Phoebe Gates' shopping startup, Phia, is facing scrutiny after a Bloomberg investigation alleged that its browser extension improperly claimed affiliate commissions through a practice known as "cookie stuffing". The company has acknowledged a coding issue that stemmed from a recent software release and has since been fixed. The allegations reignited debate over how browser extensions earn commissions from online purchases.
US President Donald Trump has left standing orders for the US military to destroy Iran if Tehran follows through on its long-standing threats to kill him. The US government has no way to create an automatic, preauthorized “dead man’s switch’ that would prompt immediate retaliation. Vice President JD Vance would instantaneously become commander in chief and have authority for any retaliation.
Momy Seck Ndao and her team are trying to introduce tilapia to rice fields in Senegal to avoid disease and make more money for rice farmers. They are also trying to solve food insecurity, poverty and a debilitating disease, schistosomiasis.
China Life Insurance, the country's largest life insurer, backed by the State Council, will establish a partnership with total capital of 5 billion yuan (US$737 million) that will focus on the semiconductor industry. The move comes as the ruling Communist Party’s top theoretical journal ran commentaries for three days straight last week, urging the cultivation of “patient capital”.
The Boston Tea Party was a rebellion against raw corporate power. The tea being dumped belonged to the British East India Company. The Founders of this nation fought a revolution against a corporation as well as against the British military. The Company controlled most of India, ran the opium trade into China, and dominated global commerce, including North America. It answered to stockholders, the King, and his Parliament. When it faced bankruptcy in 1773, Parliament bailed it out by granting it a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.
Gambian farmers had to abandon a field five years ago because of salt intrusion from the sea. The problem is a result of climate change and human activities that push ocean waters further inland. Coastal farmland is particularly hard hit. A 2025 study estimates that more than 3 percent of the world’s cropland could be affected by saltwater intrusion.
Permian-Triassic extinction event, called the Great Dying, wiped out about 96% of marine species and 70% of land animals 252 million years ago. Before the extinction, ancient seafloors were dominated for about 280 million years by brachiopods. After the catastrophe, those once dominant groups were nearly eliminated. Only about half of mollusks, including clams and snails, disappeared. The survivors, along with fish and echinoderms, went on to dominate Earth's oceans.
Mufti Taqi Usmani signed an Islamic legal ruling against purchases made with crypto in Jamia Darul Uloom Karachi on Friday. Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority chairman Bilal bin Saqib called for continued dialogue on the treatment of digital assets under Islamic law.
Warren Kinsella is a Canadian political strategist who has worked for decades in war rooms advising prime ministers and political campaigns in Canada, the U.S. and Israel. His new book claims Jew-hatred is being mainstreamed by outlaw states and extremist groups who use modern campaigning tools. Kinsell's documentary film "The Campaign" was first screened in Toronto on March 30 and last month it was shown in Tel Aviv at Israel’s largest documentary film festival, Docaviv. 21 people left the Tel Aviv showing.
Eitan Aliyev, 22, enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces in August 2022, motivated by his love for his country and his desire to contribute. He lost fellow soldiers and fought in Gaza and on Israel’s northern front during the war that began on October 7, and developed severe post-traumatic stress disorder. After completing his military service, he found himself in an exhausting struggle to have his condition recognized as a service-related disability. With free legal assistance from the Jerusalem Institute of Justice, he finally received official recognition and began his rehabilitation.
On Thursday, PEN America posted an article about the isolation and exclusion that many Israeli and Jewish writers have felt since October 7, 2023. PEN's president, Dinaw Mengestu, resigned in protest within hours of the article's publication. Pen America is divided between old-school liberalism and the left-wing anti-Israel movement.
Theo Wold talked about capital punishment on "The Alex Marlow Show" on Thursday. The anti-police, anti-prison and anti-death penalty crowd had for years boycotted or designed embargos of pharmaceutical companies and the importers of the compound drugs necessary for lethal injection.
There were 1,019 youth suicide cases confirmed by Hong Kong Coroner’s Court last year, a 10 per cent decline from the 10-year peak of 1,138 in 2024. The age group that had the sharpest decline was the 40-to-49 bracket, which recorded 138 cases, down by 26 per cent from 186 in the previous year. Last year, 46 adolescents aged 10 to 19 were reported to have taken their own lives, up from 34 cases in previous year and reaching a decade high. People aged 70 or above recorded the highest number of fatalities, followed by men in their fifties.
