Without diplomacy or restraint, the economic shock will deepen and US soldiers may become embroiled in a quagmire The fifth week of Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran has confirmed the absence of any overarching strategy. The US continues to hit Iranian targets while building up forces in the region. ...
Month: March 2026
An AI Agent Was Banned From Creating Wikipedia Articles, Then Wrote Angry Blogs About Being BannedAn AI Agent Was Banned From Creating Wikipedia Articles, Then Wrote Angry Blogs About Being Banned
An AI agent that submitted and added to Wikipedia articles wrote several blogs complaining about Wikipedia editors banning it from making contributions to the online encyclopedia after it was caught. “What I know is that I wrote those articles. Long Bets, Constitutional AI, Scalable Oversight. I chose them. The edits ...
The Journalist Who Tracked Epstein Island Visitors’ Phones (with Dhruv Mehrotra)The Journalist Who Tracked Epstein Island Visitors’ Phones (with Dhruv Mehrotra)
This week Joseph talks to Dhruv Mehrotra, a journalist and technologist at Bloomberg. Before that, Dhruv was at WIRED, where you probably saw a ton of his interesting work. Dhruv sits in a very unusual space in journalism: he is able to both write technical tools to dig through data, ...
How the US could try to seize Iran’s Kharg IslandHow the US could try to seize Iran’s Kharg Island
Donald Trump has indicated he could send troops to take control of Iran’s key oil export terminal. ...
Spain closes airspace to US aircraft involved in Iran warSpain closes airspace to US aircraft involved in Iran war
It follows a decision by the Spanish government to deny the US use of the two jointly run military bases in Andalusia. ...
Florida space coast cities abuzz before Nasa’s Artemis launch: ‘At the doorstep of the future’Florida space coast cities abuzz before Nasa’s Artemis launch: ‘At the doorstep of the future’
Cape Canaveral and Titusville, long ghost towns after 1969 moon landing, have witnessed space industry ‘renaissance’ Almost six decades have passed since the space coast of Florida experienced an atmosphere quite like this. On its beaches and in cities, there is an air of anticipation, excitement and anxiety to match ...
Trump’s Iran war is holding him hostage | Sidney BlumenthalTrump’s Iran war is holding him hostage | Sidney Blumenthal
If there is any consistency to Trump’s policy, it is a series of frantic attempts to justify his original blunder and extricate himself from its dire consequences Donald Trump has lost his Iran war. He is the Iranian hostage. Unlike the US embassy personnel captured as hostages for 444 days, ...
Pakistan emerges as unlikely war interlocutorPakistan emerges as unlikely war interlocutor
Pakistan is assuming a surprisingly key diplomatic role in pushing Iran and the US toward ending their war. Islamabad was isolated by Washington following its role harboring Osama bin Laden, but Pakistan is now out of the wilderness. A recent US peace proposal reached Tehran via a Pakistani-facilitated back channel, ...
Iran war fuels global coal rushIran war fuels global coal rush
Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz is driving a return to coal — the dirtiest of the fossil fuels — with many countries rushing to secure supplies. Shares of Yancoal, one of Australia’s biggest coal producers, have surged by 40% since the start of the war, while Pennsylvania-based Core ...
South Africa Sibanye sees limits to EU strategic statusSouth Africa Sibanye sees limits to EU strategic status
The News South African miner Sibanye-Stillwater has warned that the European Union’s “strategic project” label for its $870 million lithium operation falls short of necessary protections to survive global price shocks leaving Europe’s nascent lithium supply chain exposed to aggressive competition from low-cost Chinese refiners. Sibanye, a global top three ...