What will the costs of the latest round of illegal, ill-fated U.S. military adventurism in the Middle East amount to? Some of the toll is already clear. Washington has squandered billions of dollars on a reckless war of aggression against Iran. A merciless campaign of aerial bombardment has driven millions from their homes. American and Israeli airstrikes have rained destruction on 10,000 civilian sites and…
A year after the launch of GPT-5, OpenAI has announced the arrival of GPT-6 Astra, which will begin rolling out immediately. The AI company called Astra “the world’s most intelligent and aligned model.” OpenAI Astra marks a new generation of models for the AI company, but also carries new risks. The day before Astra’s launch,…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A New Mexico jury ruled last Tuesday that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health, made false or misleading statements about platform safety, and engaged in trade practices the jury called “unconscionable.” The trial ran nearly seven weeks. The verdict caps the first case of its kind to reach a…
Iran’s Supreme Leader and more than 40 top Iranian leaders were killed in the US-Israel military operation on Saturday. More than 200 people were killed and nearly 800 people were injured in the military strikes. “More than 40 senior Iranian security and regime figures were killed in the opening strikes this morning. This is one…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The moment you plant a seed, a race begins. Your vegetable seedlings need to establish themselves before weeds do, and the longer germination takes, the harder that race gets. Frost, temperature swings, animals, and flooding can all interfere during that window. Most gardeners tweak their watering schedule or soil…
Data from Edmonton’s Wyvern will support research at NASA after the company was selected to join the Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program. The news: Wyvern is among the 14 companies that were selected to participate in the CSDA program last week. Under the CSDA, NASA purchases Earth observation data from commercial satellite companies and…
Gold advocate and longtime Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff said that the crypto industry is pushing for government regulation and bailouts not to self-restrain, but to gain public legitimacy. Gold advocate and longtime Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff renewed his attacks on Bitcoin during a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, arguing that the cryptocurrency industry is seeking government regulation and…
Toronto’s Wittington Ventures has closed its third venture capital (VC) fund, securing $180 million CAD to invest in more climate, commerce, consumer, healthcare, and food technology startups at the Series A and B stages. The news: Wittington Ventures managing partner Jim Orlando announced the news on LinkedIn on Thursday. The fund’s limited partners include Wittington…
New footage shows the moment that FBI agents swarmed former Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell and seized his electronics at San Francisco International Airport earlier this month. Federal agents seized Swalwell’s iPhone and MacBook Pro laptop as part of an investigation into allegations of sexual assault. Swalwell was dressed in a hoodie as agents approached him…
A Selection of Iran War X Posts Found On 3/21/26 (Most Posts Link to the Original Ones at X.com) Part 1 of this article is “250+ X.com Posts, Videos and Images Present Thought-Provoking Aspects of the Iran War (Feb. 28 – March 7)”. Part 2: “250+ Thought-Provoking X.com Iran War Posts, Videos and…