Tehran claims attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar and Oman in response to renewed US bombings on cities along Iran's southern coast. US Central Command carried out a third round of strikes targeting radar, missile, and drone sites across southern Iran last week. The US attacks came after Iran opened fire on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and announced the closure of the strategic waterway until further notice. On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump announced that the ceasefire with Iran was over.
The Defence Ministry is preparing to allow private companies to produce indigenous missiles. The DRDO-developed Astra Mark-2 is expected to be the first programme under the new framework. It has a strike range of more than 180 km and is designed to engage enemy aircraft well beyond visual range. The missile is slated for integration with frontline platforms such as the Sukhoi Su-30MKI and Tejas Mk-2 fighter aircraft. Indonesia has expressed interest in acquiring the Astra missile and BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.
Divers are preparing Israel to clear part of the sea from unexploded grenades and other munitions in order to return beach area to residents of Rishon LeZion. The project is aimed at returning some 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) of shoreline to people living in the central city. The initiative is the first of its kind in Israel.
The US government has made its first payments to American personnel affected by the unexplained health condition known as ‘Havana Syndrome’ under the Havana Act of 2021. The victims have already received almost $3 million in compensation. The Pentagon will continue to improve care for those affected and adapt to a dynamic operational environment.
President Trump fired all three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Thursday. The agency is the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration. The Supreme Court granted the president power to fire leaders of independent agencies. The EAC was created by Congress after the 2000 election to help states improve election administration without federalizing elections.
Commercial surrogacy is illegal in Thailand, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos, but a shadow economy thrives in its place. Estimates from the UN put the global surrogacy market at nearly US$15 billion in 2023. Thailand banned commercial surrogacy for foreign parents in 2015. China punishes medical professionals who facilitate the trade.
Harbin Institute of Technology and the National Key Laboratory of Laser Spatial Information have proposed a lunar laser power transmission network. The proposal focuses on the moon’s south pole, where crater rims receive near-continuous sunlight and permanently shadowed regions remain in perpetual darkness. The system could deliver around 371 watts of received optical power and 98 watts of electrical output at a transmission distance of about 5 km.
Monk Singh Ahluwalia believes India needs to significantly expand its strategic petroleum reserves under its own control. He argues that the West Asia crisis shows the risks of relying on concentrated supply routes and limited emergency stockpiles. India's total strategic crude oil reserve capacity is 5.33 million metric tons (MMT). They are stored at three facilities - Vishakhapatnam, Mangaluru and Padur.
Kahramanmaraş is Türkiye’s first and only UNESCO Creative City of Literature. UNESCO designation is a global validation of a five-century-old living heritage. The city's identity is deeply intertwined with the written and spoken word. It is built upon four pillars: the spiritual wisdom of Sufism, the vibrant oral traditions of wandering minstrels, a profound intellectual and political memory and the trailblazing spirit of modern Turkish literature.
Sgt. Gur Kehati, 20, was killed during an unauthorized visit by a civilian researcher to southern Lebanon in November 2024. Col. Yoav Yarom, who was chief of staff of the Golani Brigade in the reserves, allowed Ze’ev Erlich, 71, to examine an archaeological site without the necessary approvals. The visit took place at the height of an Israeli ground offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, a week before a ceasefire between Israel and the terror group. Two Hezbollah operatives ambushed the forces and killed Erlich and Yarom.
Noam Segal is a research leader across Airbnb, Meta, Twitter, Zapier, Intercom, and Figma. He runs the annual Tech Worker Sentiment Survey, now in its second year. This year's survey captured responses from thousands of workers across product, engineering, design, research, marketing, data, and sales.
Venture capital and private equity investment in the supplement industry is eroding quality standards. Many companies are using contract manufacturers and choosing the lowest bidder, resulting in reduced quality control and inconsistent product quality across batches. Common cost-cutting practices include using cheaper, poorly absorbed ingredients and using basic capsules that don't properly protect sensitive ingredients.
Seth Bodnar is running for Montana's open U.S. Senate seat in the 2026 midterms. He's trying to build a coalition of Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliated voters to defeat Republican Kurt Alme. Two polls show Alme ahead, with Democratic nominee Alani Bankhead in second place and Bodnar third.
Scientists from Technical University of Denmark used a quantum computer to improve the accuracy and reach of generative artificial intelligence drug discovery models. They used the hybrid technique to generate novel peptides capable of binding to specific proteins in the body. They believe the machine could accelerate the development of personalized immunotherapies and vaccines and improve the efficacy in understudied groups.
Ukrainian ground robots completed 16,676 logistics and evacuation missions in June 2026, up 18.6% from May and 122% since January. The Defense Procurement Agency has contracted more than 22,000 ground robots for 2026. More than 400 combat units have already used updated equipment worth $778 million.
