China Is Betting AI, Hypersonic Missiles And Quantum Technology Will Define The Next Era Of Warfare

Conference Board Consumer Survey Signals Ugly Job Market, Weakest 'Present Situation' In Over 5 Years Amid a plethora of revisions (lower), The Conference Board's measure of Americans' Consumer Confidence rose very modestly in June (from 90.6 to 91.2 - a big miss on the headline print's expectation of 94.4). However, while Expectations rose to their highest level of the year, the Present Situation tumbled to its lowest since March 2021... “Consumer confidence inched up in June as falling oil prices in recent weeks provided some relief to consumer inflation fears,” said Dana...

France Is World's Most Dangerous Place For Bitcoiners: 90 Attacks In 7 Months Authored by Christina Comben via CoinTelegraph.com, French authorities have recorded 90 cases involving kidnapping, abduction, extortion, threats, and violent theft related to cryptocurrencies in just over seven months. The figures, provided to Cointelegraph by the French Interior Ministry, are from Jan. 1 to mid-August 2026. Authorities also recorded 223 arrests, and 126 people were imprisoned from January to July. The figures equate to a new case every two and a half days, although there is no official year-on-year comparison to...

Watch: French Fighter Jets Shoot Down Kamikaze Drone Over Latvia There's been another 'mystery' drone shootdown incident over Baltic and Eastern European airspace early Monday. Latvia's military and Foreign Affairs Minister confirmed that French fighter jets had shot down a drone that entered its airspace, after a series of similar incidents in the region over the past months. Some sources are claiming it was a Russian UAV, while others are claiming the drone is Ukrainian.  WATCH: French Rafale jet shoots down a Ukrainian kamikaze drone over Latvia this morning. pic.twitter.com/sZ3gJ3gf2m — Clash Report...