Unitree IPO Finally Puts A Real Price On Profitable Humanoid Robots Chinese robotics maker Unitree formally launched its IPO on Shanghai’s STAR Market on Thursday, opening the books on a deal that aims to raise about 4.2 billion yuan (roughly $618 million) at an implied valuation near 42 billion yuan ($5.9 billion). Once the shares start trading, the listing will put a real, daily market price on a profitable humanoid-robot maker […]

Trump Defends Anti-Weaponization Fund But Admits It’s Effectively ‘Dead’ Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on Friday said that he still wants compensation for people he said were victimized by a weaponized federal government while acknowledging that a planned $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund is “dead” after the Department of Justice walked it back amid congressional opposition and court […]

The Strange Reason Scientists Still Need Pre-1945 Steel The world’s most sensitive radiation detectors sometimes rely on low background steel produced before the first atomic bomb test in July 1945, according to a new report from SpaceDaily. Steel manufactured before the nuclear age lacks the tiny traces of radioactive fallout that atmospheric weapons testing later introduced into the environment, making it valuable for experiments […]

Trust In Higher Education Hits Another Low As The Public Rejects Institutional Bias Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, According to the latest Gallup poll, only 38% of U.S. adults have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education. One of the Gallup experts told Fox News that one of the key reasons for the continued slide in public trust is “the perception that there’s a political agenda being […]

US Withdraws Troops, Patriot Batteries From Northern Iraq Amid Iranian Attacks There are new reports Friday of more US troop pullback initiatives in the wake of the last couple weeks of US-Iran fighting, and Iranian ballistic missile and drone strikes which have targeted American bases with increased regularity, especially in Jordan and Kuwait. One regional media publication freshly reports, “The United States military has started […]

Students Seek To AI-Proof Their Careers With Trades Over College Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times, For years, students were told the future belonged to college graduates with a four-year degree. Now, some of the fastest-growing opportunities are in skilled trades, where there is an escalating demand for labor and a higher level of job security amid the rise of artificial intelligence. An instructor teaches a […]

F-35 Stealth Jet Suffers “Mishap” At San Diego Airbase A US Marine Corps F-35B assigned to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing suffered a “mishap” at MCAS Miramar in San Diego earlier today, according to Fox News. Viral videos have circulated on X showing the $100 million fifth-generation fighter jet in flames. BREAKING: Emergency crews are responding to an aircraft mishap appearing to involve an F-35 at Marine Corps Air Station […]

China-Focused Influence Program Courted Senior US Media Figures With Sponsor-Paid Trips Authored by Arthur Zhang via The Epoch Times, A journalist’s review of Committee of 100 (C100) records has renewed scrutiny of sponsor-paid trips that brought senior figures from major U.S. news organizations to China and recorded changes in their views and professional plans. A tour guide stands near a display showing images of people at […]

Argentina’s Milei Borrows Warren Buffett’s Idea To Punish Deficit-Spending Politicians More than two years after campaigning to “blow up” Argentina’s central bank, President Javier Milei has announced his “Fiscal Shackle” bill – a permanent rule aimed at preventing Argentina from approving or maintaining budgets with fiscal deficits that could have consequences for politicians. On Thursday, in a speech recorded at the Casa Rosada […]

Judge Rejects States’ Attempt To Block Medicaid Work Requirements Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on July 30 declined to block new work requirements for Medicaid recipients that states must implement by Jan. 1, 2027. Judge Richard Stearns of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts turned down a request for a preliminary injunction made by Massachusetts and 25 other states to […]

Memory-Chip Crunch Hits Smartphone Demand Across China Prices for electronic devices reliant on advanced memory chips, from smartphones to gaming consoles, have risen as the AI data-center buildout tightens supply and drives component costs higher. The resulting memory-chip crunch is now weighing on consumer demand, with Goldman’s latest note showing that the pressure is increasingly visible in China’s handheld-device market. […]

Trump Orders Heavy Attack On Energy-Related Targets In Iran, To Commence This Weekend Summary Trump orders major strikes on Iran, likely to start this weekend. US adds sanctions, Bessent says Tehran can’t pay troops, as Iran faces growing pressure. Most Americans say the Iran war isn’t worth fighting: AP poll. Iran claims drone strike on US base in Kuwait – after no new US strikes overnight. Oil rises as fears of wider […]

Saudi Arabia Planning Major Escalation In Yemen, Possible Ground Op: Reports Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, said Thursday that there were indications Saudi Arabia was planning a major escalation in Yemen, as the war between the two sides has been reignited following the July 13 Saudi strikes on the Sanaa International Airport. […]

