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US Cowboys, Middle Eastern Airspace and Reliable Partners
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US Cowboys, Middle Eastern Airspace and Reliable Partners

Y’all remember that awkward Ankara summit where everybody was promised everything, nobody got much of anything, Turkey was once again declared a reliable partner without getting its F-35s, and Trump supposedly flew home on the older Air Force One because the new Qatari jet wasn’t quite sophisticated enough yet? Turns out there weren’t two planes involved. There were three.

The EU Single Market Now Requires 27 Single Markets
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The EU Single Market Now Requires 27 Single Markets

Say goodbye to high-quality local produce from small companies. Europe spent decades removing borders so a small producer in one country could sell to a customer in another as easily as next door. Then it discovered packaging.

Pfizer’s New Invention: The Schrödinger’s Control Group and Other Tales
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Pfizer’s New Invention: The Schrödinger’s Control Group and Other Tales

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine was a triumph of modern science. A genuinely extraordinary piece of biotechnology. Within months of SARS-CoV-2 appearing, researchers had designed a nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccine capable of instructing human cells to produce the viral spike protein, wrapped that message inside lipid nanoparticles, tested it in tens of thousands of people and prepared the technology for production on a scale previously reserved for Coca-Cola.

EU Swings the Ban Hammer on AI
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EU Swings the Ban Hammer on AI

The European Union has finally begun applying its Artificial Intelligence Act, bringing the continent one step closer to making AI safe, transparent and pleasant. Officially it is the world’s first comprehensive legal framework for AI. Citizens are now protected from manipulation, social scoring and imaginary nudes, while border-control AI has been placed on a back-burner.

Telegram, Terrorists and the Right to Be an Idiot
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Telegram, Terrorists and the Right to Be an Idiot

Criminals use encrypted messaging. So does everyone else. Telegram’s battles with France and Russia expose the question governments would rather avoid: should the state investigate people suspected of crimes, or weaken private communication until everyone becomes conveniently searchable?

The Princess and the Diary: Fauci Faces the Music He Wrote Himself
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The Princess and the Diary: Fauci Faces the Music He Wrote Himself

Tomorrow, Anthony Fauci sits in front of Rand Paul’s committee under subpoena. The man who spent years as the calm, authoritative voice of “the science” now has to explain the notebook he kept while the science was still arguing with itself in private. The diary is not subtle.