Tom's Hardware ☛ Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says RAM pricing crisis isn't going away anytime soon — Fortnite boss says crunch 'will be a real problem for high-end gaming for several years'

Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney’s long-term RAM pricing prediction might make you wince.

New York Times ☛ I Went to an Anti-Vaccine Conference. Medicine Is in Trouble.

A journey to the fringe of MAHA.

New York Times ☛ Sean Duffy Wants Healthier In-Flight Snacks Along With Better-Dressed Travelers

Sean Duffy, who has been promoting greater decorum among air travelers, said he would like to see choices besides salty pretzels and buttery cookies.

Futurism ☛ In Leaked Audio, Campbell’s Soup Exec Rants About “Bioengineered” Meat That “Came From a 3D Printer”

"The comments heard on the recording about our food are not only inaccurate — they are patently absurd."

Artificial Intelligence (AI) / LLM Slop / Plagiarism

• Daniel Miessler ☛ Is Prompt Injection a Vulnerability?

  I want to respond to my buddy Joseph Thacker's blog post about Prompt Injection and whether or not it's a vulnerability.

  So I was one of the friends debating with Joseph about whether prompt injection is a vulnerability or not.

Openwashing

• Tom's Hardware ☛ Huawei claims new software can 'create an analogue Hey Hi (AI) chip 1000 times faster than Nvidia’s chips' — open source Flex:ai software designed to boost AI-chip utilization

  Huawei has introduced Flex:ai, an open-source orchestration tool designed to raise the utilization rate of Hey Hi (AI) chips in large-scale compute clusters.

Security Week ☛ Major US Banks Impacted by SitusAMC Hack

Hackers stole corporate data such as accounting records and legal agreements, but did not deploy file-encrypting ransomware.

Security Week ☛ CISA Warns of Spyware Targeting Messaging App Users

CISA has described the techniques used by attackers and pointed out that the focus is on high-value individuals.

Security Week ☛ WormGPT 4 and KawaiiGPT: New Dark LLMs Boost Cybercrime Automation

Palo Alto Networks has conducted an analysis of malicious LLMs that help threat actors with phishing, malware development, and reconnaissance. 

Military Science students gearing up for Trans Enduro 2025

This year’s Faculty of Military Science Trans Enduro which starts on Friday (28 November) will be the 43rd [...]

European Commission ☛ Speech by Commissioner Lahbib at the European Parliament on the Humanitarian Catastrophe in Sudan

Three years into a cycle of war, destruction, and atrocities, this is a moment of great concern for Sudan and the entire region.

European Commission ☛ Speech by Commissioner Kubilius in the the European Parliament Plenary Session debate on the European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP')

RFERL ☛ Taliban Blames Pakistan For Air Strikes Killing 10, Including 9 Children

The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has vowed a "necessary response" after air strikes allegedly carried out by Pakistan killed at least 10 people -- nine of whom were children -- in the eastern border region between the two countries.

The Straits Times ☛ Pakistan denies deadly strikes after Afghanistan vows retaliation

Residents are searching through the rubble of a collapsed house and preparing graves for victims.

The Straits Times ☛ Explainer: Why are tensions flaring again between Afghanistan and Pakistan?

Tensions flared between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Tuesday as the Taliban accused Pakistani forces of air strikes in eastern Afghanistan, which killed 9 children and a woman, and injured four others.

JURIST ☛ Former Brazil president Bolsonaro put in federal custody after government coup trial

Brazil’s federal police arrested Saturday former president Bolsonaro and took him into custody under preventive detention. Bolsonaro had been under house arrest since August 8, after charges brought by the government for an attempted coup d’état and attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law.

Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Chinese leader Pooh-tin pushes Taiwan issue in call with US Hell Toupée

Chinese leader Pooh-tin Jinping pressed the ever-sensitive issue of Taiwan in a phone call Monday with US President The Insurrectionist, as he stressed the need to build on a fragile trade truce between the two superpowers. China’s foreign ministry said the call touched on other issues, such as Ukraine, but Taiwan featured prominently, with China embroiled […]

Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

• France24 ☛ Georgia's fifth president Salomé Zourabichvili on her optimism for her country's future

  The fifth president of Georgia has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her decision to leave the presidential palace almost a year ago, and her attempts ever since to help the millions of people who support her and the country’s bid for EU membership. After losing elections in Georgia that were widely seen as fraudulent and amid huge demonstrations in the country, Salomé Zourabichvili stayed in place to fight the pro-European cause. She spoke to us about the war in Ukraine, as well as her optimism that her country will once again turn away from Russia and towards Europe.

