VOL. 2026 · NO. 120 WINCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2026

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Technology

SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO

You need infrastructure to build AI a and robots, but apparently you also need AI and robots to build infrastructure.
TechCrunch
U.S. Politics · Also Worth Reading

Oil price jumps after report Trump to be given new Iran options

Axios reported that US Central Command has prepared a plan for a wave of "short and powerful" strikes on Iran.
BBC News
Science · Also Worth Reading

Statue with Banksy's signature appears in London

A sculpture of a man marching off a plinth in St James's appears to bear the artist's name.
BBC News

No additional world stories in this edition.

Antisemitism 'a national security emergency', government terror adviser says

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says the issue is being treated as an "absolute priority" but does not agree it constitutes a national emergency.
BBC News