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American Military Bases Hit by Iran, Zuck Chases Top AI Talent, and WhatsApp Banned in The House
19 minutes Posted Jun 24, 2025 at 2:41 pm.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is aggressively courting top AI talent with compensation offers exceeding $100 million as he builds a new Superintelligence team. Meanwhile, the U.S. House of Representatives has quietly banned WhatsApp on staff devices, citing security risks. And tensions in the Middle East flared as Iran fired missiles at a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating against recent American actions.

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