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Strategic implications of Myanmar’s offensive in Chin State – The Diplomat

By Frank M. EverettMay 29, 2026

On May 19, 2026, the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) and the Zomi Revolutionary Army (ZRA) resumed Tonzang, a strategically vital…

Asia

What happened in Htan Shauk Khan, Rakhine State, Myanmar on May 2, 2024? – The diplomat

By Frank M. EverettMay 28, 2026

The military campaign by the Arakan Army (AA) to liberate the Arakan region from the Myanmar military has sparked allegations…

Technology

OpenAI announces partnerships to combat election misinformation, offering cybersecurity products to state officials and supporting legislation to combat deepfakes (Maria Curi/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 27, 2026

Marie Curi / Axios: OpenAI announces partnerships to combat election misinformation, offering cybersecurity products to state officials and supporting legislation…

Technology

Iranian state media reports that President Massoud Pezeshkian has ordered the reopening of international internet access after a nearly 90-day power outage (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 25, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The AI paradox: more automation, more humans, more work | Dan Sender Interviews with world-class product…

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Hill County, which was facing eight new data centers, passed what could be Texas’ first countywide ban, lasting one year; state only tracks VA in data centers (Mike Lee/Politico)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 16, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “A Sociopathic Father”, with Adam Lisagor The director’s commentary track for Daring…

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Maryland becomes first US state to ban price monitoring at grocery stores, as other states including Colorado, California, Massachusetts, Illinois and New Jersey consider similar bills (Sanya Mansoor/The Guardian)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 3, 2026

Sanya Mansoor / The guardian: Maryland becomes the first US state to ban price monitoring in grocery stores, as other…

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Jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power in ticketing market, in case brought by state attorneys general after DOJ settlement (NBC News)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 15, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: The Pentagon’s AI Plan + Behind the Human Struggle — With Undersecretary of War Emil…

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Japan approves another $4 billion in subsidies to Rapidus to fund the chipmaker’s work for Fujitsu, bringing total state investment and fees to $16.3 billion (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: The dilemma of the Anthropic myth, violence against AI, Tokenmaxxing at Meta The Big Technology…

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The White House’s latest effort to enact legislation that would preempt state AI laws fails as several Democrats dismiss the proposal as a partisan game (Politico)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 4, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI buys TBPN, SpaceX’s IPO for $2 trillion? Iran Disables Amazon Infrastructure The Big Technology…

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Speaking at a forum in Beijing, Tim Cook praised Apple’s partners and developers in China, a week after Chinese state media called the App Store “monopolistic” (Bloomberg).

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 22, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The art of influence: the most important skill that AI cannot replace | Jessica Fain (Webflow,…

Uyghur human rights activist condemns death sentences in Bangkok attack – Radio Free Asia

China’s maritime outposts could distract Taiwan’s allies in the event of an invasion from Beijing – Radio Free Asia

The Dalai Lama undergoes left knee surgery in New Delhi – Radio Free Asia

Satellite photos reveal Vietnamese construction boom in controversial Spratly channel – Radio Free Asia

Can ASEAN’s green goals survive the data center boom? – The diplomat

Lilly, Novo and Pfizer look to new weight loss drugs

Paramount-WBD Merger Gets DOJ Approval

Elon Musk becomes world’s first billionaire as SpaceX begins commercial operations

Ad Spending for 2026 Elections Expected to Hit Record: AdImpact

SpaceX millionaires set to spend on luxury homes, watches and travel

American households are paying a $3,100 Trump tax and they don’t know it

Trump has lied dozens of times about a deal with Iran that isn’t even a deal.

White House refuses to say why Trump is being examined by dozens of experts

House Republicans continue to fail to show up, putting Democrats in the majority

Democrats have all the information they need to end Trump and Vance with a real investigation into Epstein

A review of The Yahoo Boys, a high-profile book about four online scammers in Lagos, Nigeria, exploring how and why they scam and the local impact of this business (Jessica Loudis/Bloomberg)

Luta Security CEO says US government restrictions on Mythos follow jailbreak report by Amazon researchers and calls restrictions ‘completely overreacting’ (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

After years of false dawns, Big Tech, startups and governments are betting on commercially useful quantum computers by 2030, as skeptics worry about the hype (Michael Peel/Financial Times)

Ukrainian extradited from Ireland to US pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for role in Conti ransomware attacks between 2021 and 2022 (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Moonshot AI releases Kimi K2.7-Code, claiming 30% lower reasoning token usage than K2.6, available under a modified MIT license (Sean Michael Kerner/VentureBeat)

Browsing: State

Strategic implications of Myanmar’s offensive in Chin State – The Diplomat

What happened in Htan Shauk Khan, Rakhine State, Myanmar on May 2, 2024? – The diplomat

OpenAI announces partnerships to combat election misinformation, offering cybersecurity products to state officials and supporting legislation to combat deepfakes (Maria Curi/Axios)

Iranian state media reports that President Massoud Pezeshkian has ordered the reopening of international internet access after a nearly 90-day power outage (Reuters)

Hill County, which was facing eight new data centers, passed what could be Texas’ first countywide ban, lasting one year; state only tracks VA in data centers (Mike Lee/Politico)

Maryland becomes first US state to ban price monitoring at grocery stores, as other states including Colorado, California, Massachusetts, Illinois and New Jersey consider similar bills (Sanya Mansoor/The Guardian)

Jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power in ticketing market, in case brought by state attorneys general after DOJ settlement (NBC News)

Japan approves another $4 billion in subsidies to Rapidus to fund the chipmaker’s work for Fujitsu, bringing total state investment and fees to $16.3 billion (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)

The White House’s latest effort to enact legislation that would preempt state AI laws fails as several Democrats dismiss the proposal as a partisan game (Politico)

Speaking at a forum in Beijing, Tim Cook praised Apple’s partners and developers in China, a week after Chinese state media called the App Store “monopolistic” (Bloomberg).