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Watch: Ukraine, Iran Tensions Run High In Rare Rubio-Lavrov Meeting
Watch: Ukraine, Iran Tensions Run High In Rare Rubio-Lavrov Meeting
A US delegation headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio is holding three day closed-door talks with Russia on the sidelines of an annual gathering by foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Manila.
The high point came in a rare direct Rubio-Lavrav meeting, where the US top diplomat said Russia should have the incentive to end a "very blood war" that has devastated both sides.
Rubio admitted that so far there's been an "unsuccessful or at least unfruitful"...
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May 29, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Was Amazon's Tokenmaxxing Fiasco Behind Claude's $500M Mystery Bill?
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Axios reported this week that an unnamed Anthropic enterprise client managed to run up roughly $500 million in Claude charges in a single month after failing to put usage limits on employee licenses.
The company was not named, but we suspect Blue Origin might not be the only thing that blew up for Jeff Bezos this month.
Just as the Axios report landed with the $500M tidbit, Amazon was shutting down an internal AI-usage leaderboard after employees reportedly began “tokenmaxxing” - routing unnecessary work through...
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More Than 230 Rescued As Devastating Flooding Continues To Hammer Hawaiian Islands
More Than 230 Rescued As Devastating Flooding Continues To Hammer Hawaiian Islands
Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times,
It has been the worst flooding Oahu has seen in more than 20 years, and as of the morning of March 21, the torrential rains and rushing waters continue to flow across the mountainous island and the rest of the Hawaiian archipelago.
The devastating milestone was announced on March 20 by Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, who said that damages could exceed $1 billion.
The cause is a type of winter storm called a “Kona...
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Sep 21, 2026 / Tyler Durden
VW Supervisory Board Recommends Another 4,100 Job Cuts At Porsche
VW Supervisory Board Recommends Another 4,100 Job Cuts At Porsche
Submitted by Thomas Kolbe
The hailstorm of bad news from Germany’s auto industry simply refuses to end. Again and again, heavy hailstones from corporate press offices crash down on anxious workforces at the automakers, ruining politicians’ election campaigns and destroying the last hopes of those still clinging to the promise of an electric car made in Germany.
The latest impact: According to a report by Handelsblatt, citing an internal recommendation by Volkswagen’s Supervisory Board, the personnel scalpel is once again being applied...
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