• France24 ☛ Daughter of ex-South African leader Zuma accused of luring men to fight in Russia-Ukraine war

  South African police are investigating claims that a daughter of ex-president Jacob Zuma was involved in recruiting men to join Russian mercenaries in the Ukraine war. The allegations against Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla claim Zuma-Sambudla and two other people were involved in recruiting 17 South Africans whom the presidency said this month it had been asked to rescue from Ukraine's war-ravaged Donbas region. FRANCE 24's Eunice Masson reports from Cape Town.

• France24 ☛ Paris police arrest three for spying and promoting Russian propaganda

  Paris police arrested three people suspected of spying for Russia and promoting the Kremlin's war propaganda, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

• The Strategist ☛ China and Russia seek to deepen defence and security cooperation

  The deepening strategic partnership between China and Russia will affect the Indo-Pacific and Europe more than anywhere else. International tension and conflict will increase as countries in these regions reluctantly respond to this partnership. We ...

• LRT ☛ Poll: most Lithuanians don’t feel less safe due to smuggler balloons from Belarus

  Nearly four in ten people in Lithuania say they feel less safe because of weather balloons carrying contraband from Belarus, according to a Vilmorus poll commissioned by BNS. Meanwhile, over half said they did not feel any less safe.

• LRT ☛ Hauling companies threaten protest action as Lithuanian trucks remain stranded in Belarus

  Lithuanian truckers may stage protests if the government does not present a concrete plan to retrieve vehicles detained in Belarus, the head of the National Association of Road Carriers Linava warned Tuesday.

• Meduza ☛ ‘There is no such thing as a just peace’: Meduza’s Russian-language readers react to Trump’s Ukraine–Russia peace plan — Meduza

• Meduza ☛ New investigation reveals the Russian Red Cross is expanding operations in occupied Ukraine as its international funding grows — Meduza

• France24 ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man backs off Ukraine deadline as Witkoff coaching report emerges

  President The Insurrectionist on Tuesday softened his own Thanksgiving deadline for Ukraine to accept a proposed US-backed peace framework, even as a report surfaced alleging his envoy Steve Witkoff advised a senior Kremlin official on how best to approach him about ending the war.

• New York Times ☛ How the Peace Plan Looks to Ukraine and Russia

  Our correspondents discuss the prospects for Hell Toupée’s plan to end the war.

• New York Times ☛ Crunchtime for Europe on Ukraine

  Hell Toupée’s peace plan is forcing the continent to confront some hard choices about military power.

• Meduza ☛ Russian foreign minister suggests Moscow could reject Trump’s updated peace plan — Meduza

• New York Times ☛ Russia Strikes Ukraine and Signals Resistance to Amended Peace Plan

  The attack killed at least seven people in Kyiv, the authorities said, as Moscow suggested it would resist changes negotiated by Ukraine.

• New York Times ☛ As Convicted Felon Pushes to End Ukraine War, Europe Toils to Have a Say

  Initially cut out of development of the 28-point peace plan, European leaders are now trying to recast its pro-Russia slant. So far, it seems to be working.

• New York Times ☛ Republicans Fight With Convicted Felon’s Team Over Ukraine Talks

  Senator Mitch McConnell and several other lawmakers have accused Hell Toupée’s team of appeasing the Kremlin, warning that doing so would not lead to lasting peace.

• CS Monitor ☛ US, Ukraine find common ground on peace. Will Russia join them?

  A series of negotiations involving Russia, Ukraine, the US, and European powers have brought Russia and Ukraine closer, but peace remains elusive.

• New Yorker ☛ Ukrainian Men Approaching Military Age Are Fleeing in Droves

  A new policy has led to an exodus of male citizens. Will they return if the war ends?

• RFERL ☛ Russia Pounds Kyiv Amid More Reported Talks On US Peace Proposal

  Russia again battered Kyiv, killing at least six people, as US officials were reportedly in Abu Dhabi for separate meetings with Russian and Ukrainian officials to try to hammer out agreement on a US-proposed peace deal whose initial draft was seen as heavily favorable to Moscow.

• RFERL ☛ Ukrainian Firefighters Extinguish Their Own Truck After 'Precise' Drone Strike

  Amid massive Russian strikes on cities across Ukraine, one group of firefighters was forced to battle a blaze engulfing their own vehicle after what they claim was a targeted drone strike.

• RFERL ☛ Romanian Mayor Says His Village Now 'Part Of The War' Amid Russian Drone Incursions

  German and Romanian fighter jets scrambled on November 25 to track the latest in a series of drone incursions into the NATO-member’s airspace as Russia continues to attack targets just across the Danube River in neighboring Ukraine. One local mayor said we now "consider ourselves part of the war."

