1/ Russia's privacy-violating Max app reportedly automatically installs itself on Samsung phones, Russian users are being offered money to give it five-star reviews on app stores, and the Russian government has ordered its installation on all new phones from 1 September 2025. ⬇️

Someone needs a word with the guy who redesigned FPL. How one even checks the stats of the team?

@davekeating.substack.com I’m watching live feed of Alaska meeting and see all the preps before the press conference. I see various journalists (I guess) taking selfies in front of the stage. It looks pathetic, so I wonder whether it shows they’re newbies or it’s a sort of normal “pat on the back”?

Two governments took The News Agents to secret court for two years via a constitutionally unprecedented superinjunction to stop you from hearing this story.

The MoD is responsible for a data leak that put up to 100,000 Afghans at risk of death.

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For years, a state-backed Russian foundation, Pravfond, has been paying for the legal defense of alleged spies, criminals, and propagandists, from a taxi driver convicted of espionage to notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout. Despite being sanctioned by the EU two years ago, the money is still flowing.

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A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far:

1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively.

These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began.

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