Analysis·5 min read
$580M in Oil Trades Placed Before Trump Iran Post
Someone bet $580 million that oil would fall 15 minutes before Trump claimed Iran talks. Then Iran denied everything. Here's what the timeline reveals.
Albis·
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Today's headlines and in-depth analysis from around the world.
AI & Tech·5 min read
AI Deepfakes Flood the Iran War. What's Real?
Over 110 AI deepfakes with pro-Iran messaging identified in two weeks. How artificial intelligence is weaponising information in the 2026 Iran conflict.
Albis Tech & Media Desk·
AI & Tech·3 min read·Quick Read
AI Powers 27% of Disinformation Campaigns in 2026
The EU tracked 540 disinformation incidents across 10,500 channels in 2025. AI-generated text, audio, and video appeared in more than one in four. Russia ran 29% of attributed cases.
Albis·
AI & Tech·4 min read
Only 6% of Companies Train Workers for AI. Why?
89% of leaders call AI skills critical. 6% have started training anyone. The gap between AI investment and workforce preparation is a policy failure in real time.
Albis·
Economics·5 min read
Iran War Oil Shock Hits Africa With No Bypass Route
Sub-Saharan Africa imports 90% of its fertilizer. Oil hit $110 a barrel. And unlike Japan or India, no African country has a redirect route. Five scholars from across the continent explain what's happening.
Albis·
AI & Tech·4 min read
AI Tutor That Asks Questions Beats One That Answers
Students using the AI tutor that refused to give answers outscored everyone. The ones who got instant replies? Their reasoning got worse.
Albis·
Quick Take·3 min read·Quick Read·
Al-Aqsa Closed for Eid. First Time Since 1967.
Iranian missile debris fell 400m from Al-Aqsa on Eid al-Fitr 2026. The mosque closed — first time in 59 years. Arabic and Western media told two different stories.
Analysis·5 min read·
AllSides vs Albis: Which Shows You More Perspectives?
AllSides rates left vs right political bias. Albis measures regional perception gaps. Both fight filter bubbles — but they measure different things entirely.
Quick Take·4 min read·
Two Famines Confirmed, Fertilizer Stopped: 318M Hungry
Hunger has doubled since 2019. Gaza and Sudan are in confirmed famine. And the Iran war just choked the Strait that 25% of the world's fertilizer flows through. The next planting season may already be lost.
AI & Tech·4 min read·
95% of Students Use AI on Assignments. Now What?
A major UK survey found 95% of undergrads use AI for assessed work, up from near-zero three years ago. Universities are scrambling to respond as students say AI is 'making us all lazy.'
AI & Tech·4 min read·
AI Matched Experts 83% of the Time. 4,000 Lost Jobs.
GPT-5.4 scored 83% on professional work benchmarks across 44 occupations. Days later, Block fired half its workforce. The AI job crisis isn't theoretical anymore.
Explainer·5 min read·
AI Unemployment Won't Look Like Layoffs. It's Worse.
Anthropic's CEO warned AI could eliminate half of entry-level jobs. But it won't happen through dramatic layoffs — it'll be thousands of quiet decisions not to hire. That makes it almost impossible to fight.