Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson on the Chinese spy allegation against Nvidia’s Jensen Huang:

The so-called Chinese spy allegation is unsubstantiated.

It is nothing but smears against China.

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Top Astrophysicist Leaves U.S. After Trump Policies Hit Her Work

Kelly Holley-Bockelmann left Vanderbilt for a Dutch space lab after Trump-era funding threats and diversity bans disrupted her gravitational-wave work.

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Kremlin on possible European participation in peace talks:

Talks in Abu Dhabi will take place between Russia and Ukraine, mediated by the U.S.

No Sign Putin is Ready for a Deal: Norway's Støre After Direct Talks

Jonas Gahr Støre defended calling Vladimir Putin directly, alongside Finland’s Alexander Stubb, but said there was no sign “so far” that he was genuinely open to a deal to end the war.

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Turkish President Erdogan on Iran:

I conveyed our concerns to Trump. We expressed our readiness to step in to open the door to peace and diplomacy.

We hope common sense will prevail and that, as a region, we can pull back from the brink.

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Turkish President Erdogan on Türkiye-Azerbaijan relations:

Those who realize they cannot bring us down may try to undermine our unity and solidarity.

We must be particularly careful and vigilant against such schemes.

Turkish President Erdogan on Cyprus:

Our position on the Cyprus issue is extremely clear. It is now time to accept the reality that there are two separate peoples and two separate states on the island.

I call on all countries, especially our friends and brothers, to recognize the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and establish political, diplomatic and economic relations with it in order to support lasting peace on the island of Cyprus.

We will never leave the Turkish Cypriot people alone or helpless. The entire world must know this and remember it. For us, the Cyprus cause is not merely a matter of foreign policy.

Spain is considering suspending TikTok over child sexual abuse material on the platform.

Youth Minister Sira Rego has requested a criminal investigation after a 35-day probe uncovered 1,183 explicit child sexual abuse videos with 48 million views and more than 26,000 accounts linked to potential offenders.

TikTok reportedly removed only five of 50 videos flagged by investigators.

Türkiye aims to jointly build warships with Egypt under the MILGEM project, Navy Commander Adm. Ercüment Tatlıoğlu said.

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Three Guys Cloned Voices of CEOs With AI, Cost Firms Over $129 Million

Prosecutors say the men, arrested in Spain and the U.K., used generative AI to impersonate chief executives and lawyers, persuading employees to wire money.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

The Supreme Leader ordered us to put an end to the situation of neither war nor peace.

We can negotiate with dignity and resolve the issue with dignity.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

I have decided to move my office to a smaller space to save energy.

BREAKING: Syria is reportedly preparing to join the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement with Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan.

Two Syrian officials said Damascus has already decided to join but has not publicly announced the move, while a regional official said talks remain ongoing.

Source: AP

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'No One Will Speak in Our Name': Europe Seeks Seat at Ukraine Talks

France and the EU say they will be represented at the U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi, as Moscow says the main sessions should remain trilateral.

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Elon Musk:

Superintelligence will saturate all human needs by far.

There will be universal high income, universal extremely high income, universal medical care that is better than the best medical care available on Earth today.

You could wish for a castle or whatever you want, basically, and digital superintelligence can make it for you as a side project.

Elon Musk:

If you have a humanoid robot that is extremely productive and can work 24/7, it's working 168 hours a week.

You can expect roughly a productivity per week that is on average five times better than a person.

Take the population of the United States. Perhaps around 120 million people in America have a net positive output of goods and services.

Well, I guess you'd need about 20 to 30 million robots to match the goods and services output of the United States.

Elon Musk:

What my biological neural net predicts for digital superintelligence, in terms of its effect on the global economy, is about a 20 to 30% increase.

This is without taking robotics into account. I think around a 20 to 30% increase, which would be roughly a $25 trillion increase in the global economy.

And this will happen very fast.

Elon Musk:

A bunch of things I've said sound extremely crazy, but I think we'll get there.

Sometimes I'm a little optimistic on the timeframe, but I always deliver in the end.

I'm not always late. I'd like to say that, because the press always reports on when I'm late, but they never report on when I'm early.

I'm early quite often. The press doesn't write positive articles. They just ignore the times where I'm early and only print the times when I'm late.

So it seems like I'm always late, but that's actually not the case.

EU Sues IBM Over Delayed EES Border System Plagued With Issues

EU filed a case against IBM, Atos, and Leonardo over the biometric system, which was due to launch in 2022, and its delayed rollout years later led to hours-long queues at European airports.

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The U.S. Marine Corps says it needs 40 amphibious warships — nine more than today’s 31 — to keep three Amphibious Ready Groups with Marine Expeditionary Units deployed at once.

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