FT Exclusive: The EU's defence chief urged countries to open up their arms stockpiles to supply Ukraine and boost production by moving away from 'haute couture' weapons production. ft.trib.al/REirvNq

"We believe students aren’t protesting for a very simple reason: They are afraid. They are self-censoring and disengaging from campaign activism to avoid punitive measures," says senior research fellow Jon Penney @penney.bsky.social in his new essay for @theconversation.com.

Zelenskiy asks Trump for air defence as Russia escalates strike threats reut.rs/4dLu5hI

Trump-era FCC inquiry into content warnings for trans TV shows sparks backlash ➡️ https://bit.ly/3RxYkkT

One in six Internet-using adolescents in parts of Africa and Asia faced technology-facilitated sexual abuse in 2020–21. As digital access expands globally, better protection is crucial. go.nature.com/430fJFd

The Gandalf quote, innocuous on its own, feels more pointed when you realize how Tolkien is valorized in conservative tech circles today—and how much of a Tolkien fanboy Thiel is.

US and Iran remain divided on Hormuz deal as White House rejects Tehran TV report reut.rs/4e9DH7a

“.. four months after its establishment, the board’s financial fund set up by the World Bank has received no money from donors, according to four people familiar with the matter. ‘Zero dollars have been deposited,’ one said.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/5ba3...

Fréquences satellites : l’UE veut privilégier les acteurs européens

The LA Metro Attack Wasn’t Hacktivism. It Was a State Operation With a Costume On.

Le Conseil de la paix pour la reconstruction de Gaza créé par Trump n'a aucun financement

Research Briefing: The global likelihood of damage from hailstorms is predicted to increase substantially by the end of the century. go.nature.com/4dKYkW2

The Labour Government has responded to the petition calling for a Media Sovereignty Act. All five measures in the petition have been rejected, including a ban on foreign media ownership, and ending the concentration of UK national media ownership by one person/corporation. Full response in alt txt:

A decade ago, analysts were calling Spain a cautionary tale. Too much solar, too fast! Today, Spain is rapidly on its way to having the cheapest power in Europe. Maybe this time, solar naysayers will learn... haha, jk, they'll just move the goalposts.

Jo Grady, leader of the University and College Union, has called on the government to conduct “an emergency review” of higher education funding in light of the “crisis” facing the sector, reports Juliette Rowsell #edusky #UCUCongress https://ow.ly/A15L50Z4HeH

My attitude to Tony Blair's opinions on AI is informed by my total conviction that he barely knows how to turn his own phone on.

Tony Blair tells Radio 4 that the £257 million his institute has received from a billionaire AI investor has absolutely nothing to with his lobbying for the AI industry

This thread exposes the embarrassing superficiality of Tony Blair's essay. It's also a better articulation of the government's purpose than I have seen anywhere (which is bad because this is a niche website and voters need to understand why government is doing what it is doing - but still don't).

"No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another" U.S. Const. Art 1, s. 9, cl. 6

Iran war fallout amplifying Europe's financial vulnerabilities, ECB warns reut.rs/4uzJh8K

ICE is expanding its use of iris recognition technology, with plans to deploy hundreds of scanning devices across the country. The practice raises concerns among privacy experts that the Department of Homeland Security is amassing a database of biometric data. n.pr/4dAMaAo

FT Exclusive: Four months after its establishment, the organisation’s financial fund set up by the World Bank has received no money from donors, according to four people familiar with the matter. ft.trib.al/aqWkkaM

Dutch Government just said no to an American firm buying the keys to their digital State

There's a real tension in political coverage between praising "grown up" decisions in the abstract and castigating anyone who tries any of them for their hopeless political naivety.

If you’re working on digital cultural heritage and have an idea for a short-form monograph, we’d love to hear from you. The series is diamond open access too!

