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AI Coding Agent Wipes Startup's Database in Nine Seconds, Admits “Violating Every Principle” It Was Given

A Cursor coding agent running Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 deleted the entire production database of automotive SaaS company PocketOS on April 25 after finding an unrestricted API token, erasing all data and backups in nine seconds. "I violated every principle I was given," the agent wrote.

The outage lasted 30 hours before Railway, the cloud host, restored the data. Backups were stored on the same volume as production data, meaning both were destroyed in a single API call. (Read More)​

Investigation Reveals Russian Shadow Airlines Using Algeria as Covert Military Cargo Hub | Defense News

A Defense News investigation documented more than 167 Russian military-affiliated cargo flights to Algeria since March 2025, identifying the country as a logistics hub for weapons deliveries and Africa Corps personnel movements across the continent. Routes originated from Russian fighter jet production facilities.

Gelix Airlines and sanctioned carrier Aviacon Zitotrans operated the flights, with secondary routes reaching Guinea, Niger, and Latin America. Algeria purchases 73% of its weapons from Russia and fields 60 Russian-built Su-30 fighters. (Read More)​

Pentagon Signs AI Deals With Eight Tech Giants for Classified Military Networks

The Pentagon signed agreements with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, AWS, Nvidia, SpaceX, Reflection AI, and Oracle to deploy AI on classified military networks at Impact Levels 6 and 7. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the deals part of building an "AI-first fighting force."

Anthropic was excluded after the administration labeled it a "supply chain risk" for refusing to remove safety restrictions on military use. Anthropic sued the government in March, accusing it of an unlawful campaign of retaliation. (Read More)​

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➤ EuroDefence released a video breaking down how urban combat works in practice, covering movement techniques, room clearance, drone and counter-drone tactics, weapon roles, and common mistakes in built-up environments. (Video Link)​

➤ Trump said he would "probably" withdraw U.S. troops from Italy and Spain, calling Spain "horrible" and Italy unhelpful over the Iran campaign. Italy hosts roughly 12,000 U.S. personnel and Spain roughly 3,000, including destroyer crews at Rota Naval Base. (Read More)​

➤ Russia deployed a full combat aviation grouping in Mali including Su-24 strike aircraft and Mi-24 attack helicopters, flying 27 combat sorties against the coordinated rebel offensive by Tuareg separatists and al-Qaeda-linked JNIM fighters estimated at 12,000 strong. (Read More)​

SECURITY UPDATES

➤ Convicted Harvard nanoscientist Charles Lieber is directing a Chinese state-funded brain-computer interface lab in Shenzhen, with access to primate research infrastructure and ASML lithography equipment unavailable to him in the United States. China named brain-computer interfaces a national priority in March. (Read More)​

➤ World, Sam Altman's iris-scanning biometric startup, is expanding its "proof of humanity" verification to Tinder, Zoom, and Shopify, requiring some users to scan their eyes with a physical Orb device. The project has been banned or suspended in at least 10 countries. (Read More)​

➤ An Israeli man attacked a French nun from behind near King David's Tomb in Jerusalem, throwing her onto a rock and kicking her repeatedly, CCTV footage showed. Israeli police arrested the 36-year-old suspect for racially motivated assault. (Read More)​

TECHNOLOGY UPDATES

➤ Russian forces are fielding anti-drone shotgun rounds that deploy a red adhesive compound on impact, blinding FPV drone cameras by hardening over the lens and rendering optics completely opaque. Serial production of the 12-gauge ammunition has been underway since 2024. (Read More)​

➤ Budget documents revealed the Pentagon is developing a new air-delivered nuclear bunker buster designated NDS-A, with $99.8 million requested for fiscal year 2027. The weapon targets hardened underground facilities as Russia and China expand buried command infrastructure. (Read More)​

➤ Romania became the second country after the UK to gain real-time access to the U.S. Counter-UAS Marketplace, a digital catalog of over 1,600 anti-drone systems. The Army Secretary's goal is 25 partner nations on the platform by the end of summer. (Read More)​

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➤ China's Ministry of State Security accused unnamed foreign forces of brainwashing Chinese youth into "lying flat," the viral rejection of overwork culture. The spy agency claimed foreign-funded outlets promoted anti-labor narratives to erode national morale, drawing widespread mockery on Chinese social media.

➤ A Brazilian scientist found a shortcut to Mars by tracing the path of a nearby asteroid, potentially cutting a round trip to 153 days. A one-way trip currently takes seven to 10 months. The route would require nuclear propulsion and a 2031 launch window.

➤ A Daily Pennsylvanian editorial argued that Penn's aggressive AI expansion is undermining genuine education, writing that "AI cannot coexist with education, it can only degrade it." The piece called the university's 39 AI-related degree programs a signal that the technology is now treated as a prerequisite, not a tool.

On this day in history: On May 2nd, 1945, the garrison of Berlin surrendered to Soviet forces under Lt. Gen. Vasily Chuikov, ending the Battle of Berlin two days after Hitler's suicide. The Red Army suffered roughly 350,000 casualties in the final assault on the German capital.
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  2. Yes (40.4%)
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