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Koizumi's in Australia again. Japan is becoming less quasi, more ally (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-8-18 Australia Japan

A video found in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate appears to show a man demoing camera-equipped AirPods using Visual Intelligence (www.macrumors.com)
2026-8-18 Intelligence

Sources: Situational Awareness offered part of its $5B Anthropic stake at a 20% discount as it scrambled for cash; word of its trouble left it “being hunted” (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-18

Pusan National University researchers show how Korea's emission trading reforms would impact its power sector (www.eurekalert.org)
2026-8-18 Korea

Wearable sensors and AI could monitor blood pressure in ICU (www.eurekalert.org)
2026-8-18 AI

One step closer to efficient autonomous dental surgery (www.eurekalert.org)
2026-8-18

Can dogs help teens cope with peer stress? (www.eurekalert.org)
2026-8-18

Reach in or crush the shell? A flightless snail-hunting beetle evolved different body shapes even without a sea barrier (www.eurekalert.org)
2026-8-18

Researchers identify rapidly spreading genetic variants that make parasites resistant to malaria treatment (www.eurekalert.org)
2026-8-18

Giant crocodylians dominated the food chain in Miocene South America (www.eurekalert.org)
2026-8-18 U.S. South America

Israeli minister calls for 30-40 ‘targeted assassinations' in Gaza per night (www.rt.com)
2026-8-18 Israel

Supreme Court Rejects Verizon Bid For $47 Million Refund of FCC Fine (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-8-18

David Sacks says “Dario Amodei believes frontier AI is too powerful to distribute; we believe it is too powerful to centralize” after Amodei shared policy ideas (x.com)
2026-8-18 AI

Apple Wallet Driver's License Feature to Launch in Four More US States (apple.slashdot.org)
2026-8-18 Apple

Construction Inflation for Nonresidential Buildings Soars amid AI Investment Mania (wolfstreet.com)
2026-8-18 Inflation AI

Pornhub's parent company, Aylo, will pay $120M to settle two 2021 class action lawsuits in California and Alabama alleging it profited from child abuse material (www.404media.co)
2026-8-18 California Child Abuse

Opening arguments begin Tuesday in the state AGs' social media addiction lawsuit against Meta; New Mexico AG says the consequences could be “astronomical” (www.cnbc.com)
2026-8-18 Mexico

BNPL lenders like Flex, Zip, and Affirm are now pitching loans for basic household needs; Americans spent $160B through pay-later loans in 2025, up 2x from 2023 (www.nytimes.com)
2026-8-18 U.S.

Sources: Crusoe is in IPO talks with at least four Wall Street banks, including JPMorgan, which is advising on its $3B pre-IPO fundraise set to value it at $35B (www.axios.com)
2026-8-18 IPO JPMorgan Wall Street

Ukrainian troops involved in terrorism against Sahel states – Lavrov (www.rt.com)
2026-8-18 Ukraine Terrorism

Judge Sets Framework For Nine PBS to Retrieve 70 Years of Archival TV Data (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-8-18

Belgium battles record wildfire near German border (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-8-18 Germany Belgium

Meta Faces $1.4 Trillion Reckoning In Latest Trial Over Social Media Addiction (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-8-18 Social Media

At least 15 rapes reported in Spain's migrant-swarmed enclave – media (www.rt.com)
2026-8-18 Immigration Spain

Pokémon Center data breach exposes customer info, cancels some orders (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-18

Hacker claims 3.6 million Azure account records stolen from major companies (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-18 Hacker

10 Sinister & Shadowy Ghosts Haunting the Atlantic Coast (listverse.com)
2026-8-18

Sources: Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire AI model marketplace OpenRouter for $7B+; founded in 2023, OpenRouter reportedly had a $1.3B valuation in May (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-18 AI

Sources: Anthropic's revenue run rate reached $65B by the end of July, up from $47B in May and $9B in late 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-18

African defense tech company Terra Industries, founded in 2024, raised a $52M seed round from 8VC and others, and says it's on track to book $100M in contracts (techcrunch.com)
2026-8-18 Africa

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