Launching AI Into Orbit

Fear Is Overwhelming Us Authored by Guy de la Bédoyère via DailySceptic.org, Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannise in the imagination, to raise phantoms of horror or to beset life with supernumerary distresses. Samuel Johnson in the Rambler (1761) No-one’s disputing that very hot weather can be challenging, even dangerous, for some people. But I’ve been fascinated by the news coverage of the heatwave over the last...

Israel has once again issued an order for all residents of the Lebanese city of Tyre to evacuate north of the Zahrani River. Since Israel destroyed all the bridges leading there months ago, such evacuations would be virtually impossible for locals. Israel followed this order up with multiple attacks on Tyre, and for the third […]

Chinese Rare-Earth Suppliers Halt US Shipments As Decoupling Fears Surge The scenario we viewed as inevitable appears to be materializing, validating our decision to intensify coverage of the US-China decoupling theme and the Western-aligned miners positioned to supply the West if Beijing further weaponizes critical material exports, as it has throughout the Trump 2.0 era. A Reuters report on Friday morning revealed that some Chinese rare-earth suppliers are refusing to ship material to US customers, citing fear of retaliation from Beijing. The report continued: A handful of Chinese suppliers have refused to ship...