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Sources: AirPods with cameras reached an advanced testing stage; the cameras will feed data to Siri to help answer questions, rather than take photos or video (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Die Zwischenbilanz des Irankriegs (II) https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10429

Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives voted during a special session on Thursday to adopt a new congressional map that would carve up the state’s lone majority-Black district,
-- a move that came amid raucous protests from angry residents and Democratic lawmakers.
The special session was called by GOP Gov. Bill Lee at the behest of Donald Trump,
whose aggressive gerrymandering push across the country was supercharged by the US Supreme Court’s decision last w…

‘What evil looks like’: outrage as Tennessee GOP rams through racist voting map at Trump’s behest
“This is not a special session—this is a white power rally, and a white power grab,” said one Tennessee Democrat.

Oil and gas prices jumped,
stock markets slid
and government bond yields rose after the US and Iran traded fresh strikes
and Donald Trump said the shaky ceasefire was “over”.
Brent crude, the global benchmark, climbed 5% to $77.86 a barrel.
In stock markets, the UK’s FTSE 100 fell 1%, or 110 points, to 10,556 while Germany’s Dax tumbled 1.6% and Spain’s Ibex lost 2%.
Speaking at a NATO summit in Ankara, Trump also said he was cutting off trade with Spain ov…

Oil prices jump over 5% after Trump suggests ceasefire with Iran has ended following fresh US strikes – as it happened
Brent crude spikes to a daily high of $79.26, gas prices rise, stock markets slide and government bond yields surge on inflation and rate hike fears

Gulp. Pretty much everyone needs to see this. Whether your German or not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-gYFcVx-8Y We all need to understand the implications, and make it impossible for politicians to farm our unfocused anger/frustration and turn it into support for right wing identity politics.…

How Germany May Have Misjudged Trump's Anger on Iran (Jim Tankersley/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/world/europe/germany-trump-merz-troops-withdrawal.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260502/p46#a260502p46

Kopfhörer mit KI-Chip made in Germany: Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro ausprobiert
Musikkopfhörer, Headset, Aufnahmegerät und Schallblocker: Der Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro von Anker will alles sein. Dabei helfen soll ein KI-Chip aus Deutschland.

Kopfhörer mit KI-Chip made in Germany: Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro ausprobiert
Musikkopfhörer, Headset, Aufnahmegerät und Schallblocker: Der Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro von Anker will alles sein. Dabei helfen soll ein KI-Chip aus Deutschland.

Deutsche Industrie unter Druck https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10393

A German court rules that Google is directly liable for what AI Overviews say after AI Overviews falsely tied two publishers to shady business practices (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)
https://the-decoder.com/landmark-germa

Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators don't apply to AI overviews. In this case, Google's AI had falsely linked two publishers to fraud and made claims that didn't appear in any of the linked sources. The ruling could set a precedent for AI-generated content liability worldwide.

Five years ago, the West risked a
full-blown diplomatic crisis with NATO ally Turkey
when 10 ambassadors called for the release of a man they saw as a political prisoner,
prompting an angry President Tayyip Erdogan to order their expulsion.
After two frantic days in 2021,
the sides stepped back from the brink with the U.S., ‌French, German, Canadian and other envoys issuing conciliatory statements
and Erdogan saying they would be more careful in the future…