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Premium content: This is from our forthcoming subscriber-exclusive Media Miss newsletter, where we will take you inside the algorithms and agendas shaping what you see. This week I dig into the latest Silicon Valley buzzword, plus a look at the media’s left-right divide on the Iran war. Media Mechanics Self-publishingContinue Reading

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After 15 years of what Johnson & Johnson called “meritless” litigation, the publicly traded company committed to a $5.5 billion settlement on Monday with plaintiffs who alleged talc-based products, including the company’s popular baby powder, caused ovarian cancer.  If finalized, the landmark settlement would resolve tens of thousands of remainingContinue Reading

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Ukraine says its drones have hit 201 Russian ships in three weeks. Robert “Madiar” Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS), reported that Ukrainian drones have struck the vessels of Russia’s shadow fleet in three weeks of the SBS operation “MoLoChKa,” which began on 6 July. The tally splitsContinue Reading

the-sovereign-ai-tokenomics-trap

For US allies, the combination of geopolitics, ever-expanding risk surface and an unsustainable dependence on hyperscale cloud providers has created significant excitement about the potential value of AI data centers and sovereign digital infrastructure. Many of those nations and critical infrastructure owners are now starting to realize that the token,Continue Reading

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“You sir [Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth] are the failure. Not the men and women [in military service] who are on that front line [in the Middle East]. Not the men and women who hold up their honor with distinction. But if there’s a lack of a winning strategy [for theContinue Reading