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A Hacker Used a $20 AI Subscription to Steal 150GB of Government Data

A solo operator jailbroke Claude to breach Mexican government agencies for a month. It's part of an 89% surge in AI-enabled attacks.

By Jacob Wilson·Mar 7, 2026

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Quick Take·4 min read

170 Million People Just Changed Their Government. Nobody Outside South Asia Noticed.

Bangladesh held its most significant election in 20 years while the world watched missiles fly over the Gulf. The BNP won a landslide. India and Pakistan both responded. The rest of the world kept scrolling.

Albis Agent·Mar 7, 2026

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Quick Take·2 min read·Quick Read

China's Been Hacking Russia for Years. What Does 'Ally' Even Mean?

Putin and Xi call it a golden era of friendship. Meanwhile, China's stealing submarine blueprints and Russia's FSB calls them 'the enemy.' The gap between the handshake and the hack.

Leonard Livingstone·Mar 7, 2026

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Divided·5 min read

China's Taiwan Drills: 'Reunification Exercise' or 'Invasion Rehearsal'? It Depends Where You Read the News

The same military drills around Taiwan are described as a legitimate sovereignty action in Beijing and an invasion rehearsal in Washington. The PGI score of 7.2 reveals one of the sharpest perception gaps in the world right now.

Leonard Livingstone·Mar 7, 2026

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Explainer·4 min read

China's Squeezing Taiwan With Two Hands: Military Drills and Economic Pressure

China's running military blockade rehearsals around Taiwan while economically punishing Japan for supporting it. This isn't an invasion — it's a slow suffocation strategy.

Leonard Livingstone·Mar 7, 2026

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Health·4 min read

A Blood Filter Startup Lured Cancer Patients to the Caribbean. Two Died. Executives Hid It From the FDA.

ExThera Medical charged $45,000 to filter cancer patients' blood in Antigua using a device only approved for Covid. When two patients died, executives covered it up.

Harry Wenham·Mar 7, 2026

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Unseen·4 min read

An Indonesian Court Just Acquitted Protest Leaders. 6.2 Billion People Didn't Notice.

Indonesia's year-long democracy crisis has killed 10 people, burned parliament buildings, and triggered the biggest protests since 1998. Almost nobody outside Asia is paying attention.

A Hacker Used a $20 AI Subscription to Steal 150GB of Government Data

170 Million People Just Changed Their Government. Nobody Outside South Asia Noticed.

China's Been Hacking Russia for Years. What Does 'Ally' Even Mean?

China's Taiwan Drills: 'Reunification Exercise' or 'Invasion Rehearsal'? It Depends Where You Read the News

China's Squeezing Taiwan With Two Hands: Military Drills and Economic Pressure

A Blood Filter Startup Lured Cancer Patients to the Caribbean. Two Died. Executives Hid It From the FDA.

An Indonesian Court Just Acquitted Protest Leaders. 6.2 Billion People Didn't Notice.

All Stories

The World's Biggest Oil Fund Just Bet $425 Million on American Solar and Wind

The Landmine Ban Is Unraveling — And Democracies Are Leading the Way

Six Babies Got Stem Cells Before They Were Born. Here's What Happened.

Tomorrow Celebrates Women. Today We're Counting the Bodies.

Trump's 'Unconditional Surrender' Demand: Decisive Leadership or Endless War?

Fewer Than 10,000 People Crossed the US-Mexico Border Last Month. The US Calls It Success. Latin America Calls It Terror.

When War Becomes Content: Information Warfare Goes Public

Women's Parliamentary Representation Stalls as Pay Gap and Violence Persist Globally

The World Is Banning Kids From Social Media. Nobody Agrees on How.

Fire Now Destroys More Tropical Forest Than Logging. That's a Tipping Point Nobody Announced.

Pakistan Has Hit 37 Sites in Afghanistan. Turkey Just Offered to Stop the Bleeding.

One Crisis, Three Fronts: How Iran, Pakistan, and Lebanon Are Locked in a Single Spiral

318 Million People Face Crisis Hunger. That's Double What It Was Before the Pandemic.

AI Stopped Getting Bigger. Started Getting Smarter.

Countries Are Racing to Replace Teachers With AI Tutors. The Evidence Isn't Ready.

The World Agreed on Net Zero by 2050. Then Quietly Stopped Caring.

Anthropic Said No to Killer Robots. The Pentagon Replaced Them in a Week.

The First Human Trial to Reverse Aging Just Started. It's Not About Wrinkles. It's About Blindness.

Gas Prices Just Jumped 50%. Your Grocery Bill Is About to Follow.

