, by Rana Foroohar. The Financial Times’ global business columnist examines why the Arctic is one of the most critical geopolitical arenas of today in a “much-needed update to post-Cold War scholarship” on the region, journalist Bobby Ghosh wrote in Foreign Policy. After US President Donald Trump threatened to annex ...
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Perplexity to give away its AI security softwarePerplexity to give away its AI security software
The Scoop Perplexity is giving away the software it has been using to combat rogue AI agents, the company told Semafor Thursday. Its “AI sandbox,” which it calls SPACE, is now an open source project, allowing outside developers to use the tool, which it says can keep AI agents contained. ...
Trump FDA nominee played key role in overhaul of childhood vaccine policyTrump FDA nominee played key role in overhaul of childhood vaccine policy
The News Heidi Overton, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Food and Drug Administration played a larger role in driving the process to reduce the number of vaccines the government recommends to children than emerged during her Senate confirmation last month, when Republican senators asked her whether she’d stand ...
Smartphone sales drop as chip costs soarSmartphone sales drop as chip costs soar
Global smartphone shipments during the third quarter fell to their lowest level in 14 years, as a memory chip supply crunch pressured manufacturers to raise prices. As a result, consumers are keeping their devices for longer, and many have turned to refurbishments, an analyst at research firm Counterpoint said. Soft ...
Ukraine to restart strikes on Russian refineriesUkraine to restart strikes on Russian refineries
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledged to restart strikes against Russian oil refineries in anger over what he said was the US withdrawal of intelligence support for Kyiv. Washington has pressed Zelenskyy to curb attacks on energy facilities, linking them to the rising price of US fuel in the run-up to ...
Threats to global shipping grow, amid a rise in attacksThreats to global shipping grow, amid a rise in attacks
A recent spate of attacks on ships has piled further pressure on maritime traffic, which is already grappling with an array of challenges that are hampering trade and transport. Two cargo ships sunk near the Strait of Hormuz were the latest victims of an apparent surge in Iranian attacks, while ...
Kenya hikes fuel prices to tame government costsKenya hikes fuel prices to tame government costs
Kenya hiked fuel prices in order to contain surging government spending sparked by the war in the Middle East, which has badly exposed Africa’s reliance on energy imports. The increases put state-mandated prices of petrol and diesel 20% and 31% above prewar levels, respectively, pushing inflation in September to the ...
China and North Korea open new bridge as ties improveChina and North Korea open new bridge as ties improve
China and North Korea opened their biggest land crossing, a sign of closer bilateral ties that are likely to unsettle regional countries. The 3 km (1.9 mile) Yalu River Bridge was first proposed more than 12 years ago, though it was delayed after ties between Beijing and Pyongyang turned frosty. ...
OpenAI employee arrested over office buggingOpenAI employee arrested over office bugging
The FBI on Tuesday said it arrested an OpenAI employee who was fired after allegedly bugging the startup’s office. The evidence against Abdulrahman Alfozan — a Saudi national who holds ties to Riyadh’s business elite — included chatbot logs about how to install recording devices, authorities said, rekindling fears over ...
Ukraine’s leader says US is not on ‘right side of history’Ukraine’s leader says US is not on ‘right side of history’
Ukraine’s leader said he felt betrayed by US President Donald Trump, blaming Washington and Elon Musk’s SpaceX for cutting off Kyiv’s Starlink use on Wednesday. “This is not the right side of history,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Piers Morgan, as relations between the two countries deteriorated. Kyiv and its allies fear ...