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The era of "AI augmentation" — that polite corporate fiction where software was merely a "co-pilot" designed to help humans work faster — has ended. 

In its place, 2026 has ushered in a period of cold, clinical replacement. 

For decades, the global transition to renewable energy was a project of incrementalism — a slow-moving mosaic of carbon taxes, solar subsidies, and earnest international accords that often felt more aspirational than urgent. 

Policy wonks argued over the nuances of the Inflation Reduction Act, while climate activists lamented the glacial pace of the "energy pivot."

FDA clears Mesoblast (ASX:MSB) will begin a registrational trial for Ryoncil in treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country supports Iran deal, but ceasefire doesn't include Lebanon. Bloomberg's Dan Williams reports.

For the better part of a decade, the gilded youth of the financial world — the "crypto-native" generation — dismissed gold as a "boomer rock." 

To them, the heavy, yellow metal was an analog relic, a petrous souvenir of an era before the lightning-fast efficiency of the blockchain. 

Imricor Medical Systems (ASX:IMR) submitted its NorthStar 3D Mapping System for FDA clearance.

Meeka Metals (ASX:MEK) reported gold production of 6,083oz, a decrease from the 9,174oz produced in the December 2025 quarter.

For years, the global defence industry existed in a sort of polite exile. 

In the era of ESG mandates and the "peace dividend," shares in weapons manufacturers were often treated as the "tobacco stocks" of the new millennium — profitable, perhaps, but unseemly. 

Hot Chili (ASX:HCH) reported a breakthrough at its Costa Fuego Copper-Gold Project in coastal Chile.

International Air Transport Association Director General Willie Walsh expects jet fuel prices to remain elevated for some time. He says it's 'inevitable' that ticket prices will also remain elevated. He speaks with Avril Hong from the sidelines of the 'IATA World Data Symposium' in Singapore.

For decades, the Strait of Hormuz has existed in the global consciousness as a geopolitical abstraction — a narrow, jagged ribbon of blue on a map that experts warned was the "jugular vein" of the modern world. 

But as the closure of the Strait enters its second month, that abstraction has curdled into a cold, suffocating reality. 

Greenwing Resources (ASX:GW1) enters the development phase for its San Jorge Lithium Project in Argentina.