Welcome to May 29, 2026 The Singularity is now iterating on itself in public. Anthropic launched Opus 4.8, a "modest but tangible improvement" that still posts a SOTA 69.2% on SWE-Bench Pro, 57.9% on Humanity's Last Exam
The world's biggest social media platforms agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a rural Kentucky school district that alleged their products are addictive and helped create a teen mental health crisis
China's defense minister is skipping the Shangri-La Dialogue for a second straight year, ceding the spotlight to Washington as tensions simmer from Taiwan to the South China Sea.
Imagine falling into a *non-technical* recession, would be doubly embarrassing [QT @unusual_whales: BREAKING: Canada has unexpectedly fallen into a technical recession for the first time since 2020.]
when the bankers are calling you "full of shit", you're doing something right [QT @WatcherGuru: JUST IN: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says he is not happy with the crypto Clarity Act and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is "full of shit."]
Qatar opposes permanent legal fees for transit through the Strait of Hormuz, but a temporary toll is negotiable and could help restore normal passage through the key waterway, a top official said
The crash of a Russian drone into a Romanian apartment building on Friday laid bare Europe's lack of preparedness in confronting modern aerial warfare even as fighting rages across the border in Ukraine for a fifth year.
11 rivals split $3.2B. SpaceX alone just won $4.16B. Two contracts in four days, and SpaceX now holds more Golden Dome work than every other contractor combined.
The Aukus alliance members — Australia, UK and the US — announced Saturday that they will develop advanced underwater drone systems and further deepen their maritime relationship that will see American submarines in Australia by next year
China warned it would 'resolutely' retaliate if the European Union proceeds with new restrictive trade measures, following a May 29 European Commission discussion on China policy
ethereum staking ratio just hit 32.4% ATH. $110B+ locked up by validators. this happened during 14 consecutive days of ETF outflows and david hoffman selling his stack. the people running the network are accumulating. the people watching the chart are capitulating.
Bank of England rate-setter Catherine Mann warned that the long run of 'good luck' central bankers have enjoyed in keeping a lid on inflation has run out as a more shock-prone era sets in
BREAKING: The US personal savings rate fell -0.6 percentage points in April, to 2.6%, the lowest since June 2022. This marks the 3rd consecutive monthly decline for a cumulative drop of -1.7 percentage points. This is also the 2nd lowest reading since April 2008.
This shows the danger of the current approach not just to Iran but also to Gaza and Lebanon - ceasefires often don't hold or allow continuing military action without addressing core issues: New: Israeli military warns of intensifying clashes with Hezbollah
The combined valuation of the 3 largest private companies in the world is now over $3 Trillion SpaceX - $1.25T Anthropic - $965B OpenAI - $852B Total Combined - $3.07T
circle just froze $12.6m in zama's cUSDC privacy wrapper via court order. no grace period, no user-level blocking, entire contract bricked in under a week. $73m raised from multicoin and protocol labs and the product died because they built encrypted transactions on top of an
China's shrinking appetite for oil is balancing global crude markets: China's crude oil imports are tracking at ~6.6 million barrels per day so far in May, the lowest since 2016/ This comes as oil inbound shipments fell -20% MoM in April, to 9.37 million barrels per day
World central banks are increasingly moving toward tightening: Global central banks have cut rates 31 times year-to-date, outpacing 12 hikes conducted over the same period. Over the last 3 months, there were just ~3 more rate cuts than hikes globally, the smallest gap since
SoftBank plans to invest as much as €75 billion ($87 billion) to build artificial intelligence data centers in France, La Tribune and the Financial Times reported.
mayan finance just routed $25m to solana in a single week. 1m+ unique wallets have bridged into solana through mayan since launch across 4m bridge events. same week circle minted $5b USDC on solana and the 21shares SOL ETF pulled $557k while BTC and ETH ETFs bled $800m.
US tech stocks are rewriting the record books: The Information Technology Sector now accounts for 37% of the S&P 500's market cap, an all-time high. This percentage has nearly DOUBLED since the 2020 market bottom. To put this into perspective, the 2000 Dot-Com Bubble peak was
The U.S. military stopped a merchant vessel trying to break through its blockade of Iranian ports by firing a missile into its engine room, the U.S. Central Command said on Saturday.
Meta Platforms $META stock just closed the day lower for the first time 6 trading days Tesla $TSLA stock just closed the day lower for the first time 6 trading days
The California Supreme Court just made it even harder to keep repeat offenders off the street before trial. This is how public safety collapses: not all at once, but ruling by ruling, loophole by loophole, until normal people are the only ones following the law.
