Posts by Amelia Frost
The UK Says Social Media Is Too Addictive. It’s Taking Measures For Older Teens
The United Kingdom announced a digital curfew for older teens as the government continues its efforts to crack down on social media. The curfew for 16- and 17-year-olds will last from midnight to 6 a.m. and will impact features such as infinite scrolling and autoplay. The government said that those features will be “switched off…
Read MoreStripe Wants To Buy PayPal In A $53 Billion Deal, Sending Its Shares Soaring.
PayPal shares surged Wednesday after Stripe and private equity firm Advent International submitted a joint offer worth more than $53 billion for the company that helped bring digital payments into mainstream online commerce. The proposed acquisition would pair two companies associated with different periods of the internet economy. PayPal emerged in the late 1990s and…
Read MoreAnthropic Has Warned AI Could End Civilization. Now They’re Hiring People to Prevent Exactly That.
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic is expanding its safety workforce with dozens of highly specialized positions aimed at preventing its own technology from being misused for some of the world’s most dangerous threats. According to an Axios report, Anthropic currently has 32 openings focused on AI safety and misuse prevention. The roles include enforcement analysts specializing…
Read MoreSam Altman Says Demand For ChatGPT’s New Sol Model is Surging. It May Be Causing Some Issues
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has warned that users of the company’s newly released GPT-5.6 Sol model may encounter problems as demand for the flagship system puts pressure on OpenAI’s infrastructure. The warning came less than a week after OpenAI made Sol broadly available through ChatGPT, Codex and its developer platform. The model sits at the…
Read MoreThe U.S. Approved the Export of AI Chips to China. Now A Top Trade Official Says ‘Very Few’ Made It.
A senior Commerce Department official told Congress that the United States has approved only a limited number of shipments of Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence chips to China and Hong Kong. Jeffery Kessler, the U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security told lawmakers during a congressional hearing on Tuesday that shipments of Nvidia’s H200…
Read MoreElon Musk Promised People In Wisconsin $1 Million To Vote. Now He Might Face Criminal Charges For It
Elon Musk might have violated Wisconsin election laws when he offered $1 million checks to voters during a state Supreme Court election in 2025, a commission ruled. CBS News reported that the Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5 to 1 to refer two complaints filed by voters to the Brown County District Attorney’s office. Specifically, the…
Read MoreInflation Rose Less Than Expected Last Month. Now a Top Trump Official Says The Fed Must Act Accordingly
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said there is no argument to raise interest rates after inflation rose less than expected in June. “There’s not really an excuse for raising rates right now,” Hasset told CNBC. He went on to say that the Fed will now be “thinking the other way,” in reference to lowering…
Read MoreRenewed U.S.-Iran Clashes Again Cast Uncertainty Over Energy Markets. The ECB Is Bracing
The European Central Bank (ECB) will reassess its interest rate decision next week as a result of renewed clashes between the U.S. and Iran, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said. “The renewed outbreak of military conflict in the Middle East and the fresh rise in oil prices underscore that the situation remains extremely volatile and the…
Read MoreTensions Have Flared Up Around Hormuz Again. Now Iran is Signaling that A Key Red Sea Gateway Could Be Next
Iran is signaling that it may expand pressure on global shipping beyond the Strait of Hormuz by leveraging its Houthi allies in Yemen to threaten the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the narrow waterway connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden. Together, the two chokepoints are among the world’s most strategically important shipping lanes, carrying…
Read MoreSEGELHORST, ALIAKBARI: Carbon tax could push investment out of Alberta
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Opinion Columnists Not only will the country with more punitive policies lose economic activity as production and investment move elsewhere, but the environmental benefits will also be offset, undermined or reversed by increased emissions elsewhere. Published Jul 15, 2026 • Last updated 5 minutes ago • 3 minute read You can save…
Read MoreInflation Cools More Than Expected. Traders Now Think the Fed Will Hold Rates Steady in July
Financial markets sharply reduced expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this month after new government data showed inflation eased more than economists anticipated in June. According to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.5% over the past 12 months through June,…
Read MoreU.S. Seismologist Visited China To Study North Korean Nuclear Tests. Now He Is Accused Of Spying And Faces Life In Prison
A Chinese-born U.S. citizen and seismologist faces spying charges in China for detecting and analyzing North Korean nuclear tests. Reuters reported that Youlin Chen, 54, has been detained for two years in China and is expected to be tried on spying charges, potentially facing life in prison. Eric Lebson, a former U.S. national security official…
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