Tower Semiconductor's market capitalization surged to approximately $38 billion in mid-June 2026, briefly making it Israel's most valuable publicly traded company, surpassing Teva Pharmaceutical, driv…
A UN-commissioned independent inquiry accused Israel of deliberately targeting children in Gaza and repeated genocide allegations, stating that over 20,000 children were killed from October 2023 to Oc…
At least five people, including a father and his two daughters, were killed in Israeli strikes on a residential building in Gaza City early Saturday, with no prior warning given. The mother was wounde…
California fire safety officials are failing to invest in basic community protections like evacuation planning and home-hardening, instead spending on remote fuels-reduction projects that do little to…
A letter to the editor argues that the real waste of cash was the US war with Iran, not Tom Steyer's $558 million campaign spending, which provided employment. Another letter criticizes elected offici…
Dream, an Israeli AI cybersecurity startup co-founded by former NSO Group CEO Shalev Hulio, raised $260 million at a $3 billion valuation, nearly tripling its valuation in a year. The company uses AI …
The Iran War, which began on February 28, 2026, has become the first major conflict driven by artificial intelligence, with U.S. and Israeli forces using AI to strike over 4,000 targets in four days, …
EU leaders gather in Brussels for a summit focused on confronting China and shaping the bloc's next long-term budget, with divisions among capitals over spending priorities. The European Commission's …
Thomas Friedman argues that all parties in the latest Middle East conflict—Israel, Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the United States—are losers, with Hamas starting the war on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel's r…
On June 16, 2026, the Israeli government approved a broad series of AI policies, including the establishment of a National Artificial Intelligence Directorate led by AI Chief Erez Askal, aiming to pos…
A Dutch court acquitted Amin Abu Rashid, a refugee-turned-humanitarian worker accused of funding Hamas, in a case pro-Palestinian groups call a rare victory. The verdict may set a precedent for activi…
Russian and Chinese actors are using AI to enhance influence operations on X, improving content quality, multilingual reach, and visuals rather than increasing volume, according to a GBHackers analysi…
U.S. and Israeli forces used AI, data fusion, cloud computing and decision-support systems to rapidly identify and strike targets across Iran during Operation Epic Fury, signaling a shift in military …
An interim peace deal between the U.S. and Iran sparked anger among Israelis, who blame Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for what they call a disastrous agreement that weakens Israel and strengthens …
Iran struck Amazon Web Services data centers in the UAE during military operations against Israel in March, disrupting undersea cable projects like Meta's 2Africa consortium in the Persian Gulf. The a…
AI-generated content, or 'slop,' is shifting cultural norms by exploiting human preferences for symmetry, legibility, and visceral appeal, a process the author calls 'hyperslopification.' This hyperpa…
President Trump secured a peace deal with Iran, leading to a surge in global markets and a drop in oil prices. Trump expressed fury at Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for launching an attack on Hezbo…
Russia's security services temporarily disconnected parts of a surveillance system protecting President Vladimir Putin after the US-Israeli killing of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, am…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivered an optimistic commencement speech at Stanford University on Sunday, but scores of graduates walked out in protest over the company's $1.2 billion cloud-computing con…
The United States and Iran have reached an agreement to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with President Donald Trump ordering an end to the U.S. naval blockade. The deal, to be signed Frid…