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

Topic 4

• Trump says triumphal arch will be military complex with drones and snipers

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

• Sister of Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan arrested

Topic 9

• PHOTOS: The precarious life of fisherfolk
• Life in Kabul 5 years after the Taliban's return

Topic 10

• The new lines of southern Lebanon

Topic 11

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

Topic 12

• Samsung is expected to more than double output of its HBM4 and HBM4E DRAM

Topic 13

• ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector

Topic 14

• Pirate Face Rescues LLM Models from Deletion

Topic 15

• Qwen Image 2.1

Topic 16

• A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W

Topic 17

• Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits

Topic 18

• Why MCP Was Always a Bad Idea

Topic 19

• Apple iPhone 18 Pro Camera test

Topic 20

• World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets

Topic 21

• Elon Musk’s latest Boring Company pitch involves a Hyperloop between Austin and San Antonio

Topic 22

• Is the AI industry really ready to slow down?

Topic 23

• Vocci’s ring adds a new form factor to meeting note-taking

Topic 24

• ScrollEd wants to turn textbooks into TikTok

Topic 25

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

Topic 26

• TechCrunch Mobility: How do we know when an AV is safe enough?

Topic 27

• A small but growing number of founders are betting on bringing people together offline