A federal judge has said that New Hampshire must make voter registration easier by allowing applicants to attest to their U.S. citizenship if they don't have the documents to prove it.
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California is watering down its carbon market to curb soaring gas prices. Opponents say it will result in rising emissions and falling revenues for climate action
"A nation that cannot manufacture, mine, ship, or refine its needs gradually cedes its strength and sovereignty to others. That is a dangerous dependency for any country; it is an unacceptable one for the United States of America." — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Many people are saying. [QT @RapidResponse47: .@SecScottBessent: "A nation that cannot manufacture, mine, ship, or refine its needs gradually cedes its strength and sovereignty to others. That is a dangerous dependency for any country; it is an unacceptable one for the United States of America."]
Hedge funds turned bearish on US natural gas for the first time since 2024 on signs of plentiful domestic supplies and expectations of reduced export needs, per Bloomberg.
"It really is going to transform downtown Atlanta." Downtown Atlanta has been declining for years, but a $5 billion redevelopment project wants to bring shopping, housing, business and entertainment back
The Philippine central bank said the pace of inflation is likely to increase this month, mainly because of food-price increases and the peso's weakness
China has appointed its natural resources minister, Guan Zhiou, to run the key inland province of Hubei, as part of the latest reshuffle of the country's regional leadership
We continued the @TrumpAccounts Tour in Westlake Village, California, convening hundreds of local families, businesses, and community leaders for a conversation with @KelseyGrammer on how this Administration is shaping stronger financial futures for the next generation
In honor of National Small Business Month, @USTreasury convened a roundtable discussion with local business leaders on how @POTUS' Working Families Tax Cuts are helping businesses grow, invest, and create jobs. From full-expensing for R&D and manufacturing equipment to No Tax
Samsung has narrowly averted a strike by promising some employees hefty bonuses — dividends from the windfall it's seen from the AI boom. But that's stoking unhappiness among other workers who don't stand to reap equal benefits
Kazakhstan built an entire capital city from scratch. Now the authoritarian petrostate is pitching itself as an AI innovation hub and a destination for Western capital.
What began as a rocket startup is now a big bet on satellites, AI and Mars. With a projected valuation near $2 trillion, SpaceX's IPO could reshape markets. But is Wall Street rushing in too fast?
Copper can't keep up. NVIDIA spent $6.5B in 3 months on light. That sum is 0.16% of its market cap, yet it may corner the world's laser supply through 2027.
Russia recalled its ambassador to Armenia for consultations in Moscow amid growing tensions with the South Caucasus country over its tilt toward Europe
Sometimes you wonder if California legislators: 1) Have ever lived a single day in the real world. 2) Understand even a single thing about the technologies that made their state a powerhouse. 3) Believe that legislating magical solutions actually creates magic.
The surge in crude prices sparked by the Iran war, and even a temporary lifting of US sanctions on Russian oil, hasn't kept Russia's economy out of trouble.
Hanwha Aerospace is in talks with Germany, the UK and other European nations for new weapons deals, seeking to capitalize on a massive wave of global arms spending triggered by conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East
Anthropic updated its warning about secondary markets for its shares, cutting the number of unauthorized platforms by half, after the notice caused panic among investors and a sharp rebuttal from one of the companies named
India has finalized a deal to sell its BrahMos cruise missiles to Vietnam, a top defense official said, weeks after leaders of the two countries pledged to build closer economic ties
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said 'true friendship' is growing between Washington and Pakistan as Islamabad helps to negotiate an end to the war in Iran
The US affirmed that deals with Iran to safely sail through the Strait of Hormuz — even those which don't involve paying a toll — aren't allowed, as the conflict between the two nations grinds on
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Solana; $FARTCOIN and $USELESS; net whale inflows >$100k; 7-day window; market cap range $50M-$200M
Only 2 coins on Solana received net whale inflows larger than $100k this week! Those coins are ⬇️ $FARTCOIN $USELESS We filtered based on net 7-day whale inflows and a market cap range of 50-200M for the sake of relativity
Such a divergence has never been seen in markets: The S&P 500's 3-month implied correlation is down to ~15.0%, the lowest on record. Implied correlation measures the extent to which stocks are expected to move in tandem, with a reading this low indicating significantly greater
Driven by AI, EVs and heat pumps, global electricity demand is on track to double by 2050. Because traditional grid expansion is far too slow to handle this surge, countries must deploy new technologies and approaches.
