South Korea Sentences Yoon to 30 Years for the Drone Plot That Preceded His Martial Law Bid
Yoon Suk Yeol already has a life sentence for insurrection and five years for obstruction. On Friday, a Seoul court added 30 more for the drone operation he ordered two months before declaring martial law.
After Two Failures, Japan’s H3 Rocket Sticks Its Return With a New Low-Cost Variant
JAXA’s H3-30 made its flight debut on Friday, reaching orbit cleanly and keeping Japan’s Mars mission window intact.
A One-Million-Square-Foot Medical Warehouse Just Burned to the Ground—With Non-Functional Sprinklers
A fire destroyed Medline’s Tracy distribution warehouse on Thursday. The sprinklers weren’t working when crews arrived. Hospitals across the country are now monitoring the impact.
US and Iran Have Agreed on Deal Text, Mediator Says—But Final Sign-Off Still Pending
The deal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, lift the US naval blockade on Iran, and begin nuclear negotiations. Whether it actually gets signed is another question.
Bezos Warns AI Could Trigger A Labor Shortage
The Amazon founder Jeff Bezos argued that artificial intelligence could make companies productive enough to generate more projects than the economy has people to execute. That flips the public AI debate on its head. Instead of mass unemployment, Bezos is pointing to a future where demand outruns labor supply, a claim now attached to one […]
OpenAI Bolsters Coding Assistant with Acquisition of Cloud Startup Ona
OpenAI has agreed to acquire Ona, a startup that builds secure, pre-configured cloud environments for AI agents, with the goal of expanding the capabilities of its coding assistant, Codex. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the deal remains subject to customary closing conditions. Ona’s infrastructure allows AI agents to access tools, systems, and context within […]
Trump Pulls Back Iran Strike Order After Talks Approved With Iranian Leadership
President Donald Trump announced late Thursday that he has called off a planned military strike against Iran after diplomatic discussions reportedly reached the highest levels of Iranian leadership and received approval from multiple regional states. In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote, “Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have […]
Pentagon on Lockdown After Hazmat Responds To Air Quality Alert
UPDATE 12:04 PM EST: CNN is now reporting that the lockdown and evacuation of the Pentagon was due to a false alarm. No further details were provided. Several floors of the Pentagon were locked down and evacuated Thursday after the building’s internal systems flagged an air quality concern, triggering a hazardous materials response from both […]
Make Kharg Great Again: The Iranian Island Trump Wants To Take
In a Fox News interview, President Donald Trump said his preferred approach was to take Kharg Island, the Iranian export point that sits at the center of the country’s crude oil trade. “My preference has always been — take Kharg Island,” Trump said. “I don’t know that America has the stomach for it.” The profit […]
SpaceX Faces Iran Target Designation Ahead of Its Landmark IPO
Iran has formally designated Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Starlink facilities across the Middle East as military targets, according to state-run Fars News Agency, escalating tensions that now extend directly into the commercial space and satellite communications sectors. Fars reported that “all interests related to economic holdings managed by Elon Musk in West Asia, including Arab […]