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Iran’s Shahed Drones: How They’re Wreaking Havoc in the Middle East
This is an Iranian shahed. >> And these drones have been slipping past the US and allied air defenses across the Middle East. The US says Iran's drone attacks are down 90% from the start of the war.But the drones that Iran is managing to get off have shown to be hard to stop. They've been filmed crashing into buildings, dive bombing airports, and setting off explosions at oil facilities. >> There are a few reasons why these cheap shahads are posing such a challenge.First, they're hard to detect. The drones ...
Why Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
For some people, a new American dream is emerging, to no longer live in America. Americans are leaving in record numbers, replanting themselves and their families in countries they find more affordable and safe. Over the past few months, my colleagues and I have tried to wrap our minds around one of the strangest immigration waves of the current era.Last year, more people moved out of the US than moved in. That's an outflow that hasn't been seen since the Great Depression. Mostly, that's about the Trump adm ...
Iran-Turkey Border: Iranians Fleeing the War Share Their Fears
I'm here at the Capcoy border crossing between Turkey and Iran where there are many Iranians coming here to Turkey and some going home. It's been more than two weeks of war and the Iranians we've been talking to here say that they've been experiencing air strikes that are shattering the windows of their homes. They can't sleep at night.Their children are waking up. You also have traveling in the other direction many Iranians who live in Turkey, who work here, who study here, who haven't been able to contact ...
Higher Gas Prices Could Cost Your Household an Extra $740 This Year
We're less than a month into the USIsraeli war in Iran and we're already seeing the impact at the gas pump. And that's just the first hit. Gas prices in the US have shot up to their highest levels since 2022 from $2.93% a month ago to $3.88% on Thursday.That's more than a 30% jump. Drivers in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado are seeing the biggest sticker shock. Gas isn't a huge line item on most household budgets.In 2025, it made up less than 2% of disposable income, but it can have an outsized impact on ...
Silicon Valley is Obsessed With Claude Cowork–Here's How to Use It
Everyone in Silicon Valley is completely obsessed with Anthropic's new AI tools, especially Coowwork, which is its brand new tool for non-coders. We asked the inventor of Claude Code how he thinks people should get started using Co-work. >> Ask it to organize your files.This is like this first magic moment cuz for a lot of people, they've only used a chatbot before. They haven't used an agent that can actually take action for you. >> So, I'm going to try it out today and see what very basic tasks I can have ...
Why Investors Are Wary of Nvidia and Micron Despite Strong AI Demand
- Demand for AI systems is booming, but investors aren't in a mood to celebrate it. Take Nvidia, for example. The AI superstar's price-to-earnings ratio, which measures a stock's price against its projected earnings, is actually now below that of the S&P 500 for the first time in more than a decade.And here's why. Memory chip maker Micron has seen its own business triple in size as the AI systems made by companies like Nvidia require loads of memory in order to function. That demand is actually overwhelming ...
I Tried the No. 1 Ranked College Dining Hall in America
I'm here at UMass Ammerst, the college that is known to have the best dining halls in the country. Let's check it out. For nine years, UMass Ammerst has been rated number one for campus food in the country.That's according to the Princeton Review, which conducts an annual survey of more than 100,000 students. UMass students say the options here are endless. Their cuisines from all over the world.The ingredients are sourced locally, and the program is run by a chef who's worked at the Shangri Law and the Rit ...
The Studio Behind ‘Wallace & ‘Gromit’ Almost Ran Out of Clay
Clay is the perfect material really. >> If you think about Grommet, you know, all the emotion in in that face comes from a movement of the brow. >> Wallace's kind of classic.>> Clay underpins really who we are and what we're about. Arman started with Chicken Run. We're about to release our 11th movie.>> You need this very specific particular type of clay to be able to do what we do. Well, for many years, Oddman has used a type of clay manufactured by a company called Newlast. >> I think we used it over 25 y ...
A Russian Billionaire Fights Global Infertility—With 100 of His Own Children
A Russian billionaire is fighting global infertility with a hundred of his own children. Powell Durovv, who founded the app Telegram, has said he'll cover IVF costs for women who want to use his sperm and that his offspring will receive a piece of his fortune. Durab said in a Telegram post that he started donating sperm around 2010.At first, he gave to a friend trying to conceive a child and then anonymously to alleviate a shortage of highquality donor material. While he wrote that he stopped donating years ...
I Dogsledded Greenland to Map Trump’s Arctic Ambitions | WSJ
- [Sune] Greenland has become a geopolitical flash point. - [Sune] Fueled by President Trump's insistence that the US must control the island. - All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland.- In fact, the US used to have a very significant military presence here after the Second World War and during the Cold War. For the next three days, I will travel by plane, dog sled, and boat across a remote arctic wilderness in Greenland. So guys, this is how you get 16 dogs into a boat.To reach an o ...