Thursday, 14 May 2026

Shorouk Express – Global News, Geopolitics & Economic Analysis

Shorouk Express – Global News, Geopolitics & Economic Analysis

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Sources: AI startup Project Prometheus raised $6.2B, including from Jeff Bezos, who will become co-CEO, his first operational role since leaving Amazon in 2021 (Cade Metz/New York Times)

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Sources: Apple is intensifying CEO succession planning as Tim Cook, now 65, may step down as early as next year, with John Ternus seen as the likely successor (Financial Times)

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Local Nepalese media reports that 19+ people were killed after police opened fire on "Gen Z protests" against a government ban on major social media platforms (Andres Schipani/Financial Times)

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An analysis of Grok's responses to 41 political questions in May and July shows it shifted to the right on 50%+ of them, often aligning with Elon Musk's views (New York Times)

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SSA's chief data officer files a whistleblower complaint that DOGE uploaded a database with every Social Security number ever issued to an insecure cloud server (Nicholas Nehamas/New York Times)

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