Iran’s so-called ‘mosquito fleet,’ which is comprised of hundreds to thousands of small attack boats, is a real problem for the U.S. Navy in the Strait of Hormuz because of its ability to disrupt commercial shipping in the waterway, while also jeopardizing military assets if employed along with Tehran’s missiles and drones.
Category: 19 May 2026
POLL: AMERICANS DON’T WANT MASSIVE DATA CENTERS IN THEIR BACKYARD
A newly released Gallup poll found that 71 percent of Americans said they would be opposed to an AI data center being built in their area just as the issue is becoming a hot topic and politics and attracting hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions for local and statewide elections.
FREQUENTING THE ARTS MAY SLOW AGING, NEW STUDY SAYS
A newly released study found that individuals who frequent various arts and other cultural activities had lower biological “aging scores” when matched up to individuals who seldom take part in such activities, according to StudyFinds.com.
ALGORITHM LETS CHATBOTS USE SIX TIMES LESS MEMORY
Google’s engineers have found a way to compact AI data so densely that a chatbot can use as much as six times less working memory to produce a response to a prompt, the company says.
COMPANY TIED TO TRUMP’S SONS WANTS MORE FUNDING FROM FOR MINE PROJECT
A company with ties to Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump has asked the U.S. Department of War for an additional $400 million to help speed up its Kazakhstan project to mine tungsten, a rare transition metal that is valuable because its high melting point and “exponential” demand in the U.S. based on “unprecedented shortfalls” in supply.
THE AI JOBS WIPEOUT HITS CLOUDFLARE, COINBASE
Last week Cloudflare, a $67-billion cybersecurity and Internet reliability specialist, announced it will lay off 1,100 workers – about 20 percent of its workforce – to prepare for what it called “the agentic AI era.”
ERIC TRUMP JOINS TRIP TO CHINA WHILE COMPANY WITH LINKS TO HIM AND TRUMP FAMILY SEEKS DEAL WITH CHINESE CHIPMAKER, ACCORDING TO REPORT
Eric Trump, one of President Donald Trump’s adult sons, joined his father last week during his high-profile trip to Beijing, which drew scrutiny because a company with ties to him and the Trump family’s crypto business has been trying to score a deal with a Chinese chipmaker with ties to the Chinese government, the Financial Times reported.
AI BOTS CAN COPY TO OTHER DEVICES, REPORT SAYS
AI models can copy themselves onto other machines without instructions, help, or human involvement, according to a new report from Palisade Research, an AI safety organization.
SENATE CONTINUES TO APPROVE TRUMP’S WAR WITH IRAN
Senate Democrats failed to pass a resolution last week to force President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval to continue the Iran War that has been frozen in a stalemate since last month.
ECONOMIC UPDATE
Again, as we have detailed and continue to detail by the pure facts and indisputable data, the illegal Iran War launched on 28 February by just two politicians – President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – has inflicted severe socioeconomic and geopolitical damage across the globe.