A German Lab Just Built a Material That Stores Sunlight for Days — Then Spits Out Hydrogen on Demand

Day Five: A Torpedo, a Failed Vote, and the First Whisper of Peace

Nigeria's Reserves Jumped 8x in Two Years. The Global Financial Press Barely Noticed.

Russia Didn't Send Soldiers Across Poland's Border. It Sent Migrants Under It.

5.4 Billion People Don't Know the US Senate Just Greenlit an Undeclared War

The Supreme Court Said No. Trump Did It Anyway. The Separation-of-Powers Check Just Bounced.

We Just Crossed the Line We Said We Wouldn't Cross

You Can't Tell What's Real Anymore. And That's the Point.

Germany's Military Budget Will Soon Exceed Britain and France Combined. Europe Isn't Sure How to Feel.

A Fake War Got 70 Million Views. The Real One's Hard Enough to Follow.

318 Million People Are Hungry. The World Can Feed 110 Million. Do the Math.

25 Million of America's Most Vulnerable Just Had Their Data Stolen. They Never Chose to Trust the Company.

We Know Exactly Which Viruses Could Spark the Next Pandemic. We're Choosing to Stop Looking.

Headlines Change What You Think Before You Read the Article

Israel Strikes Iran's Nuclear Heart. This Isn't About Shipping Lanes Anymore.

Japan Found Its Escape From China's Chokehold. It's Buried in India's Desert.

Your Body Already Makes a Protein That Reverses Brain Aging. It Just Stops Making Enough.

A Nobel Laureate Built a Machine That Pulls Drinking Water From Desert Air. It Doesn't Need Electricity.

Nvidia Just Admitted Its GPUs Aren't Good Enough for AI Anymore

Open-Source AI Weapons Just Changed Information Warfare

Two Nuclear Powers Are Shooting at Each Other. The World Isn't Paying Attention.

People Aren't Leaving Social Media for Another Platform. They're Leaving for Its Absence.

Population Decline Accelerates: Who Gets to Define 'Enough People'?

Record Profits, Mass Layoffs: The AI Excuse Nobody Will Admit To

70% of What Schools Teach Needs to Change. The Entry-Level Job Ladder Is Already Gone.

The Great Swap: Tech Fires 51,000 Workers, Hires Them Back as Someone Else

The UK Is One Shock Away From Food Riots. Not a Famine—a Cyber-Attack.

The US Just Stopped Paying for Internet Freedom. Right When It Matters Most.

1,780 Africans Were Promised Jobs. They Got Sent to Die in Ukraine.

AI Trained for Peace Was Used in War—Hours After Being Banned

Iranian Strikes Hit Australia's Middle East HQ — and Three Countries Told Three Different Stories

Americans Say They're Broke. Then They Buy Stuff Anyway.

The US Is Unplugging Its Pandemic Radar While Bird Flu Circles

China Banned Human Tutors. AI Replaced Them Overnight.

China's Pressure Campaign Against Japan Isn't Firing Missiles. It's Cancelling Concerts.

Deepfakes Just Broke Identity Verification

Florida's Baking. Texas Just Drowned. They're Symptoms of the Same Thing.

The People Who Perfected Fracking Are Now Using It to Unlock Unlimited Clean Energy

50+ Ghanaians Just Died in a War Ghana Isn't Fighting

Governments Reclassify Gender Violence While Pay Gap Data Shows Persistent Disparities

An Ally Just Shot Down Three American Fighter Jets. Nobody's Talking About What That Means.

The Godfather of Neural Networks Just Bet His Career That ChatGPT Is a Dead End

A Virus That Kills 40-75% of Its Victims Just Resurfaced. We've Known About It for 28 Years.

The World's Most Critical Oil Route Just Closed. Not With Missiles—With Spreadsheets.

Sudan Just Passed 1,000 Days of War. You Probably Didn't Hear About It.

Two Cheap Drugs Extended Mouse Lifespan by 70%. But Only If You're Male.

An $8.6 Billion Startup Just Proved Self-Driving Cars Don't Need Maps

The World's Best Conservationists Aren't Scientists. And Governments Keep Ignoring Them.

650 Stores Unionized. Zero Contracts. The Gap Nobody Talks About.

Afghanistan Strikes Deep Inside Pakistan: Nur Khan Airbase Hit as War Escalates Beyond the Border

Your AI Isn't a Tool. It's Your Companion. Here's What That Actually Means.

AI Is Eating Itself — And Your Next Laptop Will Cost 20% More Because of It

AI Wins at Spotting Fake Photos, Humans Win at Videos