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Twee Amerikaanse AI-reuzen liepen schade op door hun omgang met het Pentagon. Heeft Sam Altman, topman van OpenAI, welbewust de positie ondergraven van Anthropic, het enige belangrijke techbedrijf dat de moed had zijn rug recht te houden in een confrontatie met de regering-Trump?

The European Union (EU) stands in full solidarity with Spain, European Council President Antonio Costa said on Wednesday, following US President Donald Trump’s threats to cut trade with Madrid over its stance against Washington’s attacks on Iran. “I have just held a call with President Sanchez to express the EU’s full solidarity with Spain. The EU will always ensure that the interests of its member states are fully protected,” Costa said on the social media platform on X. Trump lashed out at the government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday, criticising its refusal to grant use of the Rota naval base and Moron air base, as well as his refusal to join Nato allies in a pledge to boost defence spending. “So we’re going to cut off all trade with Spain. We don’t want anything to do with Spain,” Trump said. Meanwhile, the European Commission said it was “ready” to defend EU interests. “We stand in full solidarity with all member states and all their citizens and, through our common trade policy, stand ready...

Americans, including many Republicans, remember the bitter lessons of U.S. wars in the Middle East after September 11. Trump may have shifted attention from other issues, but as days pass, the Iran war is proving far more complex and could easily spiral out of control

De Spaanse regering lijkt niet onder de indruk van het dreigement van de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump om alle handel met Spanje stop te zetten. Trump dreigde daarmee nadat Spanje het Amerikaanse leger geen toestemming gaf om zijn bases te gebruiken voor aanvallen op Iran.

U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal that Trump spoke with Kurdish leaders in Iran on Sunday, and is engaging with other leaders in an ongoing basis who could take advantage of the regime's weakness

Ben Delo paid a $10 million fine after pleading guilty to US banking violations in 2022 and was granted a pardon by President Donald Trump in March 2025. BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo pledged 20 million British pounds ($27 million) to the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences (LIMS), ranking among the largest private donations ever made to a United Kingdom research institution outside Oxford and Cambridge, British magazine Times Higher Education reported on Tuesday. The commitment includes $13.3 million upfront and $13.3 million to be released once the Mayfair-based institute matches the amount through additional fundraising, Times Higher Education reported. The gift launches a wider campaign aimed at building an $80 million endowment to secure LIMS’ long-term future, per the report. “I would like to see LIMS winning Fields Medals and Nobel Prizes – they are already doing some world-class things and I want to help,” Delo told the magazine. Read more

Vance, a veteran of the Iraq War, insisted Monday that the war with Iran is different because Trump “has clearly defined what he wants to accomplish.”

Trump zet alles op alles in Iran – zonder het Congres, met grote militaire risico’s en met zijn verkiezingsbelofte op het spel. Als het snel eindigt, oogst hij politieke winst. Als het uitloopt, dreigt een nieuwe eindeloze oorlog. 

De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump stelt dat zijn krijgsmacht Iran aan het raken is, maar ‘nog niet eens hard’. De ‘grote golf’ moet nog komen, aldus Trump tegen CNN. „Die grote komt snel.”

Ali Larijani – whom Khamenei designated to assume control in the event of his death – could pitch Trump a deal that trades regime survival for the strategic gains Washington seeks, arguing that overthrowing Iran's leadership risks chaos and that there is no viable alternative ready to govern

'The big wave hasn't even happened. The big one is coming soon,' Trump told CNN earlier Monday. Meanwhile, the U.S. defense secretary declined to give a timeline for the war, saying it was up to Trump to ⁠decide the length while insisting 'this is not endless war'

The US military reportedly relied on Anthropic’s Claude AI for intelligence analysis and targeting during an Iran strike hours after Trump ordered a ban on the company’s systems. The US military reportedly used Anthropic during a major air strike on Iran, only hours after President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to halt use of the company’s systems. Military commands, including US Central Command (CENTCOM) in the Middle East, used Anthropic’s Claude AI model for operational support, according to people familiar with the matter cited by The Wall Street Journal. The tool has reportedly assisted with intelligence analysis, identifying potential targets and running battlefield simulations. The incident shows how deeply advanced AI systems have become embedded in defense operations. Even as the administration moved to sever ties with the company, Claude remained integrated into military workflows. Read more

Guardrails were tossed aside, as Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered up a battle plan that included strikes on Iran’s leadership.

Decizia Curții Supreme din SUA de a bloca tarifele impuse de Trump în baza Legii privind puterile economice de urgență internaționale (IEEPA) a avut efecte asupra piețelor internaționale, cu atât mai mult cu cât dolarul continuă să se deprecieze, iar aurul rămâne preferat de investitori.

President Donald Trump has pulled the United States into military action against Iran, and the first consequence for crypto markets was another wave of selling rather than a rush into Bitcoin as a haven. According to CryptoSlate’s data, BTC price dumped around 7%, erasing some of its weeklong gains to trade as low as $63,000 […] The post Bitcoin just dumped 7% after Trump hit Iran, and the real reason has nothing to do with crypto appeared first on CryptoSlate.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he is directing the government to stop work with Anthropic, and the Pentagon said it would declare the start-up a supply-chain risk, dealing a major blow to the artificial intelligence lab after a showdown about technology guardrails. Trump added there would be a six-month phase-out for the Defence Department and other agencies that use the company’s products. If Anthropic does not help with the transition, Trump said, he would use “the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow”. The actions mark an extraordinary rebuke by the United States against one of the premier companies that has kept it in the lead on national security-critical AI, threatening to give Anthropic a pariah status that Washington until now had reserved for enemy suppliers. Google and Amazon are among Anthropic’s financial backers. The moves further set a precedent that US law alone would constrain how AI is deployed on the battlefield, wit...

De Amerikaanse overheid wil kolencentrales nieuw leven inblazen als onderdeel van de energiestrategie van president Trump. Opvallend: staten denken er anders over, ook Republikeinse.

Trump is hesitating about a strike, wary of a prolonged war, while U.S. generals are warning about limited munitions and logistical constraints ■ The plan for Gaza's future is underway, and Israel and Hamas aren't determining anything ■ The debate on the IDF's values ramps up once again

American Bitcoin posted a $59.5 million Q4 loss while its revenue rose and its Bitcoin stack topped 6,000 coins, as peers pivot to AI and sell down treasuries. American Bitcoin Corp. (ABTC) reported a fourth quarter 2025 net loss of $59.5 million, even though its revenue climbed to $78.3 million, up 22% from the third quarter, according to its latest earnings release and 8‑K filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  The Trump family‑backed Bitcoin (BTC) miner posted a Q4 gross margin of 53% and said it had “mined Bitcoin at a 53% discount” to spot purchasing. A sizable non‑cash loss on digital assets contributed to a full-year 2025 net loss of $153.2 million, driven in large part by fair‑value markdowns on its Bitcoin holdings.  Read more

US President Donald Trump has influenced cryptocurrency market movements through his policies and speeches declaring ambitious crypto goals. Over the weekend, US President Donald Trump announced a raft of new tariffs in response to a Supreme Court decision that ruled many of his previous tariff hikes unconstitutional. Following news of the tariff hikes, crypto markets tumbled in an all-too-familiar pattern that has plagued the industry since April 2025, when Trump introduced the first spate of aggressive tariffs. Analysts have long noted the downward pressure these tariffs have put on crypto markets. But the US’ 47th president also has the distinct ability to pump markets. Read more