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Are peptides legit?; Duterte starts ICC trial; South Korea pushes back on Russia-Ukraine banner in Seoul
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Biotech Firm Books Space on Starlab to Make Artificial Retinas in Orbit
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What happened: LambdaVision, a Woodbridge-based biotech firm, secured payload slots on Starlab's commercial space station to scale manufacturing of its protein-based artificial retina in microgravity. The company has completed nine ISS missions validating space-based production methods and recently raised $7 million, providing funding through 2027.
Why it matters: The artificial retina could restore meaningful vision for millions with retinal degenerative diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration. Microgravity manufacturing improves thin-film stability and performance impossible to achieve on Earth, while demonstrating feasibility of producing drugs and therapies in space for broader medical applications.
Blindspot: No Coverage from Right Sources
89% of sources are Original Reporting
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Hong Kong Lodges Protest After Panama Seizes Canal Ports
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What happened: Panama took control yesterday of the Balboa and Cristóbal port terminals at both ends of the Panama Canal after its Supreme Court voided CK Hutchison's concession as unconstitutional. APM Terminals and MSC assumed interim operations under temporary 18-month contracts while the government develops a new competitive bidding process.
Why it matters: These terminals handle cargo for the canal that carries roughly 5% of global maritime trade, with 70% destined for or from the United States. The takeover jeopardizes CK Hutchison's planned $23 billion port sale and has sparked warnings from China to reroute cargo, potentially disrupting global shipping routes.
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Anthropic Says Chinese AI Labs Used 24,000 Fake Accounts to Copy Claude
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What happened: Anthropic disclosed that three Chinese AI firms—DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax—created approximately 24,000 fraudulent accounts and conducted over 16 million exchanges with its Claude model to extract capabilities through distillation. The companies used commercial proxy networks and sophisticated infrastructure to bypass Anthropic's ban on Chinese commercial access, targeting Claude's advanced features in coding, agentic reasoning, and tool use.
Why it matters: The alleged theft poses national security risks because distilled models likely lack safety guardrails preventing misuse for bioweapons development or cyberattacks. The disclosure intensifies debates over AI chip export controls to China and could affect how all frontier AI companies secure their models, potentially making API access more restricted and expensive for legitimate users worldwide.
82% of sources are Original Reporting
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Study Reveals 2,800-Year-Old Massacre of Women and Children at Serbian Mass Grave
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What happened: Researchers analyzed a ninth-century B.C. mass grave at Gomolava, Serbia, containing 77 victims—71% female and 66% children—who suffered deliberate lethal head trauma from close-contact violence. DNA and isotope analysis revealed victims were unrelated and came from diverse regions, suggesting strategic, organized killing rather than a family raid.
Why it matters: This discovery reveals how prehistoric violence was strategically used to disrupt communities by targeting women and children—vital for genealogical continuity—during conflicts over land use between farming and mobile pastoralist groups. The findings challenge previous assumptions about Iron Age warfare and demonstrate how organized mass violence shaped power dynamics in early European societies.
Blindspot: Low Coverage from Right Sources
88% of sources are Original Reporting
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Slovakia Cuts Emergency Power to Ukraine Over Oil Pipeline Dispute
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What happened: Slovakia halted emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine on Monday after Prime Minister Robert Fico's ultimatum expired, demanding restoration of Russian crude oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline that has been offline since January 27 following reported Russian drone strikes. Hungary has joined the pressure campaign, blocking EU sanctions and a €90 billion loan to Ukraine while suspending diesel deliveries.
Why it matters: Ukraine's grid operator Ukrenergo says the electricity cut will not destabilize its power system, as the last emergency request from Slovakia was over a month ago in limited volumes. However, the standoff threatens to block critical EU financial support and could lead Slovakia to reconsider Ukraine's EU membership bid, escalating tensions between Kyiv and two EU neighbors who remain dependent on Russian oil.
