Stock Futures Drop To Close Out August As Oil Jumps On Renewed Iran Hostilities

Iran Vows To 'Paralyze' Regional Airports Which Prevent Its Flights From Landing Facing crippling US sanctions against its aviation sector as part of the Trump/Bessent Economic D-Day initiative, Iran is warning that if regional countries join the sanctions action, their own airports could be targeted. Iran's Supreme National Security Council has on Wednesday put neighboring states who are allies of Washington on notice. The statement warned their airports will be "paralyzed" if they cooperate with US attempts to prevent the landing of Iranian airliners.  Source: Government of KuwaitTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared on Monday...

Are You Being Watched By Smart Glasses? Here's How To Check Meta's Ray-Bans are seeing growing adoption among everyday consumers, highlighting an affordability sweet spot for AI-powered wearables as Apple is expected to enter the space with its own smart glasses following its failed Vision Pro launch. Yet, as AI-powered glasses gain popularity, they introduce new privacy and security concerns, with one smartphone app emerging as an early countermeasure. As first reported by tech blog 404 Media, the new smartphone app Nearby Glasses scans the Bluetooth signature emitted by smart glasses...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explicitly rejected a proposal to disarm Hamas that President Donald Trump announced ten days ago.  “Israel does not accept the 15-point document,” Netanyahu told members of the Israeli cabinet on Sunday. The military “will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is disarmed … it means heavy weaponry, lighter weaponry, […]