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Another wave of cyberattacks against European supermarkets this week compromised refrigeration systems for the second time in a month, rekindling fears over the security of critical infrastructure. While such attacks so far have been costly and inconvenient, a new era of AI-enabled cyberwarfare could portend more devastating disruptions. France’s national ...

US regulators’ approval of a cheaper HIV shot has lifted hopes in some of the world’s poorest countries, many of which are reeling from Western aid cuts. The FDA granted tentative approval of a generic lenacapavir, a twice-a-year injection that helps prevent HIV infection. The move will make the drug ...

AI policy helped deliver Democratic majorities and Republicans need a major recalibration on the issue ahead of the next presidential election, a post-midterms memo from the conservative AI policy group Alliance for a Better Future argues. The group, helmed by former Virginia Republican official Janet Kelly, focuses on pro-family, pro-worker ...

The Scoop As soon as Republican Sen. Darline Graham won the GOP nomination to replace her late brother in August, Democrat Annie Andrews made her move. Andrews immediately began spending more than $5 million on advertising in South Carolina’s Senate race at a moment when she largely had the airwaves ...

Reed’s view Putting California’s billionaire tax on the ballot, which was trailing in early results but remained too close to call Wednesday, may have felt like a crusade against the rich and powerful. But the measure is also a referendum on the state’s homegrown tech industry, which is confronting an ...

David’s view Late on Tuesday night, after he left the victory party for Senator-Elect Annie Andrews, former South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Jaime Harrison called to reflect on what just happened. Harrison ran against Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2020, and raised more money than any Democrat in the state’s history. ...

The bulk of investment in the AI boom has gone into enterprise applications — that is, technology that people use for work. But the biggest successes in the tech industry that have carried the entire stock market for decades have almost all started with consumers. Marissa Mayer, who recently started ...

Democrats won resounding US midterm election victories that redrew the electoral map and reshaped the policy agenda, sharply curtailing President Donald Trump’s power. Propelled by frustration over inflation — made worse by the Iran war driving up fuel prices — Democrats took both houses of Congress, tallying remarkable successes along ...

A Brazilian court ordered Meta to stop collecting content from local media outlets to train its AI models, cementing the country’s role as a notable antagonist of Big Tech. The decision follows allegations from Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that Meta favored his challenger in recent elections. Brazil ...

Republicans’ thumping defeat in midterm elections sharply circumscribes US President Donald Trump’s domestic power, leaving him more likely to focus on foreign policy. American leaders often increase their attention on global issues towards the end of their presidencies as they enter a lame-duck period. With the scale of the swing ...