Most families wait to talk about senior care until an emergency hits. Tatyana Zlotsky, CEO of A Place for Mom in New York City, says 77% of the families she works with wish they’d acted sooner. Family caregivers lose an average of $21,000 per year as they cut back on work to care for aging relatives.
According to Vojtęch Mišák, football games are natural experiments to measure the connection between an environmental factor and human productivity. His study is the first comprehensive study on how heat in the stadium affects the game. The number of shots, conversions, set pieces and goals scored increased slightly but significantly at temperatures above 22 degrees. Attack seems to be favored by heat. On the other hand, passing frequency and passing accuracy decrease at higher temperatures.
Seven white Democratic pastors are running for congressional seats in November's US midterm election. They are mostly political newcomers, but they are united in aiming to reclaim the Bible from Republicans and use Christian teaching to support more liberal policies on immigrants and the poor. For many Democrats, as well as many Christians, Trump’s Maga movement and the rise of Christian nationalism are alarming.
Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) wants to relieve citizens of taxes of 10 billion euros. The plan is for the tax-free basic allowance to be increased, for child benefit to rise in two steps to 272 euros by 2028 and for the employee allowance to grow by 200 euros to 1,430 euros. On the other hand, the rich tax will be levied from 250,000 euros (twice as much for married people) and there will be a new tax rate of 47%.
U.S. lower-48 dry gas production is up 5.2% from a year ago. Demand in the lower 48 is barely above year-ago levels. The active natural gas rig count held steady at 126 for the week. Ras Laffan damage to Qatar’s LNG facility is holding a floor under the market long-term.
12 people were killed by a wildfire near Almeria on the Mediterranean coast and nearly 20 people are still unaccounted for. This week has also seen two widespread fires in France, with one in the Pyrenees forcing the evacuation of 12,000 people, and a major fire in central Portugal. Europe has seen 314 fires of over 30 hectares each this year, nearly double the number from last year. Europe's heatwaves have also reduced crop forecasts for corn, barley and wheat.
The U.S. Air Force is using technology from Virginia-based startup Anomaly 6 to help investigate the Havana syndrome. The company bought location data from millions of smartphone users and used it to track American intelligence officers. The contract is worth nearly $6 million and is set to run through September.
Phoebe Gates' shopping startup, Phia, is facing scrutiny after a Bloomberg investigation alleged that its browser extension improperly claimed affiliate commissions through a practice known as "cookie stuffing". The company has acknowledged a coding issue that stemmed from a recent software release and has since been fixed. The allegations reignited debate over how browser extensions earn commissions from online purchases.
US President Donald Trump has left standing orders for the US military to destroy Iran if Tehran follows through on its long-standing threats to kill him. The US government has no way to create an automatic, preauthorized “dead man’s switch’ that would prompt immediate retaliation. Vice President JD Vance would instantaneously become commander in chief and have authority for any retaliation.
Momy Seck Ndao and her team are trying to introduce tilapia to rice fields in Senegal to avoid disease and make more money for rice farmers. They are also trying to solve food insecurity, poverty and a debilitating disease, schistosomiasis.
China Life Insurance, the country's largest life insurer, backed by the State Council, will establish a partnership with total capital of 5 billion yuan (US$737 million) that will focus on the semiconductor industry. The move comes as the ruling Communist Party’s top theoretical journal ran commentaries for three days straight last week, urging the cultivation of “patient capital”.
The Boston Tea Party was a rebellion against raw corporate power. The tea being dumped belonged to the British East India Company. The Founders of this nation fought a revolution against a corporation as well as against the British military. The Company controlled most of India, ran the opium trade into China, and dominated global commerce, including North America. It answered to stockholders, the King, and his Parliament. When it faced bankruptcy in 1773, Parliament bailed it out by granting it a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.
Gambian farmers had to abandon a field five years ago because of salt intrusion from the sea. The problem is a result of climate change and human activities that push ocean waters further inland. Coastal farmland is particularly hard hit. A 2025 study estimates that more than 3 percent of the world’s cropland could be affected by saltwater intrusion.
Permian-Triassic extinction event, called the Great Dying, wiped out about 96% of marine species and 70% of land animals 252 million years ago. Before the extinction, ancient seafloors were dominated for about 280 million years by brachiopods. After the catastrophe, those once dominant groups were nearly eliminated. Only about half of mollusks, including clams and snails, disappeared. The survivors, along with fish and echinoderms, went on to dominate Earth's oceans.
