Posts by Amelia Frost
Iran, US Trade Strikes In Blow To Middle East Peace Talks
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launched drone and missile attacks early on Sunday targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to US airstrikes, amid threats by both sides that may jeopardize peace talks envisaged to end the war. Iran has threatened a “complete halt” to negotiations to end the war if the US continues its attacks, the Associated…
Read MoreMeet Lance Schroyer: The Former Marine and Oklahoma Lawman Trump Has Nominated to Lead ICE
President Donald Trump has tapped veteran Oklahoma law enforcement officer Lance Schroyer to become the next director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), placing a relatively low-profile career officer at the centre of one of America’s most politically divisive agencies. The nomination comes as the Trump administration pushes ahead with its expanded immigration enforcement…
Read MoreUS Servers and International World Cup Fans Clash Over US Tipping Culture: ‘I’m Confused Why This Even Exists’
International football fans arriving in America for the World Cup say they are growing frustrated with US tipping culture, as requests for tips appear on even the most basic purchases. Travellers from the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan told the BBC that the expectation that tips help make up for lower base pay is adding…
Read MoreDigital Tax Tussle Opens New Trump-Europe Battlefront
President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 100% tariff on all imports from countries that levy digital services taxes on US companies has thrust the European Union in another potential long-drawn out tussle against Washington. Trump has escalated simmering tensions with the 27-member EU with the fresh tirade over taxation of US technology firms. The…
Read MoreUS Layoffs Skyrocket to Highest Level Since Pandemic as Tech Giants Blame AI for 40% of Cuts
US layoffs surged to their highest May level since the pandemic in 2020, with employers announcing more than 97,000 job cuts across the country last month and citing artificial intelligence as a key factor in roughly 40% of those decisions, according to data released by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The figures, published in June, place…
Read MoreThe Cure for AI Hallucinations Isn’t a Bigger Model, It’s Fresher Data
AI has become very good at producing answers that sound fluent, confident, and complete. The problem is that confidence and correctness are not the same thing. That gap becomes most obvious when models are used in fast-changing environments. A system can summarize a topic or answer a question persuasively while relying on outdated, incomplete, or…
Read MoreAngry Backlash Erupts as JD Vance is Accused of Using Pope Leo XIV for Political Gain
JD Vance is facing a sharp backlash in Washington and online this week after claiming in a New York Times interview that he spoke directly with Pope Leo XIV ‘in the last few months,’ a boast Vatican-connected sources now openly question. The row erupted after Vance, the US vice president and a high-profile Catholic convert,…
Read MoreThaw In US-Anthropic Standoff: After Mythos, Fable 5 Reactivation On The Cards
The US is likely to allow Anthropic to reactivate access to its powerful Fable 5 artificial intelligence model, Axios reported. The Axios report comes a day after the Trump administration on Friday allowed Anthropic to release its Mythos 5 model to a select group of companies and federal agencies. The decision to allow a limited…
Read MoreNewsom Accused Of Massive Hypocrisy For Demanding National Billionaires Tax While Actively Fighting One at Home
Gavin Newsom has called for a national tax on the ultra-rich on the very same week he is working to defeat a billionaires’ tax in his own state, drawing accusations of hypocrisy from the left. The California governor unveiled his federal plan in a lengthy Substack post on 26 June 2026, a day after a…
Read MoreIran Strikes Again As Tensions Resurface In Middle East
Iran launched fresh strikes in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday as tensions escalated again in the Middle East threatening a fragile ceasefire agreement reached between Washington and Tehran earlier this month. Iran’s drone assault targeting Bahrain and a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately are seen as a response to overnight airstrikes by…
Read MoreThe World Cup Brings Scams Like Phishing Back To The Centerstage
As the World Cup 2026 is underway, social engineering is back on the menu. Despite all the concerns around the exploitation of frontier AI models like Mythos, low hanging fruit techniques like phishing scams continue to pose the most significant risk to fans. Just earlier this month, FortiGuard Labs revealed that from January to May…
Read MoreThe Updated Eight-Team List: Who Survives World Cup 2026’s Third-Place Scramble
For the first time, finishing third at a World Cup does not automatically pack your bags. The 2026 tournament’s expanded 48-team field is split into 12 groups of four, and while the two leaders of each group march straight into the Round of 32, eight more places are reserved for the strongest of the dozen…
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