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    US government just told Harvard, Stanford, MIT and other top universities that more than you individual scientists can ‘help’ America beat China

    The US government plans to give money to individual scientists directly, instead of large universities and established institutions like Harvard, Stanford and MIT for science and research, especially in the AI era. The Trump administration has sent a memo to federal departments and agencies, outlining the roadmap to revitalize American research and development (R&D). According…

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      China expels Ma Xingrui as Xi Jinping intensifies CCP purge

      New Delhi: The expulsion of former Politburo member Ma Xingrui from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has become the latest chapter in President Xi Jinping’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign, but the significance of the move extends far beyond another high-profile corruption case. As the third sitting Politburo member to be purged since 2025, Ma’s downfall has…

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        The Premier League recruitment ‘bottleneck’ that leads clubs to go for ready-made players

        The transfer window this summer has seen some of English football’s wealthier clubs show a greater willingness to pursue and sign Premier League-proven players. There has been Manchester United’s acquisition of Youri Tielemans, (29 years old, 244 appearances in the division), Arsenal’s pursuit of Bruno Guimaraes (28/153), Chelsea’s fondness for Granit Xhaka (33/259) and Tottenham…

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          House committee urges DOJ to charge former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith

          The Republican chair of the House Judiciary Committee encouraged the Justice Department to look into criminally charging Jack Smith, alleging the former special counsel who brought charges against President Trump lied to Congress — allegations Smith’s lawyers called “spurious.” The criminal referral Wednesday from Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio stems from last year’s revelation that investigators…

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            The AI code vulnerabilities that grow with your app

            Theori built 28 apps with AI coding agents and scanned each one through its pentesting platform. Five models did the building, split between Anthropic and OpenAI, across apps written from a spec, thrown together from a casual prompt, and rewritten from an aging PHP codebase. The team went in expecting injection everywhere. SQL injection, cross-site…

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              Xi Jinping’s new man on Canada’s West Coast

              China’s new Vancouver-based consul-general Fu Fengshan. (PRC) His previous assignment was head of the Chinese government mission to ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Fu replaces Zheng Zi, the acting Consul-General since Yang Shu left in summer 2025. China’s top Vancouver envoy has traditionally been the most-visible member of the B.C. diplomatic corps. Fu…

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