Mufti Taqi Usmani signed an Islamic legal ruling against purchases made with crypto in Jamia Darul Uloom Karachi on Friday. Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority chairman Bilal bin Saqib called for continued dialogue on the treatment of digital assets under Islamic law.
Warren Kinsella is a Canadian political strategist who has worked for decades in war rooms advising prime ministers and political campaigns in Canada, the U.S. and Israel. His new book claims Jew-hatred is being mainstreamed by outlaw states and extremist groups who use modern campaigning tools. Kinsell's documentary film "The Campaign" was first screened in Toronto on March 30 and last month it was shown in Tel Aviv at Israel’s largest documentary film festival, Docaviv. 21 people left the Tel Aviv showing.
Eitan Aliyev, 22, enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces in August 2022, motivated by his love for his country and his desire to contribute. He lost fellow soldiers and fought in Gaza and on Israel’s northern front during the war that began on October 7, and developed severe post-traumatic stress disorder. After completing his military service, he found himself in an exhausting struggle to have his condition recognized as a service-related disability. With free legal assistance from the Jerusalem Institute of Justice, he finally received official recognition and began his rehabilitation.
On Thursday, PEN America posted an article about the isolation and exclusion that many Israeli and Jewish writers have felt since October 7, 2023. PEN's president, Dinaw Mengestu, resigned in protest within hours of the article's publication. Pen America is divided between old-school liberalism and the left-wing anti-Israel movement.
Theo Wold talked about capital punishment on "The Alex Marlow Show" on Thursday. The anti-police, anti-prison and anti-death penalty crowd had for years boycotted or designed embargos of pharmaceutical companies and the importers of the compound drugs necessary for lethal injection.
There were 1,019 youth suicide cases confirmed by Hong Kong Coroner’s Court last year, a 10 per cent decline from the 10-year peak of 1,138 in 2024. The age group that had the sharpest decline was the 40-to-49 bracket, which recorded 138 cases, down by 26 per cent from 186 in the previous year. Last year, 46 adolescents aged 10 to 19 were reported to have taken their own lives, up from 34 cases in previous year and reaching a decade high. People aged 70 or above recorded the highest number of fatalities, followed by men in their fifties.
Tehran claims attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar and Oman in response to renewed US bombings on cities along Iran's southern coast. US Central Command carried out a third round of strikes targeting radar, missile, and drone sites across southern Iran last week. The US attacks came after Iran opened fire on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and announced the closure of the strategic waterway until further notice. On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump announced that the ceasefire with Iran was over.
The Defence Ministry is preparing to allow private companies to produce indigenous missiles. The DRDO-developed Astra Mark-2 is expected to be the first programme under the new framework. It has a strike range of more than 180 km and is designed to engage enemy aircraft well beyond visual range. The missile is slated for integration with frontline platforms such as the Sukhoi Su-30MKI and Tejas Mk-2 fighter aircraft. Indonesia has expressed interest in acquiring the Astra missile and BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.
Divers are preparing Israel to clear part of the sea from unexploded grenades and other munitions in order to return beach area to residents of Rishon LeZion. The project is aimed at returning some 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) of shoreline to people living in the central city. The initiative is the first of its kind in Israel.
The US government has made its first payments to American personnel affected by the unexplained health condition known as ‘Havana Syndrome’ under the Havana Act of 2021. The victims have already received almost $3 million in compensation. The Pentagon will continue to improve care for those affected and adapt to a dynamic operational environment.
President Trump fired all three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Thursday. The agency is the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration. The Supreme Court granted the president power to fire leaders of independent agencies. The EAC was created by Congress after the 2000 election to help states improve election administration without federalizing elections.
Commercial surrogacy is illegal in Thailand, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos, but a shadow economy thrives in its place. Estimates from the UN put the global surrogacy market at nearly US$15 billion in 2023. Thailand banned commercial surrogacy for foreign parents in 2015. China punishes medical professionals who facilitate the trade.
Harbin Institute of Technology and the National Key Laboratory of Laser Spatial Information have proposed a lunar laser power transmission network. The proposal focuses on the moon’s south pole, where crater rims receive near-continuous sunlight and permanently shadowed regions remain in perpetual darkness. The system could deliver around 371 watts of received optical power and 98 watts of electrical output at a transmission distance of about 5 km.
Monk Singh Ahluwalia believes India needs to significantly expand its strategic petroleum reserves under its own control. He argues that the West Asia crisis shows the risks of relying on concentrated supply routes and limited emergency stockpiles. India's total strategic crude oil reserve capacity is 5.33 million metric tons (MMT). They are stored at three facilities - Vishakhapatnam, Mangaluru and Padur.
