Satellites, Surveillance, and a Solitary Nurse
In today’s edition, we compress 25 global stories into one sharp scan. From hijacked satellites and leaked AI prompts to Bolivian elections, monsoon floods, and Britain’s loneliest medical job — this is the signal without the noise.
What You’ll Hear
- 🚀 Space as the next battlefield: hijacked satellites, orbiting weapons, and moon-mining rivalries.
- 🇨🇳🇺🇸 China calls the U.S. a “surveillance empire” amid chip-tracking disputes.
- 🦠 Texas declares its worst measles outbreak in 30 years officially over.
- 📺 MSNBC rebrands to “MS NOW” as media faces political pressure.
- 👮 London police ban dancing with revellers at Notting Hill Carnival.
- 💻 Workday breached by social engineering; NordVPN shuts down Meshnet.
- 📚 Grammarly unveils AI agents to detect AI text and fetch citations.
- 🌊 Pakistan floods kill dozens; relief efforts stall.
- 🗳️ Bolivia’s presidential race heads to a right-wing run-off.
- 👁️ Facial recognition fails real-world tests, raising policing concerns.
- ⚔️ Mali’s junta delays elections five years after seizing power.
- 🏛️ Poland removes its last Soviet-era monument.
- 🔋 Google funds nuclear reactors to power AI data centers.
- 🛡️ Jordan revives military conscription after decades.
- 🏝️ Fair Isle seeks a nurse as its only medic.
- 🏬 Marks & Spencer exits Hong Kong retail with store closure.
- 🤖 xAI’s Grok prompts leak, exposing strange internal scripts.
- 🚗 Chinese EV makers invest abroad as domestic growth stalls.
- 📱 Monzo plans UK mobile phone service.
- 🏙️ AI study finds we now walk faster, socialize less.
Why It Matters
Every story is stripped to essentials — a nutshell, a number, a quote, and a question. The format is strict, so you get clarity fast.
Links & Sources
Full citations are included in the daily written edition at Ohmbudsman Digest.
