Russian Strike on Ukrainian Ammo Depot Kills at Least 38

Some Jaded Shah Supporters Express Regret After Scale Of US Bombing On Iran Revealed Via Middle East Eye The cessation of US-Israeli strikes has brought relief to people in Iran. For those among them who began the conflict supportive of the assault, it also came with a kind of realization. “I thought this was it,” says Leila, 25. “I thought the Islamic Republic was finally coming to an end.” Leila, who like all Iranians Middle East Eye spoke to is identified using a pseudonym to protect her own safety, says she believed the strikes on...

From Force Majeure To Forced Haulage: Oracle Is Now Trucking Natural Gas To Its AI Data Centers Two weeks ago, Oracle told the world that Project Jupiter, its massive 2.45GW New Mexico mega-campus for OpenAI, was "on schedule." It also sent a force majeure notice to the developer. Today we found out how it plans to square that circle: with a lot of trucks. According to Bloomberg, Oracle has been quietly keeping several data centers on track by hauling compressed natural gas (CNG) by road straight to the server farms, and is...

NSA Blocked Reports Of China Interference In US Elections From Reaching Trump: Declassified Docs Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, Newly declassified intelligence emails reveal that decisions were made by National Security Agency (NSA) leadership to block reports of Chinese influence in American elections from reaching President Donald Trump. Four pages of emails, all dated March 13, 2020, were released on Aug. 18 by the White House Government Transparency Task Force. According to one email—written by an unidentified NSA employee following a meeting about intelligence reporting foreign efforts to target the...