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  1. politics 8 min read

    North Korea's Hypersonic Claim Exposes a Tracking Gap

    Pyongyang claims its new hypersonic missile flew 908 km — roughly 300 km farther than Seoul and Tokyo detected. Whether the numbers are real or propaganda, the story reveals a widening vulnerability in regional missile defense.

  2. business 6 min read

    AI Solved Math's Hardest Problem. Now Nobody Knows What It Found

    OpenAI's AI produced a verified proof of the Navier-Stokes problem — but the 166-page manuscript is unreadable to humans. The episode raises urgent questions about what happens when machines solve problems we can't understand.

  3. business 5 min read

    Why Canada's Lawsuit Could Redefine AI Liability Worldwide

    British Columbia is suing OpenAI in California over alleged failures to report a school shooter's AI conversations. The case could establish a new legal precedent for AI companies' duty of care — and reshape how tech giants operate in regulated markets globally.

  4. politics 5 min read

    Trump's Media Exclusion Isn't a Scuffle — It's a New Architecture

    CNN, MSNBC and Politico have been barred from White House coverage and are suing. But the real story is what happens next: the five major networks have withdrawn from pool reporting, handing the president's information ecosystem to sympathetic outlets.

  5. technology 5 min read

    Googlebook: Google's Bold Bet on AI-First Hardware

    Google's $899 Googlebook launches with Gemini baked into the OS, Android ecosystem ties, and five major OEM partners — signaling a shift from software play to hardware contender in the AI PC race.

  6. science 5 min read

    OpenAI Claims 100 Solved Math Problems, But Can Anyone Verify Them?

    OpenAI says its latest model cracked 100 unsolved math problems including a Millennium Prize难题. Mathematicians fired back—then OpenAI quietly built a review panel. The credibility gap between claiming a result and proving it just got wider.

  7. world 5 min read

    Gulf States Bet on Iran as US Security Umbrella Falters

    Gulf states are pursuing a security framework that includes Iran — a striking reversal that signals Washington's declining credibility as the region's guarantor and could redraw Middle Eastern alliance networks.