Kahramanmaraş is Türkiye’s first and only UNESCO Creative City of Literature. UNESCO designation is a global validation of a five-century-old living heritage. The city's identity is deeply intertwined with the written and spoken word. It is built upon four pillars: the spiritual wisdom of Sufism, the vibrant oral traditions of wandering minstrels, a profound intellectual and political memory and the trailblazing spirit of modern Turkish literature.
Sgt. Gur Kehati, 20, was killed during an unauthorized visit by a civilian researcher to southern Lebanon in November 2024. Col. Yoav Yarom, who was chief of staff of the Golani Brigade in the reserves, allowed Ze’ev Erlich, 71, to examine an archaeological site without the necessary approvals. The visit took place at the height of an Israeli ground offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, a week before a ceasefire between Israel and the terror group. Two Hezbollah operatives ambushed the forces and killed Erlich and Yarom.
Noam Segal is a research leader across Airbnb, Meta, Twitter, Zapier, Intercom, and Figma. He runs the annual Tech Worker Sentiment Survey, now in its second year. This year's survey captured responses from thousands of workers across product, engineering, design, research, marketing, data, and sales.
Venture capital and private equity investment in the supplement industry is eroding quality standards. Many companies are using contract manufacturers and choosing the lowest bidder, resulting in reduced quality control and inconsistent product quality across batches. Common cost-cutting practices include using cheaper, poorly absorbed ingredients and using basic capsules that don't properly protect sensitive ingredients.
Seth Bodnar is running for Montana's open U.S. Senate seat in the 2026 midterms. He's trying to build a coalition of Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliated voters to defeat Republican Kurt Alme. Two polls show Alme ahead, with Democratic nominee Alani Bankhead in second place and Bodnar third.
Scientists from Technical University of Denmark used a quantum computer to improve the accuracy and reach of generative artificial intelligence drug discovery models. They used the hybrid technique to generate novel peptides capable of binding to specific proteins in the body. They believe the machine could accelerate the development of personalized immunotherapies and vaccines and improve the efficacy in understudied groups.
Ukrainian ground robots completed 16,676 logistics and evacuation missions in June 2026, up 18.6% from May and 122% since January. The Defense Procurement Agency has contracted more than 22,000 ground robots for 2026. More than 400 combat units have already used updated equipment worth $778 million.
Most families wait to talk about senior care until an emergency hits. Tatyana Zlotsky, CEO of A Place for Mom in New York City, says 77% of the families she works with wish they’d acted sooner. Family caregivers lose an average of $21,000 per year as they cut back on work to care for aging relatives.
According to Vojtęch Mišák, football games are natural experiments to measure the connection between an environmental factor and human productivity. His study is the first comprehensive study on how heat in the stadium affects the game. The number of shots, conversions, set pieces and goals scored increased slightly but significantly at temperatures above 22 degrees. Attack seems to be favored by heat. On the other hand, passing frequency and passing accuracy decrease at higher temperatures.
Seven white Democratic pastors are running for congressional seats in November's US midterm election. They are mostly political newcomers, but they are united in aiming to reclaim the Bible from Republicans and use Christian teaching to support more liberal policies on immigrants and the poor. For many Democrats, as well as many Christians, Trump’s Maga movement and the rise of Christian nationalism are alarming.
Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) wants to relieve citizens of taxes of 10 billion euros. The plan is for the tax-free basic allowance to be increased, for child benefit to rise in two steps to 272 euros by 2028 and for the employee allowance to grow by 200 euros to 1,430 euros. On the other hand, the rich tax will be levied from 250,000 euros (twice as much for married people) and there will be a new tax rate of 47%.
U.S. lower-48 dry gas production is up 5.2% from a year ago. Demand in the lower 48 is barely above year-ago levels. The active natural gas rig count held steady at 126 for the week. Ras Laffan damage to Qatar’s LNG facility is holding a floor under the market long-term.
12 people were killed by a wildfire near Almeria on the Mediterranean coast and nearly 20 people are still unaccounted for. This week has also seen two widespread fires in France, with one in the Pyrenees forcing the evacuation of 12,000 people, and a major fire in central Portugal. Europe has seen 314 fires of over 30 hectares each this year, nearly double the number from last year. Europe's heatwaves have also reduced crop forecasts for corn, barley and wheat.
The U.S. Air Force is using technology from Virginia-based startup Anomaly 6 to help investigate the Havana syndrome. The company bought location data from millions of smartphone users and used it to track American intelligence officers. The contract is worth nearly $6 million and is set to run through September.