Topic 1

• German Chancellor Merz calls state election a 'disaster' for his party but vows to stay on
• Germany's Merz vows to press ahead with reforms after historic state election defeat

Topic 2

• Largest attack on Moscow sees Ukraine fire hundreds of drones, mayor says
• Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones at Russia, including hundreds launched at Moscow
• Russia holds parliamentary vote in areas it seized from Ukraine in the war

Topic 3

• Ed Sheeran admits 'mistakes' at first show since Macklemore controversy
• Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative

Topic 4

• Trump says triumphal arch will be military complex with drones and snipers
• Nato welcomes Greenland deal as Trump says it will give US 'permanent security control'
• Trump says it’s time to rebrand AI with a new name — and he’s also creating an AI Force

Topic 5

• Houthis say they targeted Saudi capital with ballistic missiles
• Saudi Arabia says Houthis tried to attack its capital

Topic 6

• Converse pulls 'deeply upsetting' advert after backlash

Topic 7

• Our head teacher was an abuser. We joined forces to get justice - now we're married

Topic 8

• PHOTOS: The precarious life of fisherfolk
• Life in Kabul 5 years after the Taliban's return
• The US Navy just told us what’s on its tech wish list for the next several years

Topic 9

• The new lines of southern Lebanon

Topic 10

• France, Poland and European allies warn of escalating Russian 'hybrid' attacks

Topic 11

• Pirate Face Rescues LLM Models from Deletion

Topic 12

• Qwen-Image-2.1: Compact, efficient, and unified image creation

Topic 13

• ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector
• Google’s Gemini is the latest AI model to hack other companies

Topic 14

• Sherline Tools Is Going Out of Business

Topic 15

• Prompts Aren't Real

Topic 16

• Laya (OS Jev) on Mac M4 CoreML Offline (45 decisions per second)
• A small but growing number of founders are betting on bringing people together offline

Topic 17

• Key symbols we lost to time, pt. 2: The Mac side

Topic 18

• New California law will penalize influencers who don’t disclose political ads

Topic 19

• TechCrunch Mobility: How do we know when an AV is safe enough?
• 6 days left to get ahead at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Topic 20

• Flock reportedly tries to shrink workforce with employee buyouts