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ECB summons banks to urge them to fix flaws exposed by latest AI models
Financial Times: The ECB plans to stress the seriousness of the threat to the financial system revealed by…
May 25, 2026
Short sellers reap more than $2.3bn profit betting against gambling companies
Financial Times: Traders positioned to make money from falls in the share price of betting groups Flutter, DraftKings…
May 25, 2026
US-Iran negotiations ‘still a work in progress,’ says Rubio. But Washington will find ‘another way’ if peace talks fail—AND MORE
CNN: The US and Iran are signaling progress in efforts to end the conflict, but crucial details of…
May 25, 2026
Silicon Valley takes its AI pitch to pope
Politico: Silicon Valley has spent years trying to convince governments and the public that AI can be developed…
May 25, 2026
Dubious Chinese carbon projects expose depth of European market’s flaws
Bloomberg: Companies in at least nine European countries bought carbon credits from projects that appear not to exist…
May 24, 2026
I saw up close dark reality of OpenAI’s race to create god
Times: When Karen Hao was embedded with the secretive makers of ChatGPT, she discovered paranoia and religious fervour…
May 24, 2026
Israel exerting control over bigger slice of Gaza
Wall Street Journal: Israel now holds around 59% of the enclave, up from 53% at the start of…
May 24, 2026
Trump says agreement with Iran has ‘been largely negotiated’. Strait of Hormuz to be opened? AND MORE
CNN: “An Agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic…
May 24, 2026
Russia pounds Ukraine with hypersonic ‘Oreshnik’ missile
Financial Times: Capital rocked by explosions after Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of imminent large-scale attack…
May 23, 2026
EU’s public debt could become ‘explosive’ without action, IMF warns
Politico: “The ‘muddling-through’ approach that many countries have adopted so far is reaching its limits,” the Fund said…
May 23, 2026
Fear of Russia driving push to build bunkers in Poland
Bloomberg: With fewer than 1% of Poles able to access an emergency shelter, the country is racing to…
May 23, 2026
Diary of a CEO: Anatomy of an influence operation
Dave Troy: Born in Botswana in 1992 and raised in Plymouth, England, from the age of two, Bartlett…
May 23, 2026
Students can get degree without reading book, says Oxford academic
Telegraph: Katherine Rundell warns reliance on AI is creating a ‘vast counterfeiting of knowledge’ in universities…
May 23, 2026
People with eating disorders taking GLP-1s, and doctors are alarmed
Washington Post: Part of treatment for patients with eating disorders is helping them recognize their natural hunger cues.…
May 23, 2026
Iran war, China thaw complicate U.S. support for Taiwan
Washington Post: “President Trump may not have offered any explicit concessions on Taiwan in the course of his…
May 23, 2026
Venture capitalist John Doerr says AI biggest tech ‘tsunami’ ever
Wall Street Journal: Investor who bet on Google says that the artificial-intelligence revolution is, if anything, underhyped…
May 23, 2026
US warns Japan of severe delays in Tomahawk deliveries due to Iran war
Financial Times: Missiles could come two years late as Pentagon works to replenish stocks depleted in Middle East…
May 23, 2026
Courts swamped with AI-powered do-it-yourself lawsuits
Bloomberg: Thanks to artificial intelligence, it’s never been easier to turn a legal grievance into a workable case…
May 23, 2026
US oil producers increase output to capture price surge from Iran war
Financial Times: Companies including Diamondback, America’s third-largest producer in the Permian Basin, the world’s most prolific oilfield, and…
May 23, 2026
New arms race in computing power
Financial Times: Military capability depends increasingly on data centres. Now governments outpaced in AI are looking to experimental…
May 23, 2026