Tokyo's city officials are calling on office workers to rock shorts this upcoming summer. The reason? A fuel shortage due to the blockage of the Hormuz Strait, so air conditioning will be on the low.
⚖️ In the USA, 22-year-old Evan Tangeman was sentenced to 70 months behind bars for his role in a crypto scam totaling $263,000,000.
The stolen funds were laundered through a complex network and spent on a lavish lifestyle—luxurious mansions, Lamborghinis, Rolex watches, and other symbols of 'successful success'.
Stanford* and Arc Institute scientists pulled off a wild experiment: they fed a DNA sequence into an AI model and asked it to create new viruses. The model churned out hundreds of variants, and 16 of them turned out to be viable.
One virus is particularly noteworthy: it utilized a protein for packaging DNA that’s not found in any known organism on Earth. Researchers synthesized these viruses in the lab, grew them, and tested them on E. coli. All 16 bacteriophages were alive and infectious, and a few even outpaced the original virus ΦX174 in growth rate.
The main takeaway isn’t that AI managed to generate functional genomes, but rather that the model invented a biological mechanism element that evolution hasn’t reached yet. In other words, artificial intelligence "invented" a protein that doesn’t exist in nature.
The Beijing Auto Show turned into a disgrace for Germany and a showcase of strength for Chinese car manufacturers. European companies and their founders are left in the shadows, while Chinese leaders like Xiaomi's Lei Jun are celebrated like pop stars: they can barely move without bodyguards. Meanwhile, European executives are of no interest to anyone and aimlessly wander the pavilions. "This reflects a sense of loss of purpose and alienation," writes a German publication.
Against the backdrop of war and high market volatility, hedge funds have started to shut down.
Eminence Capital, having operated for 27 years, announced its closure, while Mars FX Hedge Fund took a hit, losing $600 million in assets.
Previously, Alua Capital Management closed its $2 billion fund due to poor performance, and AllianceBernstein also wound down its AB Arya hedge fund for similar reasons.
The USA claims that the EU meddled in the elections and didn't allow free voting in Slovakia–2023, the Netherlands–2023/2025, France–2024, Romania–2024, Moldova–2024, and Ireland–2024/2025.
The algo trader from Russia, Alexander Gerko of XTX Markets, has cracked the top 5 most profitable firms worldwide. He’s the typical math prodigy from Russia – graduated from the 57th Math School and the Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty of Moscow State University. When you break it down per employee, Gerko’s firm is pulling in around $9 million each.
In the sixth spot is algo trader Jane Street, which raked in about $40 billion in 2025 with a crew of 3,500 employees. With a profitability margin of 65-70%, that translates to $8 million profit per employee: the highest figure for a company with over 1,000 staff.
High-frequency trading is still the most effective way to rake in the cash.
10 fastest-growing AI solution providers by revenue per employee. Despite having its own competing AI models (Gemini), Google has committed to pumping $10 billion into Anthropic, with plans to throw in another $30 billion in the future.
Trump is unharmed and safe. The First Lady and the Vice President were also evacuated.
The incident occurred during the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton in D.C. The shooting took place near the main security checkpoint with metal detectors.
The shooter has been apprehended. He is a 31-year-old teacher from California, Cole Allen.
The shooter told law enforcement that he intended to shoot officials from the president's administration — CBS News
In response to the assassination attempt, Trump stated that he has studied many assassination attempts and that such things happen to hardworking, influential individuals who do a lot for the country — like Abraham Lincoln, expressing that he feels flattered to be targeted since he and his administration have achieved a lot..
There are opinions in several Eastern and American media outlets suggesting that the shooting was a planned and fabricated action....
The identity of the shooter planning an attack on Donald Trump has been revealed The individual suspected of plotting an assassination attempt on Donald Trump in a Washington hotel has been identified as a 31-year-old resident of California.
According to reports, after the assassination attempt on Trump was thwarted, 31-year-old Californian Cole Allen was apprehended. It’s said that the shooter was a tutor and even earned the title of "teacher of the month" two years ago. The reasons that drove this ordinary tutor to attempt to kill the President of the United States have yet to be determined. Notably, Cole Allen is set to face court on Monday. $ORCA $MIRA $RAYSOL
The Russian footwear chain Ralf Ringer has imposed a ban on servicing Vladimir Solovyov at their checkouts. The company stated that they stand against disrespectful behavior towards women.
Iran could trigger a digital disaster by cutting undersea cables in the Strait of Hormuz, disconnecting Gulf countries from the internet. The Tasnim agency, close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, published a map of the cables and warned: during natural disasters, ship anchoring, or intentional actions, cutting the cables would cause a digital collapse in the Arab states of the Gulf.
Seven major cables (Falcon, AAE-1, TGN-Gulf, SEA-ME-WE) lie on the seabed of the strait, transmitting massive amounts of data and connecting countries in the region with data centers in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. The cables run in Omani waters, not Iranian. If severed, Iran will be affected too, but to a lesser extent: the country is not as dependent on them. Iranian officials have not officially commented, but this should be taken as a threat.
15% of the world's traffic passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Analysts at the Stimson Center confirm that for U.S. allies (UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq), this is vital infrastructure. A disruption would lead to serious economic consequences due to millions of banking transactions daily. AI data centers in the Emirates would be at risk.
A Spanish woman managed to 'buy' the Sun — she claims that in 2010 she secured ownership through a legal loophole and intended to charge for its use; however, in reality, it was a performance, — NP.