- 17h ago
Elon Musk backs Marine Le Pen as 'France's last hope' ahead of 2027 race
Elon Musk publicly endorsed French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen for the 2027 presidential election, calling her 'France's last hope' in a post to his 240 million X followers, drawing sharp criticism from Paris over foreign influence in the campaign.
- 17h ago
Zelenskiy dismisses popular defence minister Fedorov, sparking rare wartime protests across Ukraine
President Zelenskiy removed the reformist minister after just six months, citing a need for greater unity with military leaders. Thousands rallied in Kyiv and other cities, and a senior air force commander resigned in protest.
- 18h ago
SpaceX shares fall below $135 IPO price a month after record $75bn debut, wiping $1tn in market value
The Elon Musk-led company's stock hit an intraday low of $132.15 on Wednesday, down 33% from its June peak, as investors brace for a lockup expiry in August that could flood the market with shares.
- yesterday
China's economic growth slows to 4.3% in Q2, missing forecasts as exports surge and domestic demand falters
The world's second-largest economy expanded at its weakest pace since late 2022, as a property slump and weak consumer confidence offset a 27% surge in June exports.
- 2d ago
Wall Street banks post record profits as AI infrastructure boom drives dealmaking and trading
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Bank of America and Citigroup posted a combined $42.7 billion in net income, as the SpaceX $86 billion IPO and a rush to fund AI infrastructure drove equities trading revenue up 72%.
- 3d ago
SpaceX's 13th Starship flight will attempt first Starlink V3 deployment and in-space engine relight
The 13th flight of the world's most powerful rocket is set to lift off from Texas with 20 next-generation broadband satellites aboard, marking SpaceX's first attempt to deploy operational Starlink V3 units during a test mission.
- 3d ago
Nolan's 'The Odyssey' opens to IMAX spectacle and a split critical reception, while Homer's poem becomes a surprise bestseller
Christopher Nolan's $250 million IMAX adaptation of Homer's epic divides critics, while the ancient poem itself becomes an unexpected summer bestseller.
- 5d ago
Japan flies reusable RV-X rocket for the first time, a 40-second hop that lands intact at Noshiro
The RV-X prototype lifted off, hovered, moved laterally, and landed at JAXA's Noshiro Testing Center on Saturday, placing Japan among the few nations to demonstrate rocket reuse technology.
- 6d ago
Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft, jeopardizing its rival hardware plans
A lawsuit filed on Friday accuses the ChatGPT maker of orchestrating a scheme to extract confidential hardware data from former Apple employees, with over 400 ex-staff now working at OpenAI.
- 6d ago
EU Parliament votes to extend chat scanning rules until 2028 with end-to-end encryption exemption after chaotic session
MEPs approved a temporary extension of the controversial 'chat control 1.0' regulation on 9 July, continuing voluntary scanning for child abuse material on services like Facebook and Google while WhatsApp and Signal remain off-limits.
- 6d ago
China recovers Long March 10B booster at sea in first reusable rocket landing, narrowing SpaceX gap
The Long March 10B's first stage was caught by a net-equipped floating platform six minutes after liftoff from Hainan Island, a milestone for Chinese satellite ambitions.
- 6d ago
Tesla driver filmed apparently asleep at 100 km/h on Canadian highway with two children aboard, RCMP opens investigation
Footage shot on the Trans-Canada Highway between Golden and Revelstoke shows a woman with her head slumped and hands off the wheel while the vehicle cruised in heavy Sunday traffic. Two children were visible in the back seat.
- 6d ago
SK Hynix raises $26.5B in record foreign IPO, CEO warns memory shortage will last past 2030
The South Korean memory giant debuted on the Nasdaq on July 10, raising $26.5 billion and opening 14% above its offer price. CEO Kwak Noh-jung warned that memory supply will fall short of demand through 2030, with 2027 set to be the worst year on record.
- 6d ago
SpaceX IPO spawns 4,400 millionaires as stock slides and anti-Musk ETFs launch
SpaceX's record IPO has created thousands of employee millionaires, but shares have slid from their post-debut peak and bond markets are signaling caution, while two new ETFs now let investors explicitly exclude Elon Musk's companies.
- Jul 9
Judge approves Musk's $1.5m SEC Twitter settlement despite 'red flags'
A federal judge approved the $1.5 million SEC settlement with Elon Musk over his late Twitter stake disclosure, while sharply criticizing the deal's structure and leaving the question of accountability to voters.
- Jul 8
Trump says Iran deal is 'over' as U.S. strikes 80 targets; oil jumps, stocks slide
U.S. forces struck over 80 targets in Iran and President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire memorandum 'over', sending oil prices up more than 5% and rattling global equity markets.
- Jul 8
BMW surges to second in German EV registrations as Tesla falls to fourth
Volkswagen remains the clear leader, but BMW's 19,000 new registrations in the second quarter pushed it past Skoda, Tesla, and Audi in the German market. Price cuts helped Tesla rebound from a disastrous 2025, but its Model 3 and Y could not hold the podium.
- Jul 8
SpaceXAI plans Wednesday launch of first AI model built with Cursor, as Musk rebrands xAI
SpaceXAI, the newly rebranded AI arm of Elon Musk's SpaceX, plans to release its first jointly developed model with AI startup Cursor as early as Wednesday, according to a staff memo seen by The Information.
- Jul 8
Mitch McConnell's health mystery deepens as Republicans push back against 'brain dead' claims
Senator Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized since June 14 with no official cause disclosed, prompting MAGA activists to demand proof he is alive while Republican colleagues insist they have spoken with him.
- Jul 3
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy and her department quit X, blaming a platform that 'favours abuse and misinformation'
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy announced on 2 July that she and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will leave Elon Musk's X, accusing the platform of prioritising abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate.