Trump’s Jones Act Waiver Helped Avert Fuel Shortages Across These Key US Regions The Department of Homeland Security has issued the broadest Jones Act waiver since at least the 1950s, just weeks after the US-Iran conflict erupted. The measure has allowed foreign-flagged vessels to transport fuel, crude oil, fertilizer, and other essential goods between US ports, bypassing domestic shipping restrictions to mitigate supply chain […]

The Fourth Turning Is Here: The Old Order Is Breaking Down Authored by Chris MacIntosh via InternationalMan.com, In 1997, historians William Strauss and Neil Howe published “The Fourth Turning,” a cyclical theory of Anglo-American history built around generational archetypes and recurring saecular rhythms of approximately 80 to 100 years — roughly the length of a long human life. Their framework identified four […]

From Nazi Tats To Kissing Cousins: Maine Democrats Go Full Jerry Springer In the span of a few weeks, Maine Democrats replaced their U.S. Senate nominee amid a cascade of personal controversies, with a guy who’s been banging his 2nd cousin for years.  Platner’s Collapse Graham Platner, a Marine Corps veteran and oyster farmer, had emerged as a progressive populist challenger to five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins. He […]

Demoralizing The Whole Citizenry To The Max Authored by James Howard Kunstler, The Curse It Is Cast… “I have nothing to hide. I can explain and validate everything that I’ve done.” – Dr. Anthony Fauci, recorded for TV in 2022 However you cut this Fauci business, one thing Americans have learned is how slippery and treacherous this thing called The Law has become. You saw it in the sundry Trump prosecutions of […]

ICE Planning New Detention Facilities For 5,500+ Detainees In Four US Cities Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is currently moving to open four new major detention facilities across the United States with a combined capacity to hold 5,500 detainees. Just the News reports that ICE has sent out a request for information seeking contractors who could operate detention […]

Five States Make The Cut For $50 Billion Nuclear Campuses  The Department of Energy has selected Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Idaho as the first five potential hosts for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses (NLICs), advancing an effort that forced states to decide whether they support the entire nuclear industry or merely the convenient parts. Energy Secretary Chris Wright signed Memorandums of Understanding with […]

FCC Chair Carr Defends License Review As ABC Cries Censorship Via American Greatness, Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is pushing back against Disney-owned ABC’s claims that his agency is engaged in “attempted censorship,” insisting the review of the network’s broadcast licenses stems from evidence of discriminatory hiring practices, not politics. ABC leveled the censorship accusation in a 119-page […]

Chips To Ships: Nvidia Plans New Shipbuilding Investment With Kawasaki Authored by Stuart Chirls via FreightWaves.com, Can the world’s newest technology give a boost to one of transportation’s oldest? A plan by leading Asia companies wants to find out. Nvidia and Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced a joint effort to build a “next‑generation digital shipyard” at Kawasaki’s Sakaide Works in Japan.  The core of the deal […]

US Treasury Informed Banks It May Intervene In Japan’s Yen, As Market Laughs At BOJ’s Own Attempts To Prop Up Currency While the BOJ understandably refuses to admit it spent a record $140BN (across all markets, $90BN on EBS) to briefly manipulate the Japanese yen higher… … ahead of yet another disappointing (non-rate hike) decision (according to some calculations, Japan’s central bank is about 100 bps of rate hikes behind to […]

Italy Suspends Schengen Travel Agreement With Spain After Horrifying Ceuta Invasion Summary: Italy Suspends Schengen Agreement With Spain Over Ceuta Invasion Europe’s Right-Wing Blasts Spanish Socialists For Border Failure Riots erupted in Ceuta as Illegals Clashed with Security Forces Mass Migration Invasion Of Military-Aged Males From Morocco Invades Spanish Enclave  “Looks Like World War Z!”: Spain’s Ceuta Invaded By […]

Tesla Weighs China Spinoff As Potential SpaceX Merger Looms Tesla is reportedly evaluating whether to separate its China operations through a sale, spinoff, or other restructuring as it considers a possible future merger with SpaceX, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The discussions reflect increasing geopolitical tensions between the United States and China, as well as the unique regulatory challenges that […]

Seattle Police Chief Resigns 4 Days After Deadly Festival Shooting Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes on Thursday sent his letter of resignation to Mayor Katie B. Wilson, four days after a fatal shooting at a food festival, the mayor’s office and Seattle Police Department announced. Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson (C) and Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes (L) attend the vigil for victims the […]