. Ro Khanna’s family holds investments in major data center companies including Oracle, Equinix, & Digital Realty.

U.S. appeals court considers removing a federal judge from a case after his court issued an AI-generated order containing fabricated material & other serious errors.

SpaceX launch early Tuesday morning could reportedly create a bright “jellyfish cloud” visible across most of the East Coast.

Judge denies Lindsay Clancy’s mistrial request.

Three Houston postal workers are federally charged in a $23 million scheme to steal checks from the mail & sell them through Telegram.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford declares Ronald Reagan would be “throwing up” over Trump’s trade policy, as tensions with Canada escalate.

Supreme Court sides with Trump for now on new mail-ballot rules, allowing the administration to move forward with restrictions ahead of the midterms.

SEC subpoenas major Wall Street banks over their dealings with Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness.

Trump administration reportedly plans to revoke business & tourist visas from up to 200,000 asylum seekers.

Colleges are cutting supplemental admissions essays as concerns grow that AI-written applications no longer reflect how students actually think or write. — NYT

Scientists discover a potential Ozempic companion drug that helped mice lose fat without losing muscle, & worked even better when combined with GLP-1 treatments.

Ex-Mayor Dan A. Sullivan backs Senator Dan S. Sullivan over Dan J. Sullivan in Alaska Senate race.

Colombia launches a “Colombia First” immigration crackdown, with police ordered to begin finding and deporting undocumented migrants.

Barack Obama Elementary School in Virginia shuts down indefinitely due to mold contamination.

U.S. formally removes Syria from its State Sponsors of Terrorism list.

Nvidia shares drop for the seventh day in a row — longest losing streak since 2022.

WikiHow sues OpenAI, alleging the company scraped more than 11,000 "how-to" articles without permission to train ChatGPT.

Saudi Arabia removes antisemitic content from its school textbooks.

California Transportation Sec. reveals the money to complete high-speed rail is “not there today,” with the project now estimated to cost about $126 billion — nearly 4x the original budget.

Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi reveals she befriended a cockroach in her official residence because she believed it could be part of the “cycle of reincarnation” — & felt sad when staff removed it.

SpaceX & Nvidia reportedly plan to launch AI supercomputers into orbit starting in 2027.

ICE arrests 1,328 illegal immigrants in Virginia & Maryland over 14 days, in what DHS calls “one of its most successful operations in agency history.”

Researchers warn DeepSeek has become the “AI of choice” for Chinese hackers because of its low cost & relatively weak cyber guardrails. — Bloomberg

Carney accuses the U.S. of trying to “destroy” Canada’s major industries & is weighing targeted retaliation.

Nevada declares a state of emergency as wildfire closes in on Reno, forcing 40,000+ people to evacuate.

Trump warns Canada it will face “far worse” consequences if its leaders don’t fall in line.

Climate researchers warn the area burned by wildfires across Europe could nearly triple by 2100.

What will Trump say during Rose Garden event?

NYC business coalition sues to block Mamdani’s city-owned grocery store plan, calling it a “direct assault on minority business.”

Texas U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton posts an anti-AI data center message — using AI-generated artwork.

Washington Post ordered to reinstate columnist Karen Attiah after arbitrator finds she was “wrongly fired” over Bluesky posts following Charlie Kirk’s death.

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent declares any country that helps Iran will be removed from the U.S. dollar system.

U.S. Treasury Sec. Bessent reveals a “major financial institution” is expected to be sanctioned this week over Iran.

UK & Ukraine sign AI defense partnership, giving the British military access to a Ukrainian battlefield dataset containing 5 million images.

Which company does Ox Alpha belong to?

Canada threatens to “cut electricity” to the United States.

Trump accuses Democrats of flooding the public with “Fake Polls” aimed at suppressing Republican turnout in the midterms.

Tulsa police are hunting a “serial defecator” accused of repeatedly smearing feces on local businesses while wearing only a thong, mask, & shower cap.

Teenager pleads guilty to piloting a dinghy carrying 165 migrants across the English Channel to the UK.

Anthropic asking prospective hires how they'd feel if their stock went to $0, as concerns rise amongst leadership that employees are working for the paycheck.

Bitcoin now projected to soar past $90k this year.

Darline Graham Nordone’s lead is narrowing ahead of tomorrow’s South Carolina GOP Senate special primary. 66% chance she wins.

China has reportedly developed hypersonic missiles capable of targeting aircraft thousands of miles away.

Nvidia reportedly in talks to invest in Perplexity at a valuation above $30,000,000,000.00.

101-year-old woman arrested in Nigeria for allegedly selling cannabis, telling authorities she entered the drug trade after losing her shop in a fire.

Ukrainian officials claim Russia is using Nvidia Jetson AI computers in fully autonomous drones that can identify & strike targets without human confirmation.

Wendy’s new CEO admits the company “shortchanged” food quality to save money & is now trying to win back customer trust.

Putin gives the Russian state power to seize control of critical infrastructure deemed "poorly protected" from Ukrainian drone attacks.

Bitcoin ETFs saw their strongest weekly inflow in 10 months last week.

NYC Mayor Mamdani unveils a $4,000,000,000.00 plan to repair the crumbling Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

Trump administration moves to impose a $103,265 fee on new H-1B worker visas, up from typical fees of roughly $2,000–$5,000.