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04:47
Korea’s KOSPI Plunges 7.2% as Iranian Strikes on Saudi Oil Facilities Trigger Energy Crisis Fears
South Korea's benchmark index posts worst session in 19 months as drone attack on Aramco's Ras Tanura refinery sends oil toward $80 and exposes Seoul's…
04:27
AI Can Unmask Pseudonymous Users for $4 Per Target, New Research Shows
Large language models achieve 68% accuracy in linking anonymous accounts across platforms, upending decades of assumptions about online privacy protection.
04:21
US Southern Command Launches Ground Operations in Ecuador as Oil Disruption Risks Mount
Joint anti-narco mission marks escalation in Latin America security posture amid heightened global energy market volatility.
04:12
California’s Age Verification Law Forces Tech to Choose Between Privacy and Compliance
AB 1043 mandates OS-level age checking starting January 2027, creating enforcement nightmares for Linux distros while Big Tech quietly supported the compromise.
03:43
CIA Arms Kurdish Forces in Iran as Nuclear Diplomacy Collapses
Washington's covert plan to weaponize Kurdish insurgents marks a strategic pivot from airstrikes to protracted proxy warfare—with Turkey, Iraq, and regional stability as collateral.
02:23
What Is ECOWAS and Why Does It Matter?
West Africa's 15-member bloc is deploying 2,000 troops to counter terrorism as Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso exit—testing whether regional security can survive political fracture.
02:15
What Is the Druzhba Pipeline and Why Does It Matter?
The Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline remains Europe's largest crude oil artery — and a flashpoint in the continent's struggle to break free from Russian energy dependence.
02:15
China’s Private Sector Factory Surge Hits Five-Year High as Divergence With Official Data Widens
Caixin PMI jumps to 52.1 in February, fastest expansion since December 2020, while state data shows contraction—a split that complicates PBOC policy calculus and signals…
02:07
China’s Services Sector Hits 33-Month High While Western Peers Stall
February PMI surge to 56.7 signals consumption resilience despite property crisis, widening gap with manufacturing-led slowdowns across US and Europe.
01:37
Anthropic Brings Voice Commands to Claude Code as AI Coding Arms Race Intensifies
Voice mode rollout positions Claude Code against GitHub Copilot and Cursor in a market now worth over $4 billion annually.
01:31
Amazon’s Audible Fires First Shot in Audio Streaming Price War
New $8.99 Standard tier undercuts Spotify Premium by $4 as the audiobook arms race escalates.
01:19
CrowdStrike Meets Expectations as AI Redraws the Cybersecurity Battleground
The endpoint security leader posted $1.31 billion in quarterly revenue while enterprises confront a stark reality: AI is simultaneously accelerating attacks and enabling defenses at…
01:10
Cekura Raises $2.4M to Automate AI Agent Testing as Enterprises Struggle With Reliability
Y Combinator-backed startup simulates thousands of voice and chat conversations to catch hallucinations and prompt injections before production, targeting a market where 40% of agent…
01:06
UK Deploys Post-Brexit Emergency Brake to Ban Student Visas from Four Nations
Britain suspends education visas for Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar, and Sudan—the first time Westminster has used nationality-specific immigration powers to curb asylum claims via legal routes.
01:01
Moderna Settles $2.25 Billion Patent Dispute, Shares Jump 10% on Legal Clarity
The biotech resolves a long-running lipid nanoparticle infringement case with Arbutus and Genevant, clearing a path for its post-COVID vaccine portfolio.
00:58
The Real Estate Envoys: How Witkoff and Kushner Earned an F in Diplomacy
Two veteran diplomats grade Trump's unconventional negotiators on three simultaneous crises—and find catastrophic failure beneath the dealmaking veneer.
00:53
Nvidia Bets $103 Million on UK Autonomous Startup Oxa in European Expansion
Chipmaker stakes industrial autonomy market with Series B investment backed by UK government's National Wealth Fund, marking third major British AV play.
00:42
State Spyware Leaks to Criminal Networks, Infecting 42,000 iPhones
A sophisticated iPhone hacking toolkit—likely built for US intelligence—has escaped into the wild, deployed by Russian spies and Chinese cybercriminals in what researchers call a…
00:33
Macron Warns Israel Against Lebanon Invasion as Mediterranean Crisis Deepens
French president calls potential ground operation 'a strategic error' while deploying warships and evacuating citizens from wider regional conflict.
00:20
Virginia’s Grid Ruling Will Set National Precedent on AI-Era Infrastructure Costs
State regulators' decision on who pays for data center grid upgrades marks a critical test of whether optimization can replace construction in managing unprecedented electricity…