81% of sources are Original Reporting
Daily Briefing
Are peptides legit?; Duterte starts ICC trial; South Korea pushes back on Russia-Ukraine banner in Seoul
9 Articles •
Biotech Firm Books Space on Starlab to Make Artificial Retinas in Orbit
Left 40%
Center 60%
What happened: LambdaVision, a Woodbridge-based biotech firm, secured payload slots on Starlab's commercial space station to scale manufacturing of its protein-based artificial retina in microgravity. The company has completed nine ISS missions validating space-based production methods and recently raised $7 million, providing funding through 2027.
Why it matters: The artificial retina could restore meaningful vision for millions with retinal degenerative diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration. Microgravity manufacturing improves thin-film stability and performance impossible to achieve on Earth, while demonstrating feasibility of producing drugs and therapies in space for broader medical applications.
Blindspot: No Coverage from Right Sources
89% of sources are Original Reporting
87 Articles •
Hong Kong Lodges Protest After Panama Seizes Canal Ports
Left 33%
Center 56%
11%
What happened: Panama took control yesterday of the Balboa and Cristóbal port terminals at both ends of the Panama Canal after its Supreme Court voided CK Hutchison's concession as unconstitutional. APM Terminals and MSC assumed interim operations under temporary 18-month contracts while the government develops a new competitive bidding process.
Why it matters: These terminals handle cargo for the canal that carries roughly 5% of global maritime trade, with 70% destined for or from the United States. The takeover jeopardizes CK Hutchison's planned $23 billion port sale and has sparked warnings from China to reroute cargo, potentially disrupting global shipping routes.
71 Articles •
Anthropic Says Chinese AI Labs Used 24,000 Fake Accounts to Copy Claude
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Center 46%
Right 26%
What happened: Anthropic disclosed that three Chinese AI firms—DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax—created approximately 24,000 fraudulent accounts and conducted over 16 million exchanges with its Claude model to extract capabilities through distillation. The companies used commercial proxy networks and sophisticated infrastructure to bypass Anthropic's ban on Chinese commercial access, targeting Claude's advanced features in coding, agentic reasoning, and tool use.
Why it matters: The alleged theft poses national security risks because distilled models likely lack safety guardrails preventing misuse for bioweapons development or cyberattacks. The disclosure intensifies debates over AI chip export controls to China and could affect how all frontier AI companies secure their models, potentially making API access more restricted and expensive for legitimate users worldwide.
82% of sources are Original Reporting
26 Articles •
Study Reveals 2,800-Year-Old Massacre of Women and Children at Serbian Mass Grave
Left 29%
Center 64%
7%
What happened: Researchers analyzed a ninth-century B.C. mass grave at Gomolava, Serbia, containing 77 victims—71% female and 66% children—who suffered deliberate lethal head trauma from close-contact violence. DNA and isotope analysis revealed victims were unrelated and came from diverse regions, suggesting strategic, organized killing rather than a family raid.
Why it matters: This discovery reveals how prehistoric violence was strategically used to disrupt communities by targeting women and children—vital for genealogical continuity—during conflicts over land use between farming and mobile pastoralist groups. The findings challenge previous assumptions about Iron Age warfare and demonstrate how organized mass violence shaped power dynamics in early European societies.
Blindspot: Low Coverage from Right Sources
88% of sources are Original Reporting
73 Articles •
Slovakia Cuts Emergency Power to Ukraine Over Oil Pipeline Dispute
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Center 34%
Right 26%
What happened: Slovakia halted emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine on Monday after Prime Minister Robert Fico's ultimatum expired, demanding restoration of Russian crude oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline that has been offline since January 27 following reported Russian drone strikes. Hungary has joined the pressure campaign, blocking EU sanctions and a €90 billion loan to Ukraine while suspending diesel deliveries.
Why it matters: Ukraine's grid operator Ukrenergo says the electricity cut will not destabilize its power system, as the last emergency request from Slovakia was over a month ago in limited volumes. However, the standoff threatens to block critical EU financial support and could lead Slovakia to reconsider Ukraine's EU membership bid, escalating tensions between Kyiv and two EU neighbors who remain dependent on Russian oil.
81% of sources are Original Reporting