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Investors discuss AI groupthink and the venture capital frenzy at StrictlyVC Athens 2026

AI’s Trillion-Dollar Frenzy Is Meeting Its First Reality Check

Enterprises are cutting AI spending after burning millions with no clear ROI, VCs confess they have never seen more groupthink in Silicon Valley, and the approaching IPO wave for OpenAI, Anthropic, and

June 1, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Business·News·Technology

US strikes Iranian radar sites on Qeshm Island as Kuwait intercepts missiles and drones on Day 94 of the Iran war

US Strikes Radar Sites Inside Iran as Kuwait Intercepts Drones, Lebanon Front Widens

American fighter aircraft hit radar and drone control sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island over the weekend after Iran shot down a US MQ-1 drone. Kuwait activated its air defenses as

June 1, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Boeing F-47 sixth-generation fighter aircraft in flight, US Air Force NGAD program

US Air Force Seeks $5.03 Billion for F-47 Fighter in FY2027, a 65% Jump Over Last Year

The US Air Force has requested $5.03 billion for the Boeing F-47 sixth-generation fighter in FY2027 — a 65% surge over FY2026 — as the program enters engineering and manufacturing development with

June 1, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

US State Department building Washington DC amid Trump administration diplomat purge 2025 layoffs

2,000 US Diplomats Gone: Trump’s State Department Purge Leaves Embassies Without Leadership

Around 2,000 US diplomats have left the foreign service in 2025 through layoffs or forced retirements, according to the American Foreign Service Association, leaving 115 of 195 ambassador posts vacant amid mounting

June 1, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Aerial view of dense forest canopy representing Earth's estimated three trillion trees

Earth Has More Trees Than the Milky Way Has Stars. The Number Hiding Inside That Fact Is Far More Alarming.

The comparison has been circulating for years, turning up on classroom walls and science podcasts in equal measure: there are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way.

May 31, 2026

News·Science

Close-up of Buzz Aldrin's bootprint in lunar regolith during the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969

Apollo’s Footprints on the Moon Will Survive a Million Years. Here’s What Science Actually Says.

The claim is one of the most satisfying facts in popular science: the bootprints left by the Apollo astronauts on the lunar surface in 1969 will still be sitting there a million

May 31, 2026

Science·Technology

SpaceCamp 1986 film theatrical poster featuring Lea Thompson Joaquin Phoenix and cast in NASA jumpsuits

SpaceCamp at 40: How Hollywood’s Most Cursed 1986 Film Became a Cultural Time Capsule Worth Revisiting

Forty years ago this June, a family adventure film opened in American theaters and vanished almost immediately, swallowed by grief, bad timing, and the still-raw wound of a national tragedy. The film

May 31, 2026

Entertainment·Movies·Science·Technology

NOAA GOES-19 satellite imagery showing the fireball flash detected over Cape Cod Bay on May 30, 2026, when a meteor exploded over Massachusetts

Meteor Explodes Over Massachusetts, Unleashing Sonic Boom Heard From Delaware to Montreal

BOSTON — The afternoon sky above New England was calm and unremarkable on Saturday when the ground began to shake and a thunderclap no storm could explain rolled across Massachusetts, Rhode Island,

May 31, 2026

News·Science

Young skaters carry a large Canadian flag on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa

Half of All New Canadian Citizens Under Ancestry Law Are Americans, Data Reveals

New data shows roughly half of all citizenship certificates issued under Canada's expanded descent law have gone to Americans, with approvals rising by over 1,000 per month in 2026.

May 30, 2026

Government and Politics·News

AUKUS defence ministers announce first Pillar Two signature project for undersea drones at Shangri-La Dialogue Singapore 2026

AUKUS Moves From Promises to Payloads With First Undersea Drone Weapons Project

The UK, US, and Australia unveiled the first AUKUS Pillar Two signature project at the Shangri-La Dialogue — a joint programme to develop weapons-armed undersea drones, with delivery starting in 2027 and

May 30, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

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AI’s Trillion-Dollar Frenzy Is Meeting Its First Reality Check

US Strikes Radar Sites Inside Iran as Kuwait Intercepts Drones, Lebanon Front Widens

US Air Force Seeks $5.03 Billion for F-47 Fighter in FY2027, a 65% Jump Over Last Year

2,000 US Diplomats Gone: Trump’s State Department Purge Leaves Embassies Without Leadership

Earth Has More Trees Than the Milky Way Has Stars. The Number Hiding Inside That Fact Is Far More Alarming.

Apollo’s Footprints on the Moon Will Survive a Million Years. Here’s What Science Actually Says.

SpaceCamp at 40: How Hollywood’s Most Cursed 1986 Film Became a Cultural Time Capsule Worth Revisiting

Meteor Explodes Over Massachusetts, Unleashing Sonic Boom Heard From Delaware to Montreal

Half of All New Canadian Citizens Under Ancestry Law Are Americans, Data Reveals

AUKUS Moves From Promises to Payloads With First Undersea Drone Weapons Project

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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