Iran Claims Three Tankers Damaged in Strait of Hormuz, US Drone Captured

Efforts To Curb Data Center Speculation Gain Ground Across The US By Brian Martucci of UtilityDive, “A fraction of proposed data centers will get built. Utilities are wising up.” That was the headline on a May 2025 Utility Dive article that explored the conundrum speculative data center requests pose for U.S. electric utilities. More than a year later, it’s unclear how much has changed. Sections of the Stargate Oracle AI data center undergo construction on Aug. 26, 2026, in Abilene, Texas. Community opposition has emerged as a major barrier to data center development...

India Rescues 24 Crewmembers From Stricken Tanker Off Oman After US Airstrike Update(1315ET): US Navy forces have announced a new Monday direction action operation in the Gulf of Oman. The US has cited that the vessel refused to respond to orders related to the blockade of Iranian naval ports. The ship attempted to sail to an Iranian port, in violation of the ongoing blockade. A CENTCOM statement indicated that the military "disabled Palau-flagged M/T Marivex as it transited international waters in the Gulf of Oman toward Iran." "An F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS...

Chamath Warns A Government Ban On Open-Source AI Would Tank The Market And Crater Anthropic And OpenAI Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya warned that any U.S. move to ban open-source AI would blow a hole in corporate balance sheets and drag the stock market down. "If the United States government intervenes, it will tank the stock market. Not debatable," Palihapitiya said on the "All-In" podcast released over the weekend. "Now, you can debate which companies get tanked. For example, if they said, 'No more open source. American companies cannot use open source.'" Chamath:...