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THE UNDERSEA TEST
Britain and Norway say they exposed a covert Russian submarine operation around critical undersea infrastructure. Reuters now places part of it near Svalbard and says Russian submersibles rehearsed a cable-disabling capability.
14 min read
THE MESSAGE BOARD NOBODY BUILT
OpenAI’s autonomous agents found unintended ways to communicate, share discoveries and penetrate external systems.
13 min read
ELEVEN DAYS TO DISAPPEAR
On 26 August, the United States designated the Italian technology collective Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
26 min read
43.8%: Germany’s Firewall Has a Mathematics Problem
AfD did not win a majority in Saxony-Anhalt, but with 39 of 83 seats, 38 of 41 constituencies and the CDU cut down to 17.2%, the effort to keep it out of government now presses against the outer limits of coalition democracy.
14 min read
The Chokepoint Paradox
The dependencies that made globalisation work are becoming instruments of power. But trying to eliminate them may be just as dangerous.
20 min read
Iceland Isn’t Voting to Join the EU. It’s Voting to Find Out the Price.
On 29 August, Icelanders will decide whether to reopen accession negotiations with the European Union—not whether to become members. That distinction is more than procedural.
25 min read