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    Iran fires on 3 ships in strait as standoff with U.S. continues
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    Lebanon and Israel to resume rare direct talks in Washington to extend Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire
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    https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-us-talks-ceasefire-washington-e7f26e207fc7543fe1f25a5318ff9ce3
    Senate passes budget plan for ICE and Border Patrol in bid to reopen Homeland Security Department - ABC News
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    https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/senate-passes-budget-plan-ice-border-patrol-bid-132298464
    China boosts 'AI for Science' computing in 2 months without US chips
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    https://www.business-standard.com/technology/tech-news/china-ai-computing-cluster-no-us-chips-zhengzhou-126042300415_1.html
    SpaceX partners with AI startup Cursor, may buy it for $60 bn
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    https://phys.org/news/2026-04-spacex-partners-ai-startup-cursor.html
    Unauthorized users gained access to Anthropic’s restricted Mythos AI model
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    https://thenextweb.com/news/anthropic-mythos-unauthorized-access-vendor-breach

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