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Eurasia Review: Russia Targets Coastal West Africa As It Loses Ground In Sahel

Russia Targets Coastal West Africa As It Loses Ground In Sahel  August 27, 2026 By Africa Defense Forum FacebookTwitterEmailFlipboardMastodonLinkedInShare Video Muted Key Takeaways: A string of devastating attacks by Sahelian terror groups in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have shown Russian … Continue reading

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Smart Science on X: Sweden is officially trading screens and tablets for physical books and handwriting to reverse a decline in reading skills. Once at the forefront of hyper-digitalized learning, Sweden is engineering a dramatic pivot back to the basics in its classrooms.

@SmartScience Sweden is officially trading screens and tablets for physical books and handwriting to reverse a decline in reading skills. Once at the forefront of hyper-digitalized learning, Sweden is engineering a dramatic pivot back to the basics in its classrooms. … Continue reading

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Mario Nawfal on X: Medicine at rocket speed. Surgery in the not too distant future

https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/2092869731640344799/video/1

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The Rundown Robotics: Cyborg roaches become first responders

 Cyborg roaches become first responders Image source: The University of Queensland The Rundown: Six months after we covered cyborg cockroaches being turned into reconnaissance scouts, researchers have pushed the idea in a wild direction — giving the insects cameras and injectors to find and treat people … Continue reading

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Axios: Big Tech faces Big Resistance

    2.  Big Tech faces Big Resistance   Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photos: Amy Harder/Axios and Jason Henry/Bloomberg, Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images Meta’s landmark social media settlement marks the latest milestone in a decade-long unwinding of Big Tech’s once-unfettered freedom to … Continue reading

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CEO – Fortune: Meta a landmark child-safety case

Thursday, August 27, 2026 Meta’s $18 billion settlement won’t be enough to escape its trust problem In today’s CEO Daily:  Good morning.  Meta just settled a landmark child-safety case with a fine of up to $18 billion paid over the next decade, … Continue reading

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John Nosta: Cognitive Selfhood: The Last Human Right

Cognitive Selfhood: The Last Human Right. As AI takes on more thinking, what happens to the self doing the thinking. As AI takes on more thinking, what happens to the self doing the thinking?By John Nosta KEY POINTS:AI is changing … Continue reading

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Fortune: AI … challenges and guardrails. 6000 word essay by Bill Gates…

Bill Gates fears world leaders are unprepared for 3 major AI risks: ‘Stunted’ child development, emboldened criminals, and vanishing jobs for Gen Z Subscribe Sign 1 Jamie Dimon and his wife, Judith, donate $12 million to 12 HBCUs—betting they’re the … Continue reading

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Futurism: Top WSJ Editor Approves AI-Assisted Writing, Says AI is a “Fact of Modern Life” in Major Inflection Point for Media Industry. Quote: “I’m not embarrassed by it… I write everything using AI now for the same reason I use a calculator when I do math problems.” Per NOTUS, he added that he doesn’t see why his AI use is “relevant,” given that the essay articulated his intended message.

Top WSJ Editor Approves AI-Assisted Writing, Says AI is a “Fact of Modern Life” in Major Inflection Point for Media Industry The WSJ is giving opinion writers a thumbs-up on AI use. By Maggie Harrison Dupré Published Aug 26, 2026 4:07 PM … Continue reading

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Sky News: Michael Clarke: Putin may ‘throw the kitchen sink’ at Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/2092706811203756323/video/1

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