CYBERATTACK SURGE: A surge in artificial intelligence-assisted cyberattacks has overwhelmed some of America's leading cybersecurity companies, forcing them to turn away businesses seeking emergency assistance as hackers increasingly target critical infrastructure. https://t.co/OLf6iHF514
NEW - EU’s cybersecurity chief warns home appliances could be next after hackers hit supermarket fridges across Europe and suspected hacks on U.S. military bases’ freezers: "Today it was fridges, tomorrow it could be routers, the day after tomorrow it could be home appliances."
Elon Musk: "Even if I'm criticized by the whole world, I won't let go of X." The reason makes you think.
Reporter: "Why are you so attached to X?"
Elon: "What do you mean by that?"
Reporter: "Since the acquisition, it's been nothing but criticism, right?"
Elon: "That's true."
Reporter: "Politicians criticize you too."
Elon: "Yes."
Reporter: "There are conflicts with regulatory authorities."
Elon: "That's true."
Reporter: "Honestly, wouldn't it be easier to sell it?"
Elon: "Why?"
Reporter: "You have Tesla and SpaceX, don't you?"
Elon: "I do."
Reporter: "There's no need to stay in the center of controversies, right?"
Elon: "But what would that solve?"
Reporter: "...... Huh?"
Elon: "I think it's important to have a place where opinions can be exchanged freely."
Reporter: "But there are unpleasant opinions too, aren't there?"
Elon: "Of course."
Reporter: "There are wrong opinions too."
Elon: "That's true."
Reporter: "So, shouldn't there be restrictions?"
Elon: "How far to restrict?"
Reporter: "That's..."
Elon: "Who decides which opinions are correct?"
Reporter: "..."
Elon: "It's easy to protect only the opinions we agree with."
Reporter: "Yes."
Elon: "But what about when contrary opinions arise?"
Reporter: "..."
Elon: "That's where the real test of free speech happens, don't you think?"
The ECB has signed contracts with Nexi, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Indra to build the network for a digital euro. The law that would allow a digital euro does not exist yet. The bank has also picked 36 payment firms for a pilot and is building an app. Banks will be able to link your online payments to your identity, and Lagarde wants authorities to get that data “upon request.” She once complained that democracy is “too much of a drag.” The ECB is behaving as though Parliament’s vote is a formality.
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Assuming Republicans lose the seats where prediction markets have the Democrats at 90+% to win, that would produce 55 Democrat Senate seats.
Chance of confirming a worthy successor to Justice Thomas and/or Alito during President Trump’s term: Zero.
Chance of confirming a worthy successor during a hypothetical GOP admin 2029-2033: probably zero (GOP won’t be able to recapture enough seats in 28).
JUST IN - Democrat Adam Hamilton defeats incumbent Republican Senator Roger Marshall in the Kansas Senate race, flipping the seat blue for the first time in almost 100 years — DDHQ
@AdrienneRoyer The winner seems to always call it a mandate, when it never is. The votes are always too close for the word mandate to be anywhere close to the truth.
Victor Davis Hanson: Democrat Midterm Wins Won’t Affect Trump’s Ambitions, Modern History Shows Us
Obama said, "I have a pen and a phone. It's not going to affect me," and it didn't. And then on foreign policy—those were the most radical years of his eight—He restored full recognition to communist Cuba. Then he went into this disastrous Iran deal and he said it wasn't a treaty and he didn't need the Senate.
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