Posts by Amelia Frost
Bacteriophages Poised to Revolutionize Gut Health as Manufacturing Hurdles Drop
Probiotic supplements have become the fastest-growing supplement products on the market, and consumers are paying more attention to their guts than ever. Yet the tools they reach for may not do what they expect. A 2026 study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology by Nutrition Insight shows that use of probiotic supplements jumped 287% among US…
Read MoreNetherlands Emerges as a Top Destination for Global Tech Hiring
Hiring tech talent in the Netherlands now means competing inside the tightest labour market in the European Union, where the job vacancy rate reached 4.0% in the first quarter of 2026 against an EU average of 2.1%. That figure usually gets quoted as a warning. It reads just as easily as an advertisement, because a…
Read MoreFrom Fintech to FIDE: Timur Turlov’s Next Move
In September, Samarkand will host a different kind of chess game, played far beyond the 64 squares. On September 26, representatives of national chess federations will gather in the ancient Silk Road city to elect the next president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Three tickets are running: German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner with International…
Read More92% of Enterprise Value Lives on Your First Page
I spent much of my career inside two of the largest global search agencies, where the mandate was simple: capture top rankings, secure the click, calculate the ROI. For two decades, that formula drove digital growth. Today it’s broken. Search still captures demand, but it no longer guarantees traffic — and the digital real estate…
Read MoreA UN Report Said The US Likely Committed A War Crime In Iran. The State Department Is Pushing Back.
Two U.S. missiles hit a primary school in Iran in the opening days of the war. The Trump administration is pushing back on a United Nations report that said there was “reasonable grounds” to believe the U.S. committed a war crime in Iran when it bombed a primary school in Minab during the opening days…
Read MoreHumanoid Robots Are Closing In on Their ‘ChatGPT Moment,’ Chinese Startup Says. It Predicts a Breakthrough Soon.
The co-founder of one of China‘s most heavily funded humanoid robotics startups said its technology could be approaching the much more consequential milestone of robots that can understand what people tell them and figure out how to carry out the task. Spirit AI co-founder and chief scientist Gao Yang said the robotics industry could reach…
Read MoreClaude Is Helping Build Its Own Successor. Anthropic Says AI Now Leads 26% Of Its R&D.
Anthropic’s Claude is increasingly taking over the work required to build the next generation of artificial intelligence, with the company revealing that its chatbot now “leads” more than a quarter of its own AI research and development. The AI giant said in a blog post that Claude now leads 26% of the company’s AI research…
Read MoreMadelyn Cline’s Vanilla-Taupe Bob Is the Cozy Fall Blonde of My Dreams
It doesn’t matter if you’re a blonde, brunette, or redhead: Fall 2026 hair trends embrace a low-key, lived-in elegance—and Madelyn Cline hit the nail right on the head with her vanilla-taupe blonde hair transformation. After rocking a midlength style throughout the summer, the Outer Banks star arrived at New York Fashion Week with a brand-new…
Read MoreAramco Reportedly Tells European Buyers It Doesn’t Have Crude For Next Month. Oil Reversed All Losses.
Saudi Aramco told European buyers it doesn’t have crude shipments for next month after its exports got severely disrupted on different fronts, according to a new report. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg detailed that deliveries from the term contracts signed between Riyadh and the customers won’t take place next month. Oil prices are…
Read MoreChina Keeps Shedding U.S. Sovereign Debt. It Just Hit An 18-Year Low.
China’s holding of U.S. Treasurys hit an 18-year low in July as it keeps shedding sovereign debt. AFP via Getty Images/Saul Loeb China’s holding of U.S. Treasurys hit an 18-year low in July as it keeps shedding sovereign debt, new data shows. The country now holds $618 billion in U.S. debt. The figure is the…
Read MoreThe House Passed a Bill To Curb The Cost Of AI Data Centers. A Senator Is Saying It Doesn’t Go Far Enough.
A bill seeking to have tech companies face costs associated with the building of data centers is stalled in the Senate after Republicans sought to pass it quickly. Republican Sen. Jon Husted, sponsor of the Ratepayer Protection Act, requested unanimous consent for the bill in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to vote…
Read MorePorsha Williams Always Wanted More Kids. Then She Lost the Choice.
I always wanted four kids. I have three siblings and always pictured a big family of my own. That first diagnosis and miscarriage were the first signs it might not happen, but after Pilar, I did start to imagine having one more. I’m an older mom, but I had the right support system and financial…
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