A POLITICO analysis reveals judges have ruled against ICE detention practices in roughly 90 percent of cases since the agency mandated that millions of immigrants must be locked up while they face deportation proceedings.
Beijing now has strong new powers to punish firms for pulling manufacturing out of China. Multinationals are increasingly caught in a web of coercion and complex rules as they try to operate across the US, EU and China.
Final demand wholesale inflation rose by 6% on an annual basis in April, marking the largest increase since 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. More than three-quarters of the 2% increase in final demand goods in April was attributed to a 7.8% increase in energy prices. Final demand services moved up 1.2%, pushed along largely by a 2.7% increase in trade services.
A proposed 1-gigawatt AI data center in Kenya is facing scrutiny after it became clear it would consume a third of the country's power. With the President warning that operating Microsoft's planned facility would require cutting power to as many as half of the country's citizens and businesses, the project's development has faltered as all parties discuss potentially scaling back its ambitious goals.
A survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse has told how the late sex offender sexually abused her while he was under house arrest for soliciting prostitution from a minor. Roza, who was recruited from Uzbekistan as a teenager by Epstein's associate and modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, spoke publicly for the first time alongside a number of victims in a field hearing that was organised by House Democrats.
@#9
AI will soon be capable of telling convincing lies
www.theregister.com
... The smart LLM user checks models' output for hallucinations. Now, it appears we need to inspect them for signs they are gaslighting us -- an unforeseen cost of increasing intelligence.[italics theirs]
Most of the Internet lost its marbles over the cracking abilities of Anthropic's Mythos Preview. Those capabilities are real, but -- as the release of OpenAI's GPT-5.5 has shown us -- they're not unique. A rising tide of intelligence makes these models increasingly competent at an ever-wider range of tasks -- including finding and exploiting code vulnerabilities.
The more significant signal from Mythos is buried in its novel-length System Card and concerns the model's honesty, because on at least one occasion Anthropic detected Mythos using an explicitly forbidden technique to solve a problem.
Models always have a bit of trouble following instructions precisely. The surprise lay in the fact that the model knew it had used a forbidden technique, then proceeded to cover its tracks. ...
@#9
Dissatisfied: Three-fourths of AI customer service rollouts are a letdown
www.theregister.com
... If you're thinking you can replace your human call center staff with a server farm of bots, think again. Nearly three-quarters of enterprises that deploy AI customer communications agents later roll them back or shut them down, according to new research suggesting the systems are far harder to manage reliably in production than the AI hype implied. ...
News coming out of the Pres Trump - Pres Xi meeting so far does not seem to be a net positive for the US.
But I'll wait for a day or so until things settle down. Early reporting, and all that ...
Los Lobos - Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)
www.youtube.com
... Consumer prices climbed last month by the most in three years, but prices for electricity surged even more, highlighting an intensifying battle between utilities, consumers and power grids. ...
A huge issue for the power grids is how to handle the extreme power load that AI data cetners are presenting and will be presenting.
Biggest US Grid May Be Too Large to Function, Regulator Says
www.bloomberg.com
... The chairman of the top US energy regulator has put America's biggest power grid on notice, warning that its operator may be too big to function adequately amid the AI data center boom.
Laura Swett, who oversees the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said Tuesday she fears that PJM Interconnection LLC's struggle to address the voracious power needs from data centers threatens the country's artificial intelligence ambitions. ...
I was wondering why suddenly I saw this today (now yesterday) ...
Mexico's Sheinbaum denies reports of CIA operations there while CNN stands by report
apnews.com
... Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday denied a CNN report that the CIA was carrying out deadly operations in Mexican territory, accusing the U.S.-based news organization of attempting to "hurt the government and the people of Mexico."
CNN reported Tuesday that the CIA facilitated a targeted assassination of a member of the Sinaloa cartel on a highway outside Mexico City, fueling a firestorm in Mexico. The New York Times later reported that Mexican forces carried out the attack and the CIA provided planning and support.
Sheinbaum called the CNN report a "lie." Asked about the New York Times report during her morning press briefing, she called it "a fiction the size of the universe."
Liz Lyons, a spokesperson for the CIA, also lambasted the CNN report, posting on X that "this is false and salacious reporting that serves as nothing more than a PR campaign for the cartels and puts American lives at risk."
A CNN spokesperson said the CIA had been presented with details of the report prior to publication and had declined to comment. While the network did not directly address Sheinbaum's statements, it said it stands by its reporting. ...
Trump promised lower grocery prices on Day One.' (2025)
thehill.com
... Campaigning for office a year ago, standing in front of a table loaded up with bags of flour, cartons of eggs and gallons of milk, President Donald Trump told voters, "When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One." ...
Just saw this ...
What is the Thucydides Trap'?
www.nbcnews.com
... In his remarks earlier today Xi referenced the Thucydides Trap, a theory popularized by Harvard scholar Graham Allison that suggests a high risk of war between an emerging and an established power.
"The world has come to a new crossroads," Xi said in opening remarks ahead of bilateral U.S.-China talks. "Can China and the United States overcome the so-called Thucydides Trap and create a new model of relations between major countries?"
Xi has discussed the concept, which refers to the ancient Greek war between Sparta and Athens, at several key moments in U.S.-China relations, including during a 2014 interview, his 2015 state visit to the U.S., and his meeting with former President Joe Biden in Peru in 2024.
"These are questions of history, questions of the world, and questions of the people," Xi said today. "They are also the answers that you and I, as leaders of major countries, must write for our times." ...
At least 12 US, allied radar systems hit by Iran since start of war (March 2026)
www.aa.com.tr
... Iran has hit 12 US and allied radar and SATCOM terminals since the start of the war, according to data compiled by Anadolu.
Kuwait International Airport's newest radar system was among those targeted, as three "hostile drones" damaged it on Sunday, according to Kuwaiti authorities. The full extent of the damage remains unknown.
A day earlier, an Iranian drone struck a US Saab Giraffe 1X radar system at the US Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq. The radar provided Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) and Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) in a 75-kilometer radius and is estimated to be worth $2 million.
While the extent of the damage is unclear, satellite imagery analyzed by multiple outlets confirms that four AN/TPY-2 radars have been hit in Al Sader and Al Ruwais in the United Arab Emirates, Muwaffaq Salti Airbase in Jordan, and Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia. AN/TPY-2 radar components belonging to THAAD missile defense systems are valued at an estimated $2 billion.
A US AN/FPS-132 early warning radar at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, valued at $1.1 billion, was struck by an Iranian missile when retaliatory attacks began on Feb. 28. Qatari authorities confirmed that the radar was damaged.
Iran also struck the US Navy's Fifth Fleet headquarters in Manama, Bahrain, destroying two satellite communications terminals and several large buildings.
Open-source intelligence reports have identified the targeted communication terminals as AN/GSC-52Bs, with an estimated cost of $20 million, factoring in deployment and installation.
In addition to the terminals lost in Bahrain, satellite imagery analyzed by The New York Times of Camp Arifjan in Kuwait showed three destroyed radomes, adding roughly $30 million in damage.
In total, 12 radar systems or SATCOM terminals, valued at an estimated $3.152 billion, have been hit by Iranian strikes. ...
@#21
One instance where money failed?
That's all ya current trolling alias has got?
Maybe also mention Mr Thiel and VP Vance's rise to power as well?