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5 big things

1.Scoop: Senate Republicans fear Mississippi is in play

  • Hans Nichols,
  • Marc Caputo,
  • Stef W. Kight
Meta hit with $25 billion penalty for misleading Facebook users
2.Meta hit with $25 billion penalty for misleading Facebook users
Americans' opinion of the CDC hits record low
3.Americans' opinion of the CDC hits record low
Israeli military conducts "power projection" operation near Iran's border
4.Israeli military conducts "power projection" operation near Iran's border
The oil market's 2027 relief hopes are fading fast
5.The oil market's 2027 relief hopes are fading fast
    • Sam Sabin
    25 mins ago
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    Technology
    AI uncovers massive flaw in web's foundational code
    Illustration of a 1990s desktop computer with a sparkle and rows of binary code emanating from the monitor.

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    Security officials are sounding the alarm over two critical vulnerabilities in a programming language used to run millions of websites, marking one of the most consequential cybersecurity discoveries yet made with AI.

    Why it matters: The bugs, which researchers found partly with an OpenAI model, proves AI can uncover critical flaws humans missed for decades — raising the stakes for defenders racing to fix vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them at machine speed.

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    • Barak Ravid
    Updated 6 hours ago
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    World
    Putin tells Witkoff he is ready to resume direct peace talks, Russia releases U.S. detainee
    Steve Witkoff points out a window as Vladimir Putin looks at him, smiling.

    U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Vladimir Putin. Photo: Gavriil Grigorov / Pool / AFP via Getty Images

    Russian President Vladimir Putin told White House envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday that he "agrees in principle" resuming trilateral peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. to end the war, according to Russian and U.S. officials.

    Why it matters: The White House hopes Putin will show more willingness to compromise after President Trump agreed to lift sanctions on Russian diesel sales and took other steps welcomed by Moscow. For now, it seems the only concession Putin agreed to is to negotiate.

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    • Zachary Basu
    Updated 9 hours ago
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    Technology
    Nvidia's global power play
    Illustration of the Earth stylized as a circuited computer chip.

    Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Stock: Getty Images

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is crisscrossing Europe with a multibillion-dollar checkbook and a grand ambition: Make his company the indispensable backbone of the global AI economy.

    Why it matters: As fears of an AI bubble rattle Wall Street, Huang is working to spread the boom beyond the U.S. and China — courting governments, bankrolling startups and cultivating massive new markets for Nvidia's chips.

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