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July 9 0800 UTC Brief
In business and defense tech
Microsoft says it will cut about 4,800 jobs, or 2.1% of its global workforce, adding another round of uncertainty for tech workers. Apple, meanwhile, is reportedly lining up at least five new iPhone models over the next two years and has raised production plans for its first foldable to around 10 million units, which is a fairly busy schedule for a company that enjoys pretending every launch is a revolution.
In defense, Britain’s Kraken Technology Group has raised $175 million at a $1 billion valuation as it pushes uncrewed patrol boats for NATO navies. Belgium is also planning to buy 10 NASAMS air defense batteries, part of a major rebuild of its air defenses. Russia says it has delivered a new batch of Su-30SM2 and Su-34 jets, even as open-source trackers say its air force has taken heavy losses. The Air Force’s own new trainer jet is still years behind schedule.
In world news
Flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak has killed 39 people in southern China, with about 130,000 people evacuated in Guangxi and thousands of rescuers deployed. In Gaza, medics say Israeli air strikes and gunfire killed nine Palestinians, including two children, despite the ceasefire.
A UK poll from More in Common found 55% of respondents believe diversity has eroded British national identity. Separate survey, same familiar British talent for turning a national argument into a moral spreadsheet.
In security and crime
Authorities say an organised predator network was operating on Telegram across Europe, with tens of thousands of users in dozens of hidden chat rooms sharing abuse material and instructions, while using code words to conceal what was happening. That case is being treated as a major cross-border investigation.
And in a much smaller but still revealing security story, a professional red teamer says he used a fake Wi-Fi troubleshooting pretext to move around a company campus, then walked off with a trophy from a marketing display to show how easily people accept anyone who looks like they belong. It is, in fairness, a depressingly efficient audit of office trust.
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