The Myth that Won't Die: "War is Good for the Economy"

Europe's Soaring Gas Bill Is Sending Utilities Back To Coal Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, Europe's energy crisis isn't over. Gas prices remain punishingly high across the continent as Europeans stare down the barrel of a long winter. In response to back-to-back-to-back energy crises stemming from Europe's continued reliance on imported liquefied natural gas against the backdrop of ongoing global geopolitical volatility, Europe's leaders are pushing to diversify the bloc's energy mix. While this means that Europe is rapidly expanding its renewable energy capacity, it also marks a significant return...

Futures Rise As Dip Buyers Rush Back Into Chips After Worst Nasdaq Week Since Liberation Day US futures are higher - but well off session highs hit before the European open - as dip buyers storm back into chipmakers after the Nasdaq's worst week since the April 2025 tariff turmoil, while oil slides after President Trump waived Russian sanctions to seal a diesel deal and Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Persian Gulf flows have recovered to about 80% of pre-conflict levels; as a result Nasdaq futures are up more than...

Researchers Develop AI 'Mind-Reading' Tool That Reconstructs What Your Eyes See Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, A cutting-edge new artificial intelligence (AI) tool can reconstruct images from a person's vision simply by analyzing brain scans. The technology recreates a person's visual field with startling accuracy and can also predict brain activity by analyzing what a person is looking at in real time. Professor Michal Irani of the Weizmann Institute of Science developed the "mind-reading" AI model Brain-IT, which interprets functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans of participants' brain activity as...