As we had forecast, one of our Top Trends for 2026 is a Dot-com Bust 2.0, and now that reality is hitting The Street. Yesterday, U.S. equities plunged as the Wall Street gambling gang could no longer ignore the reality of how artificial intelligence will overtake human intelligence in many business sectors.
The Trump administration responded to the Supreme Court’s ruling last week that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPPA) in a 6-3 opinion that was seen as a blow to the White House’s economic agenda.
Humanoid robots are only half as efficient as humans in factory work and thus not yet able to fill any worker shortage that factories are experiencing, Michael Tam, chief brand officer for UBTech, a leading Chinese robotics designer, said in a Financial Times interview.
The IDF is preparing major strikes to take out Iranian allies in the Middle East to prevent groups like Hezbollah and the Houthis from joining the fight if a large-scale war between the U.S. and Tehran breaks out.
President Donald Trump has ordered the most airpower into the Middle East since before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, as the U.S. prepares for a possible war with Iran that has hardly been explained by the administration and faced essentially no pushback in the news media or by politicians in Washington.
Newly released research found that the more children ingested ultra-processed food earlier in life, the lower their IQs developed into their childhood, raising new concerns about diets and their impact on the developing brain.
U.S. equity markets posted their worst week since last November, despite an encouraging inflation report and an economy that grew more jobs than many had expected.
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: As we had forecast last year at this time, prepare for a Dot-com Bust 2.0. See: ● “DOT.COM BUST 2.0? CHINA’S DEEPSEEK MAKES CLAIMS THAT COULD REVOLUTIONIZE AI MARKET…AND CRASH U.S. STOCK MARKET.” (28 Jan 2025) ● “MICROSOFT CEO PRAISES DEEPSEEK, WILL OFFER THE R1 TO ITS CUSTOMERS” (4 Feb 2025) ● “SPECIAL REPORT: CHINA’S TECH SURGE” (18 Feb 2025) ● “U.S. DOMINANCE OF EQUITY......
Israel took another step toward annexing the West Bank on Sunday when its government approved a proposal that will register parts of the West Bank as “state property,” which Bezalel Smotrich, the settler finance minister, said is the continuation of “the settlement revolution to control all our lands.”
The Trump administration has been handed stinging rebukes from federal courts in the U.S. since October, which ruled that over 4,400 immigrants have been unlawfully detained during the government’s crackdown on illegal immigration, Reuters reported.