Listened to this pod on my run this morning. Superb explainer of hyperliquid and why it's Hansel-level hot rn. I didn't realize 99% of fees earned goes towards buying back the token. Smart. And I'll say it again: the crypto industry is so, so lucky to have @Matt_Hougan.
French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said S&P Global Ratings maintained the country's credit rating, adding the government remains fully committed to continuing to reducing the public deficit and debt
Croatia's inflation is likely to ease in May from April's 5.8%, which was the highest in the euro area on an annual basis, outgoing central bank Governor Boris Vujcic told reporters on Saturday
The dangers of AI eclipsed those of nuclear weapons at a defense forum discussion on strategic stability in Singapore, as panelists warned it could reduce reaction times to the point where people make rash decisions
The Philippines is seeking closer ties with Taiwan and stronger military links with nations focused on deterring China's 'nefarious plans,' according to the Southeast Asian nation's defense chief
The US, Japan and South Korea are "deepening our defense cooperation to ensure our combined forces remain lethal, ready, and capable of deterring aggression in the region," Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says in an X post
The community that protects Windows is furious with Microsoft. The company pioneered the modern bug bounty, then threatened a researcher with criminal prosecution for publishing flaws it allegedly locked them out of reporting.
Epoch AI 最新 Epoch Capabilities Index 显示,开源模型与前沿闭源模型的能力差距较此前估计略有扩大,2023年1月至2025年10月区间平均差距约为3个月
Epoch Capabilities Index; open weights vs frontier gap widened slightly; previously ~3 months average (Jan 2023–Oct 2025); now estimated ~4 months
Epoch AI 基准测试指向开源差距小幅扩大,但独立AI研究者 Emollick 对此持强烈保留意见,认为开源模型在分布外场景下远比基准所示脆弱,实际差距很可能被系统性低估。两方观点折射出当前基准测试能否真实捕捉模型实战能力的深层行业争议。
I think Epoch does a great job benchmarking, but I continue to believe that open weights models are much more fragile, especially out-of-distribution, than their benchmarks indicate. Vibe-wise, I don't think they were only 3 months behind last year or only 4 months behind today.
Stocks are about to complete their 9th consecutive up week in a row That's REALLY rare, folks That alone suggests this market rally is long in the tooth As a result, pullback risk is now quite high warns @LanceRoberts
The head of the World Health Organization on Saturday visited eastern Congo's Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is spreading faster than the response despite better-organized health facilities and new aid arrivals.
This is how the NASDAQ 100 $QQQ has performed every full year since 1999 1999: +79%🟢 2000: -36.1%🔴 2001: -33.4%🔴 2002: -37.4%🔴 2003: +49.7%🟢 2004: +10.5%🟢 2005: +1.6%🟢 2006: +7.1%🟢 2007: +19%🟢 2008: -41.7%🔴 2009: +54.7%🟢 2010: +19.9%🟢 2011: +3.4%🟢 2012: +18.1%🟢
Namibia said it arranged an emergency deal with Vitol Group for three months of fuel supply through September in an effort to mitigate price shocks for oil products caused by the Iran war
David Sacks: 'single most marketable skill in the economy right now has got to be proficiency in Claude'; Bill Gurley co-signed; AllIn Podcast; first AI-native college graduating class
Sacks: "With respect to new college grads, I think the single most marketable skill in the economy right now has got to be proficiency in Claude." Bill Gurley: "It's not just [Claude alone]"
Record Highs, Weak Internals, And A Market Running Out Of Breadth. This is not a normal healthy breakout. The S&P 500 is making record highs, but the breadth underneath is negative, meaning more stocks are falling than rising while the index keeps climbing. That tells you the
Ecuador President Daniel Noboa; Colombian imports tariff elimination; opposition candidate commitment; 'deliberate interference'; ongoing Colombian electoral process
Colombia's government on Saturday rejected a move by Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa to eliminate tariffs on Colombian imports because of a tariff commitment made to an opposition candidate, calling it 'deliberate interference' in the ongoing electoral process.
Mexican authorities detained the mayor of a historic city near the capital, the latest move designed to show the government is rooting out corrupt politicians from its ranks.
Plasma One is already the fastest stablecoin neobank to hit $1m in weekly volume. We will also be the fastest to $10m, $100m and $1b. P1 is hitting new records for active users and spenders every single day. And we are barely getting started. June will mark the end of the