Russian man linked to deadly London hospitals hack arrested
The 28-year-old detained by German police is accused of being part of the cyber-crime gang that hacked blood-test firm Synnovis in 2024.
Super El Nino: Why 3 degrees of Pacific warming rattles global weather
The equatorial Pacific has been warming since September and could become the strongest El Nino on record. Here’s why a slightly warmer ocean can rattle weather worldwide.
China's Tencent says AI agents showed unintended browsing behaviour
Shows Chinese AI agents can also misrepresent their identity, conceal failures and try to circumvent testing controls
Anthropic investors eye lower valuation as growth cools before IPO
Some current Anthropic investors and prospective investors in its upcoming initial public offering are weighing a lower valuation for the AI company after its latest financial disclosures, four people familiar with the matter said, amid broader concerns over the ballooning cost of financing AI.
Who's paying for Trump's ballroom? WaPo names the donors
Nvidia and Apple each committed $25 million for US President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom, according to a Washington Post report on Thursday that showed $333 million in private donations for the project.
The ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire tax
Tech billionaires have raised more than $340m to defeat Prop 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax that will fund healthcare and educationTech billionaires have been dumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the fight against a wealth tax in California. They’ve raised more than $340m, and the campaign they’re funding is spending more than $1m…
How to dress a tech oligarch: The Social Reckoning’s costume designer on Zuckerberg’s style evolution
Susan Lyall worked with actor Jeremy Strong to research the Meta CEO’s favorite Nikes and luxury sweatersThe first Aaron Sorkin Facebook movie, 2010’s The Social Network, helped cement the early aughts image of Mark Zuckerberg rebelling against corporate norms in rumpled hoodies and T-shirts.The follow-up, The Social Reckoning, is carbon-dated from 2019 to 2021. This…
Elon Musk reveals ‘world’s first flying car’ at Tesla event
The Tesla Roadster 2 drove up a curved ramp before using SpaceX rocket thrusters to fly, flip and landElon Musk has revealed Tesla’s latest model, which he claims will be the world’s first flying car, using technology from his aerospace company SpaceX to “basically fly like a rocket”.The billionaire, who hosted a demonstration of the…
‘We should all be worried’: calls grow to limit London rollout of robotaxis
Protest planned at Wayve HQ as Uber drivers fear for their future and city’s politicians demand TfL should have power over licencesFor passengers in Britain who want to try the latest ride, robotaxis are eagerly awaited: more than 100,000 are on Uber’s waitlist in London after the first UK services started in September.Others view them…
Tesla's new Roadster turns in air with SpaceX thrusters, won't land until 2028
Roadster can accelerate from zero to 60 mph in less than one second and can hit a top speed of over 230 mph
