On Thursday, Donald Trump will walk into the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, shake Xi Jinping's hand, and declare it a great meeting. There will be announcements. There will be numbers — billions of dollars in Chinese purchase commitments, a new bilateral mechanism with an important-sounding name, possibly a joint statement on Iran. Trump will post on Truth Social. Markets will rally briefly. Pundits will argue about who won. None of that will tell you what actually happened. What is actually happening in Beijing this week is something more consequential and more uncomfortable than the summit theatre will reveal: two leaders of two deeply mutually dependent superpowers, both of whom need this meeting to succeed for entirely different reasons, sitting across a table in a world that has already moved past the assumptions that defined their last nine months of negotiations. The Iran war changed the equations. The rare earth gambit changed the power balance. Taiwan is sitting in...
If it feels like your phone and inbox are under attack lately, you’re not imagining things. Across the U.S., cyber scams are hitting an all-time high — and they’re getting scarier, faster, and more believable, thanks to artificial intelligence. From fake text messages that mimic your bank’s tone to AI-generated voice calls that sound exactly like your spouse, today’s scams aren’t just an annoyance — they’re a real financial and emotional threat . 📈 Why Scams Are Exploding Right Now Cybersecurity experts say scammers have found the perfect storm: AI tools make fake voices, images, and websites nearly flawless. Major online sale events (think Black Friday, back-to-school, tax season) give scammers predictable attack windows. Data breaches have put personal details (names, phone numbers, addresses) in the wrong hands — making phishing more convincing. ⚠️ Common Scam Types in 2025 Here’s what’s sweeping the U.S. right now — and why they’re working: 1. AI-Voice...