If you read the original article, the big development is that they've actually designed a physically reasonable model for how this could be applied. Previously the only existing concepts required wildly unreasonable models.
The great thing about real science like this, is that you can actually go and read more about it if it's something that interests you. Or you can ignore it if it isn't interesting to you. Nobody's promoting this warp drive theory as a Trojan horse for economic warfare. You can leave your shitty pessimism at home and behave like a civilized human being.