Israeli Strikes Kill Two Lebanese Paramedics, Wound Five Others

OpenAI Rewrites 'Sloppy' Pentagon AI Deal After Backlash Over Surveillance Risks OpenAI - which millions of users trust with everything from legal documents to tax returns - is revising its newly signed contract with the US Department of War, just days after it was announced that they would replace Anthropic for use in government systems because the rushed rollout "looked opportunistic and sloppy."  Hours after negotiations collapsed between the Pentagon and rival startup Anthropic on Friday, the San Francisco-based company agreed to supply its AI models for use in classified military operations. The...

Heat Dome Sends European Power Prices Soaring An intense heat wave continues to bake France and parts of Europe, with temperatures surging well above the 30-year average for this time of year. Welcome to summer.  They think we are stupid, that our memories cannot stretch back to when life was normal, and when our lives were not based on fear... Summer, it gets hot, Winter it gets cold... It's NORMAL. https://t.co/hYHvZ3dI2w — 🇨🇭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿InLucysHead🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇭© (@InsideLucysHead) June 24, 2026 In France, the average daily temperature reached 85.6F on Tuesday, according to Météo-France, while Pissos in southwest France...

China-Linked Socialist NGO Derailed $23.6 Billion In Data Center Buildouts: Report Our note on Thursday titled "World's Largest Data Center Project On Verge Of Collapse After Blackstone Unexpectedly Pulls Out" detailed Blackstone dialing back its presence from Northern Virginia's data-center alley, raising questions about whether the AI infrastructure buildout, colliding with local resistance movements, has begun to hit hard limits. Just days after agreeing to sell stakes in three Virginia data centers to Digital Realty Trust for $3.5 billion, Blackstone's QTS Realty Trust is reportedly abandoning plans for its portion of...