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Israel, Hezbollah agree to ceasefire starting on Friday -U.S. official (Steve Holland/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-hezbollah-agree-ceasefire-starting-friday-us-official-2026-06-19/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260619/p45#a260619p45

Major U.S. cloud providers are urging Washington to push back against South Korea’s planned overhaul of the security approval system for cloud providers serving its government agencies.
https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/busines

U.S. cloud giants challenge South Korea's public cloud security overhaul
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud are pushing back against South Korea’s public cloud security overhaul, warning the new rules could block market access and violate fair trade principles.

Swiss Federal Military supplier Ruag paid ransom to Akira to get of their US subsidiary Ruag LLC (formerly Mecanex) data back and prevent leaking of information
https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/nach-erpressung-in-den-usa-bundeskonz…

A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections,
part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote.
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper in Boston effectively converts a preliminary injunction she issued a year ago,
in which she temporarily blocked many of Trump’s efforts to overhaul elections, into a permanent ban…

Federal judge bars Trump from proof of citizenship requirement to vote
A federal judge has permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections. His order included provisions that would have required people to show documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and prevented mail ballots from counting if they are received after Election Day. The ruling on Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper effectively makes permanent a preliminary order she issued a year ago. Casper ag…

Wirescreen analysis of 3,800 Chinese military procurement records finds 500 instances since 2019 where the PLA sought Nvidia chips, including the A100 and A800 (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/business/economy/china-military-nvidia-chi…

Chinese Military Sought Nvidia Chips for Years, Report Says
An analysis of six years of procurement records suggests that the People’s Liberation Army has openly tried to acquire restricted U.S. technology.

U.S. and Iran agree to halt strikes and meet this week, U.S. official says (Barak Ravid/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/28/us-and-iran-agree-to-halt-strikes-and-meet-this-week-us-official-says
http://www.memeorandum.com/260628/p35#a260628p35

I've been seeing everyone complaining about #GitHub lately. Well, I totally agree. I've had to start working with it again recently. Not only are there frequent outages, but the UI is slow and buggy as hell. Buggy like in "Supporting the back button? What for?"...
#enshittification

America’s bees and beekeepers are losing a valuable ally just when they need its help most.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to soon close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center,
a 6,500-acre agricultural research station in Maryland that is home to the nation’s premier bee research and disease diagnosis hub, the Beltsville Bee Research Lab.
The closure comes at a critical moment for bees.
In winter 2025, many beekeepers lost over half their operations as…

Shutting down federal bee labs threatens bees, beekeepers and the US food system
When honey bees get sick, their beekeepers turn to the nation’s premier bee research and disease diagnosis lab for help. That crucial resource is now disappearing.

Sources: the Trump administration is pressing Meta to submit its AI models for voluntary review; Meta is the only major US AI developer without an agreement (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/busines

U.S. Presses Meta to Agree to A.I. Reviews
Federal officials are urging the lone major tech company holdout to allow government safety evaluations, weeks after ordering Anthropic to pull its latest model.

China Aggressively Patrols Disputed Waters. Now the U.S. Coast Guard Is Moving In. (Mike Cherney/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/china-aggressively-patrols-disputed-waters-now-the-u-s-coast-guard-is-moving-in-89d6a646
http://www.memeorandum.com/260715/p76#a260715p76