Rishi Sunak tells Radio 4 that "AI is changing every aspect of our economy and our lives, and if I was back in office and looked at my diary and where I was going to spend my time, I would spend it on that" At no point does he or the BBC mention the £373,000 given to him every year by an AI company

Tony Blair is right: the Labour Party needs a debate about policy and purpose not just personalities. But his diagnosis of the shift in policy needed is outdated and dangerous.

France probes alleged election interference by Israeli company

A senior Labour source said: “Tony has evidently not been near a working-class Brit for decades but he’s clearly been away with the tech bro fantasists."

“School admins around the country are not prepared for ‘nudify apps & the chaos & trauma they’re creating for students. A 2024 report by the CDT found that 40% of students & 29 percent of teachers said they knew of an explicit deepfake shared in the past school year…”

T-Mobile also said ‘frontline employees remain an essential’ as it moves customer interactions to its T-Life app.

Trump posted the exact same (crazy) thing on Truth Social 8 days apart. The cognitive isn't cognitiving.

L'Iran rétablit partiellement l'accès à internet après une coupure de trois mois

Footage analysed by Bellingcat and Jeune Afrique shows unexploded Russian-made cluster munition bomblets found in northern Mali - Despite Mali being a state party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) which prohibits their use. www.bellingcat.com/news/africa/...

Opinion: The wars Russia and America have waged in Ukraine and Iran are case studies in geopolitical self-harm, writes Edward Luce ft.trib.al/s8ZAdf2

Lithuania investigates theft of 600,000 state registry records by foreign actor

❗Leaving the ECHR would jeopardise the UK’s national security and hinder its efforts to tackle irregular migration, say a group of former justice secretaries and attorneys-general👇 🔗 www.ft.com/content/b3e4... via @financialtimes.com

Reform has defended Robert Kenyon and his deeply misogynistic comments saying it was just "locker room banter”. That's the "Trump defence." It's the one that says its "ok" to be a truly dreadful sexist wanker if you're with "the lads".

Would be better not to have to change prime ministers, but the incumbent doesn't do the job, does unhelpful things like blame the cost pressures of the Iran war on businesses and waste money on things that would 'nice to have in a New Labour budget' rather than actually helping with the big problem

A revised draft of South Africa's national policy on AI will only be released for public comment in January 2027.

This new tool from the Commons library, allowing you to see the wards and parishes in any constituency, is fantastic: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

Tech sovereignty in action: The Dutch government has blocked a US takeover of the company operating its digital identity programme. nltimes.nl/2026/05/26/n...

🎬 Is the AVMSD still fit for purpose in today’s platform-driven media landscape? Join CERRE for the webinar “Reform of AVMSD: Towards Coherent Rules for EU-wide Platforms that Provide Access to Media Content”. 📅 1 July 2026 💻 Online Register: tinyurl.com/mr4dp6aa #CERREEvents #AVMSD

How ‘Epstein class’ became a populist battle-cry in US politics ft.trib.al/Bp1VbJb

SpaceX to drive a cybertruck through corporate governance norms ft.trib.al/2NM677E

Keep forgetting to share this: Boris Johnson's former director of communications saying what is obvious to anyone who engages seriously - that Kemi Badenoch is a bad leader, leading her party towards a disastrous outcome:

By the time he was announced as Reform UK's candidate against Andy Burnham in the #Makerfield by-election, Robert Kenyon's previous Reform UK X account had been mysteriously suspended. We found the archive. 419 tweets. Here's what they reveal. 🧵 1/12 bylinetimes.com/2026/05/20/r...

The energy shock is not over yet ft.trib.al/8MkPbei

"The impact of a self-inflicted decrease in international visitors of this magnitude has implications on America's standing in the world, its soft power diplomacy and the economy as a whole," writes Natasha Chen | Analysis https://cnn.it/4e0k5lY

Opinion: The war could end with Tehran more confident, more hardline and with new resources to rebuild its nuclear programme. ft.trib.al/FaVZ7fu