On Sunday, Israel's military launched a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon, small-dollar donations to Kamala Harris' campaign surged after she replaced Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket, and the world's largest aerospace and defense corporations are expected to rake in record amounts over the following three years. Plus, computer programming may very well be the primary occupation to be transformed by the most recent wave of AI technology.
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Top defense corporations rake in record sum
Israel launches attacks in Lebanon
Kamala Harris spends ten times as much on digital promoting campaigns as Trump
Kamala Harris raised 4 times as much money as Donald Trump in July
AI-powered coding receives nearly $1 billion in funding and achieves “killer app” status
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