## The United States Has Become a Rogue State

Authored by foreignpolicy.com

As a result, every country in the world is having to figure out how to deal with an increasingly rogue United States.

A variation that some states are likely to adopt is “soft balancing,” the conscious coordination of diplomatic action to thwart a powerful state’s aims.

Those obstacles are not insurmountable, however, especially if accommodating the United States just leads to fresh demands or other countries come to see close partnerships with the United States as more of a liability than an asset.

A corollary to this strategy—which China has followed for some time—is to stay out of the way and let the United States keep stumbling.

The more that the United States’ role in the world is seen not as broadly benevolent but as actively harmful, the harder it will be for many states to stay on the United States’ side and the more foreign leaders will benefit from standing up to Washington.

The United States did this tolerably well for most of the past 75 years and benefited greatly, but its present leaders are rapidly tossing that wisdom overboard. »

### 'Cripple their sales, tank their stock price. Stop collaborating with them as developers': New Blood CEO on fighting against DLSS 5

Authored by pcgamer.com

DLSS 5 is not making assets and instead working with premade assets to make them more photorealistic, but that fear still exists.

Oshry argues, "This is fundamentally changing the way video games look based on artificial intelligence that's been trained on Instagram models and Epstein memes.".

What Oshry is referring to here is the two RTX 5090's required to render the DLSS 5 demo that Nvidia showed off last week. »

### Quadruple amputee cornhole player waives extradition hearing in fatal shooting case

Authored by apnews.com

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A professional cornhole player with an inspirational story as a quadruple amputee will be moved from a Virginia jail to face charges in Maryland, where he is accused of fatally shooting a front-seat passenger in a car he was driving during an argument.

Dayton James Webber waived his right to an extradition hearing on Thursday while taking part in a court hearing in Charlottesville, Virginia, through a video call.

“I am trying to go back to Maryland,” said Webber, 27, who wore a bright green jumpsuit and was calm during the short hearing. »

### Iran starts to formalize its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz with a ‘toll booth’ regime

Authored by apnews.com

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Iran appears to be setting itself up as the gatekeeper for the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important artery for oil shipments.

“Iran’s IRGC has imposed a de facto ‘toll booth’ regime in the Strait of Hormuz,” says shipping information firm Lloyd’s List Intelligence.

Iran’s parliament appears to be working on a bill to formalize fees for some ships in the Strait of Hormuz, local media reported. »

### Germany's defence minister says Donald Trump has 'no exit strategy' in Iran

Authored by abc.net.au

Germany's defence minister has criticised the Trump administration over the Iran war, saying it has "no exit strategy" and accusing it of sending contradictory demands to European allies.

Iran war live updates: For all the latest news on the Middle East war, read our blog.

US President Donald Trump has declared that Iranians are trying to sue for peace despite the regime's public denials. »

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