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Semantic Sleight of Hand Behind Hormuz Fund's Framing
An Iranian official described the proposed mechanism to the New York Times as a 'reconstruction programme' that would be promised to Iran upon the signing of a final agreement.
Two diplomats briefed on the latest draft used different language,
calling it an international 'investment fund' that the United States would facilitate.
The divergence in terminology is deliberate.
The domestic c…

Trump Admin Renames Iran's $300 Billion Reparations Demand an 'Investment Fund' to Avoid a Political Firestorm at Home
A draft US-Iran agreement reportedly includes a £224 billion ($300 billion) investment fund for Iran's reconstruction, with officials avoiding the term 'reparations.' The deal has not yet been signed...

ASML says claims that one of its EUV lithography systems has ended up in China are inaccurate, after a report on Howard Lutnick's questions to ASML's leadership (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)

ASML denies US government report that its EUV chipmaking tool was shipped to China — says 'rumors' are 'inaccurate and damaging to our reputation'
ASML denies it has ever shipped an EUV scanner to China.

Zwei Rankscale-Werte für denselben Brand: 57 % vs. 48,8 % KI-Sichtbarkeit. 📊
Kein Bug. Der Search-Terms-Report trennt Varianten auf: "Brand GmbH", "BRAND", "brand" zählen als drei Datenpunkte. Die UI aggregiert dedupliziert. Ergebnis hier: Platz 3 im Report, Platz 2 in der UI.
Messung immer am Dashboard-Wert festmachen, nie am gemittelten Search-Terms-Report.
#GEO

«Linus Torvalds — Flut KI-gestützter Bug-Reports belastet Linux-Team:
Der Entwickler des Linux-Kernels, Linus Torvalds, hat bei der Vorstellung des vierten Release-Kandidaten von Linux 7.1 ungewöhnlich deutliche Kritik an der zunehmenden Nutzung von KI-Werkzeugen geäußert.»
Auch wenn Linus Torvalds anhand seines Verhaltens häufig kritisiert wird, muss ich ihm recht geben. KI ist nicht "Die Lösung" für alles.
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Linus Torvalds: Flut KI-gestützter Bug-Reports belastet Linux-Team
Der Entwickler des Linux-Kernels, Linus Torvalds, hat bei der Vorstellung des vierten Release-Kandidaten von Linux 7.1 ungewöhnlich deutliche Kritik an der zunehmenden Nutzung von KI-Werkzeugen geäußert.

REPORT: Anti-LGBTQ House Candidate Has Grindr Past - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/05/report-anti-lgbtq-house-candidate-has-grindr-past/

On Tuesday, the Trump administration filed a motion to join a lawsuit attempting to
block the U.S.’s first and only reparations program.
The federal government is supporting a 2024 lawsuit by right-wing group Judicial Watch,
which argues that the Evanston, Illinois reparations program violates the rights of non-Black residents

Trump Administration Attempts to Stop Reparations to Black Community in Illinois
The motion is an “attack on the revived hope that Black communities have felt” from the program, said its architect.

Mela is listening to a podcast: Why America at 250 Still Cannot Face Slavery – Reveal – The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id886009669

An in-depth look at Meta's AI-fueled rampage through its engineering organization, reassignments of engineers on core teams to data labeling, and more (Gergely Orosz/The Pragmatic Engineer)
https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/why-is-meta-destroyin…

Why is Meta destroying its engineering organization?
Leadership at the social media giant has been on an AI-fueled rampage through its engineering org. We report what’s happened

The president of Glendale Community College was pelted with a chorus of furious boos
after an AI tool tasked with reading graduating students’ names completely flunked the assignment.
As local outlet AZFamily reported, students and families at the Phoenix-area school were left disoriented when the names being read over the ceremony’s loudspeakers failed to match those of the students actually walking across the stage.
The names displayed on the ceremony’s jumbotron were also…

AI system fails during Glendale Community College graduation ceremony
An AI system malfunctioned during Glendale Community College's commencement, misreading graduate names and pausing the ceremony multiple times.

Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and members of his inner circle have likely secured at least temporary control over not only Iran’s military response in this conflict but also Iran’s negotiating position and approach within the past 48 hours.
The IRGC Navy attacked several commercial vessels on April 18 and declared that no vessel of “any type or nationality” is permitted passage through the strait, a reversal of Iranian Foreign Affairs…

Iran Update Special Report, April 18, 2026
Regime institutions aligned with Vahidi are presenting a cohesive front against Araghchi and in support of the IRGC.