A priceless ancient golden helmet stolen from a Dutch museum is recovered  AP NewsA 2,500-year-old golden helmet, stolen in a museum heist last year, has been recovered  CNNGold Romanian Helmet Recovered After Explosive Heist at Dut…

White House planning reportedly indicates potential exits for key figures like FBI Director Kash Patel, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer. These discussions follow a recent wave of senior official removals, suggest…

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Microsoft partners with SoftBank and Sakura Internet to build AI data infrastructure in Japan, investing $10B over four years and training 1M AI engineers  —  Microsoft Corp. announced a four-year, $10 b…

How Viktor Orbán laid traps to stop his successor from running Hungary  politico.euHungary elections: what is at stake and who is likely to win?  The GuardianPolitics Is Hungary’s Top Problem as Election Nears  Gallup News…

The Cuban government says it has pardoned and released 2,010 prisoners, a sweeping move that comes as the island nation grapples with pressure from the Trump administration.

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Alcatraz, which develops AI-powered facial-recognition security systems for building access, raised a $50M Series B, bringing its total funding to $100M+  —  Cupertino-based facial recognition security st…

The clarification came after Iranian media reported that the data centres of two US firms — Oracle in Dubai and Amazon in Bahrain — were targeted by the IRGC in a new wave of attacks on US firms on Thursday.

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Sources: Supabase is in talks to raise ~$500M at a ~$10B valuation, roughly doubling its October 2025 valuation; GIC is expected to lead the funding round  —  Singapore’s GIC is in talks to lead an invest…