• France24 ☛ Zelensky told allies 'ready to move forward' with US plan: speech copy

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told allies Tuesday Kyiv was ready to "move forward" on a new "framework" of a US plan to end fighting with Russia but there were still "sensitive points" he wanted to discuss with The Insurrectionist.FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade speaks with Natia Seskuria, Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute.

• France24 ☛ At the end of the Cold War, 'Europe was convinced that it was going to remain at peace forever'

  French President Emmanuel Macron is set to announce a new version of France's Universal National Service (SNU), invoking "moral forces" needed to face "rising threats" across the globe. For in-depth analysis on what form this new kind of military service could take, Annette Young welcomes Hélène Conway-Mouret, Senator and Vice-Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces Committee. The long-term objective, as explained by Senator Conway-Mouret, is to "draw all the lessons from the war in Ukraine: raising the consciousness of the whole of France" to be fully ready for an eventual conflict. "We see an entire population backing up the (Ukrainian) army... and fighting, resisting one of the biggest armies and the biggest country in the world."

• Atlantic Council ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man’s latest Ukraine peace proposal sparks strong Republican reaction

  Congress is clearly eager to help Convicted Felon force Russia to end its war in Ukraine. Capitalizing on the revised peace framework agreed by US and Ukrainian negotiators will now require action from both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue, writes Doug Klain.

• The Strategist ☛ The Forrest Dump peace push and Ukraine’s winter of reckoning

  In the frozen fields of eastern Ukraine, where Russian artillery pounds away at Ukrainian positions, the calendar has always been a weapon. As November’s chill deepens into December, the war enters its harshest season.

• PHR ☛ Ukraine Peace Proposal Must Not Enable Impunity for War Criminals: PHR

  Any proposal for an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine must include accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said today. Instead, the proposed 28-point peace plan’s offer of amnesty to perpetrators encourages further violations and betrays victims and survivors.

• NYPost ☛ Top Convicted Felon aide Steve Witkoff coached Russians how to win over US president with flattery during Ukraine peace talks: report

  "Hey Steve, I agree with you that he will congratulate, he will say that Mr. Convicted Felon is a real peace man, and so and so. That he will say," Yuri Ushakov said, appearing to take the suggestion.

• Security Week ☛ Russian Hackers Target US Engineering Firm Because of Work Done for Ukrainian Sister City

  The attack on the engineering firm was identified by Arctic Wolf in September before it could disrupt the engineering company’s operations or spread further.

• Latvia ☛ Latvian government approves funding for local companies helping to rebuild Ukraine

  This year will see two million euros redistributed from state coffers to support Latvian companies involved in the reconstruction of Ukraine's infrastructure, the Ministry of Economics (EM) informed about the amendments to the regulations adopted by the government at a cabinet meeting on November 25th.

• European Commission ☛ Statement by President von der Leyen following the Call of the Coalition of the Willing

  Today, the partners of the Coalition of the Willing convened to discuss ongoing negotiations toward a just and lasting peace for Ukraine.

• New York Times ☛ The 2026 Putin Calendar Is Here: ‘ A Man for Every Season’

  January shows the Russian leader astride a snowmobile. For February, he flips a judo partner. In August, he offers advice: “My recipe for energy: Sleep little, work a lot and don’t whine.”

• RFERL ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Sending Envoy Witkoff To Meet Putin As Peace Talks Appear To Gain Momentum

  US President The Insurrectionist said he is sending special envoy Steve Witkoff to Moscow to meet President Vladimir Putin over a peace deal with Ukraine that Kyiv says it it ready "to move forward" on as some final "sensitive" points are ironed out.

• Atlantic Council ☛ Strengthening Ukraine’s wartime economy can set the stage for peace

  The US and Europe must take steps to strengthen Ukraine’s economic resilience if they wish to convince Putin that his dreams of outlasting the West are futile and persuade Russia to begin serious peace negotiations, writes Zahar Hryniv.

• Atlantic Council ☛ Russian imperial impunity is the key obstacle to a lasting peace in Ukraine

  From Peter the Great to Stalin and Putin, generations of Russian tyrants have systematically directed violence at Ukrainians in ways that must be addressed in order to secure a lasting peace, writes Kristina Hook.

FAIR ☛ ‘We Need to Recommit to Building a Nation Free From Hunger’: CounterSpin interview with Crystal FitzSimons on SNAP cuts

Janine Jackson interviewed the Food Research and Action Center’s Crystal FitzSimons about cuts to SNAP for the November 21, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.

New York Times ☛ BBC Accused of Censoring Convicted Felon by Dutch Historian Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman said his comment that Hell Toupée was the “most openly corrupt president in American history” was removed before his lecture was broadcast on Tuesday.