US unipolarity is giving way to regional actors dictating conflict resolution – Ukraine is turning to France, Germany and the UK for peace talks, while Iran is directly using hard power against Israel to safeguard Lebanon.
Smart. Reuters and Time are joining The Atlantic and People Inc. in blocking unauthorised AI bots. By shifting to "allow lists", they’re reclaiming content value, forcing licensing deals and cutting infrastructure costs from wasteful bot traffic.
What won't authoritarians do to stay in power. At least in South Korea's case, democratic guardrails held and Yoon was jailed for 30 years.
Shut out of SpaceX's massive IPO, Asian capital is flooding the entire space supply chain instead. And ETFs tracking the sector are exploding. Wall Street's exclusivity is accidentally funding a global space boom.
Elon Musk's $1.1T wealth is more than 170 of the world's 195 nations. #SpaceX
Started a war, became a spectator.
US agency NOAA has declared El Niño has officially begun. Many forecasts suggest it could be the strongest ever recorded.
Substack isn’t the gold rush many imagine. A few stars thrive, most grind for scraps. This Poynter piece shows what the creator economy really looks like.
The modern food system functions because regional crop failures are usually isolated, allowing other areas to compensate. Climate change is increasing the likelihood of synchronous, multi-region droughts, removing this safety net.
Attacking California's water infrastructure over US strikes in Iran is a new asymmetric playbook. Vulnerable local grids are now the frontlines.
An El Niño event has officially started, say US scientists, raising fears of extreme weather and higher temperatures.
