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The Department of Transportation announced a $12.5 billion, 2.5-year emergency overhaul of U.S. air traffic control systems to replace dangerously outdated 1960s-90s infrastructure including floppy disks and paper flight strips across 4,600 locations. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy emphasized that while the current system is safe due to skilled controllers, the modernization requires additional Congressional funding for software to prevent the project from repeating the 25-year failure of the previous NextGen initiative.

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Kevin Warsh's Senate confirmation hearing for Federal Reserve Chair exposed deep partisan divisions over central bank independence, with Republicans praising his crisis management experience while Democrats accused him of enabling 2008 Wall Street bailouts and reversing monetary policy positions to align with President Trump's political interests.

The Verge

The Verge redesigned its homepage to separate real-time social feeds from curated magazine content, addressing different user consumption habits while outlining plans to integrate with open protocols like BlueSky to reduce platform dependency and build direct audience relationships.

Reuters

Former Foreign Office permanent secretary Olly Robbins testified that he approved Lord Mandelson's security clearance despite UKSV leaning against it, while revealing Number 10 pressured officials to fast-track vetting and attempted to secure diplomatic posts for political allies without the Foreign Secretary's knowledge.

Reuters

UK lawmakers confronted executives from TikTok, Meta, and Roblox over systemic failures to protect children online, specifically challenging TikTok on a police report revealing widespread grooming and questioning whether platforms can adequately self-regulate harmful content and addictive screen time.

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Israel holds its annual Memorial Day ceremony at Mount Herzl, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joins bereaved families to honor fallen soldiers from the October 7 attacks and ongoing conflicts, while framing current military operations against Iran as essential to preventing another Holocaust.

Bloomberg Technology

Google prepares to launch specialized AI inference chips this week while facing supply constraints from major customers, as Blue Origin achieves mixed space mission results and Apple plans a major Siri overhaul using Gemini technology.

Reuters

The video captures the solemn opening ceremony for Israel's Memorial Day (Yom Hazikaron), featuring military honors, the traditional El Male Rachamim memorial prayer for fallen soldiers and terror victims, and the singing of the national anthem Hatikvah.

Reuters

Prime Minister Keir Starmer admitted to Parliament that appointing Peter Mandelson as US ambassador was a wrong judgment, revealing that Foreign Office officials granted security clearance against official UK Security Vetting recommendations and deliberately concealed this information from ministers for months.

Wall Street Journal

From immersive sports domes using custom 8K optics to single-seat electric aircraft and transformable stadiums, advanced engineering is creating new categories of premium experiences that blur the line between physical and digital attendance while maximizing infrastructure utilization.

Reuters

Reuters Beirut Bureau Chief Maya Gebeily describes reporting from inside Lebanon's escalating war, explaining how the country's sectarian geography, Hezbollah's integration as both militia and social provider, and a paralyzed power-sharing system have left over one million displaced while affluent neighborhoods maintain normalcy blocks away from devastation.

Bloomberg Technology

Netflix stock plunged on weak guidance and Reed Hastings' departure while Anthropic's powerful Mythos AI model sparked White House meetings amid Pentagon tensions, as defense drone maker AEVEX and data center cooling firm Madison Air launched successful IPOs.