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Sources: ByteDance plans to increase its 2026 capex to more than $30B, up at least 25% from a preliminary plan, amid the AI boom and rising memory chip costs  —  TikTok owner ByteDance is ramping up its spend…

Hungary’s New PM Magyar Demands President Quit in Showdown  Bloomberg.comPeter Magyar Takes Over as Hungary’s Leader From Viktor Orban  The New York TimesPéter Magyar Led Hungarians out of Autocracy. Where Will He Take Them Now?&nbs…

Prediction markets like Kalshi show slim chance that the hantavirus outbreak will be of international concern

Putin Presides Over Downsized Military Parade as Ukraine War Drags On  WSJA Less Muscular Victory Day Parade Shows Putin’s Growing Vulnerability  The New York TimesMoscow marks Victory Day with a Red Square parade under tight securi…

A Boeing 737 Flew Itself for 2 Hours While Everyone on Board Was Unconscious, Only One Person Was Still Awake and Couldn’t Land It  Indian Defence ReviewA Boeing 737 Flew Itself for 2 Hours Before Crashing. Only One Person Remained Conscious….

In Zawiya, home to one of the oil-rich country’s biggest refineries, rival gangs clash over the trafficking of fuel and commercial goods into neighbouring Tunisia.

Russia’s scaled-down Victory Day celebrations highlighted mounting security concerns and the strain of the war in Ukraine, according to Chatham House analyst Grégoire Roos. Speaking to FRANCE 24, Roos said tighter security, internet shutdowns and fear…