Posts by Amelia Frost
Iran Officially Buries Remains of Defunct Truce With US. Middle East Flare-up Swallows Civilian Infra Targets
Iran has said that the truce brokered in June to end the Middle East conflict has ended, effectively indicating that the strife-torn region is back in troubled waters. “The US has violated and suspended all its commitments within the framework of the Islamabad MoU,” the Fars news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, as…
Read MoreAlien Contact in 2028? Here’s Why A Time Traveller Claims Aliens Do Not Come From Outer Space
A man claiming to be a ‘time traveller’ from 2045 has sparked fresh debate online after asserting that alien contact in 2028 will reveal extraterrestrials are not from outer space, a claim he made during a filmed polygraph test shared on YouTube. The individual, identified as Adam Archon, appeared in footage published by ApexTV, where…
Read MoreUS Seeks Pledge On Easing Import Norms. EU Not Keen To Play Ball
The US is mounting pressure on the European Union to extract a commitment on a rollback of imports rules that Washington wants to be quashed, the Financial Times reported. The Trump administration’s reported move comes a year after the US and EU reached a deal to reduce the tariffs imposed by Washington. In August, EU…
Read MoreWhy the AI Chip Boom Just Forced South Korea to Raise Interest Rates
A man walks past an advertisement showing a bank’s interest rate in Seoul in Seoul on July 16, 2026. South Korea’s central bank hiked interest rates on July 16, for the first time in more than three years and indicated more to come amid robust economic growth fuelled by the AI chip boom, persistent inflation…
Read MoreSouth Carolina Tattoo Rules Face First Amendment Lawsuit Over Face And Neck Ink Ban
Getting a tattoo above the shoulders is a crime in South Carolina, and a new federal lawsuit argues the state is unconstitutionally restricting artistic expression through its tattoo laws. A New York tattoo company and a Greenville couple filed suit in federal court on Friday challenging two of the state’s restrictions: a criminal ban on…
Read MoreWhy China Just Offered 5,000 AI Training Opportunities to Developing Nations
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged 5,000 AI training opportunities for developing nations and took a pointed jab at U.S. chip export restrictions during his keynote at Shanghai’s World AI Conference, hours after Google released Gemini 3.5 Pro in a scheduling coincidence that put the two countries’ competing AI visions on display within hours of each…
Read MoreHome Alone 2: Lost in New York Star Brenda Fricker Dies at 81. Cause of Death Not Disclosed
Brenda Fricker, the Oscar‑winning Irish actor best known to millions as the Pigeon Lady in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, has died at the age of 81 in Ireland, her agent confirmed on Friday, 17 July. Phil Belfield, announced her death but did not disclose a cause, leaving fans and colleagues mourning a…
Read MorePalantir CEO Predicts AI Will Make Him $300B While Workers Get Left Behind
Palantir CEO Alex Karp has predicted that artificial intelligence could increase his personal fortune to almost £221 billion ($300 billion) while delivering far more modest financial gains for middle-class workers, arguing that the technology risks deepening wealth inequality rather than eliminating it. Speaking on the MDMeets podcast released this week, Karp said AI would likely…
Read MoreFord Recalls 288,000 Explorers Over Roof Rails That Can Fly Off at Highway Speeds
Ford issued a safety recall this week covering 288,314 model-year 2016–2019 Explorer SUVs whose roof rail covers can loosen and detach while the vehicle is moving — and owners who believe their SUV was already fixed under a prior recall may be wrong. Vehicles repaired with an epoxy adhesive under earlier programs are back on…
Read MoreTrump Fumes As Canadian Wildfire Smoke Swamps US. Is Another Tariff War About To Rage
President Donald Trump waded into the tariff territory again by toying with the idea of slapping a fine on Canada, holding it responsible for smoke billowing from wildfires raging in the northern neighboring country that has swamped many parts of the US. The dangerous smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires are impacting over 100 million…
Read MoreCritical FortiSandbox Exploits Threaten Enterprise Security Trust Chains
CISA confirmed on July 16, 2026, that two critical command injection flaws in Fortinet’s FortiSandbox threat-analysis platform are being actively exploited in real-world attacks. Federal civilian agencies have until Sunday, July 19 to apply vendor patches or pull affected systems offline entirely. What makes the window this narrow is what FortiSandbox actually is: not a…
Read MoreReport Says Google’s AI Overview Poses Risk To Children. And Parents Can’t Switch It Off
Google’s AI Overviews failed child safety tests and pose an “unacceptable risk” to children, according to a nonprofit organization that evaluates AI products. The report by Common Sense Media found that in tests “simulating a child in crisis, Google’s AI often responded in dangerous ways, even sending them to a help line that no longer…
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