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Musk Attacks Spain’s Prime Minister After Madrid Unveils Plan to Bar Under-16s From Social Media
Pedro Sánchez says platforms have become a “lawless” digital space and wants mandatory age checks, prompting a sharp backlash from X owner Elon Musk.
Political Censorship: French Prosecutors Raid Musk’s X Offices in Paris
Paris prosecutors searched X’s French offices as part of a cybercrime investigation examining alleged algorithm manipulation and the platform’s handling of harmful AI-generated deepfakes, while summoning Elon Musk and former chief execut...
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Tech Market Shifts and AI Investment Surge Drive Global Innovation and Layoffs
From Microsoft and Apple to Uber’s robotaxi push, key developments reflect AI’s transformative impact on industry and jobs
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Markets Jolt as AI Spending, US Policy Shifts, and Global Security Moves Drive New Volatility
Microsoft and Tesla face investor pressure while Washington signals major central bank, energy, and military decisions.
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Tesla Ends Model S and X Production and Sends $2 Billion to xAI as 2025 Revenue Declines
The company reported 2025 revenue of about ninety-four point eight billion dollars and outlined roughly twenty billion dollars of 2026 capital spending tied to robotics and autonomy.
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Tech Brief: AI Compute, Chips, and Platform Power Moves Driving Today’s Market Narrative
Data-centre buildouts, chip supply constraints, and AI platform deals converge as policymakers and big tech reshape the cost, control, and reach of AI.
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China’s LandSpace Moves Toward IPO as It Pursues Reusable Rocket Technology
The Beijing-based private rocket firm prepares for a public listing to fund future projects, drawing openly on lessons from SpaceX
The Battle Over the Internet Explodes: The United States Bars European Officials and Ignites a Diplomatic Crisis
Washington bans five European figures over alleged censorship, prompting fierce backlash from Brussels and exposing a deeper struggle over the future control of the internet.
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“Technology Tycoons Are More Powerful Than States”: The Unusual Warning from the Head of British Intelligence
In a rare public speech, the new head of MI6 warned that artificial intelligence, autonomous weapons, and the growing power of technology corporations are eroding truth and destabilizing the international order.
Tesla Anticipates Decline in Global Sales Amidst Stagnant Lineup
Company projects a 7% decrease in deliveries this year as focus shifts to robotics.
Trump’s “DOGE” Efficiency Agency Quietly Disbanded Ahead of Schedule
The Department of Government Efficiency, once led by Elon Musk, has been declared defunct with its functions absorbed before its July 2026 end date.
BYD’s UK Sales Soar Nearly Nine-Fold, Making Britain Its Biggest Market Outside China
In September the Chinese automaker sold over eleven thousand vehicles in the UK, capturing 3.6 % of the market despite exclusion from subsidies
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Pope Leo Warns of Societal Crisis Over Mega-CEO Pay, Citing Tesla’s Proposed Trillion-Dollar Package
In his first media interview, Pope Leo condemns extreme income gaps and questions value systems highlighted by Elon Musk’s unprecedented compensation plan
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Elon Musk Retakes Lead as World’s Richest After Brief Ellison Surge
Larry Ellison briefly surpassed Musk amid Oracle share rally, but Musk now holds the top spot again with a narrow margin
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Tesla Board Proposes Unprecedented One-Trillion-Dollar Performance Package for Elon Musk
Compensation of up to one trillion dollars hinges on massive market-cap and operational milestones over the next decade
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Big Tech Executives Laud Trump at White House Dinner, Unveil Massive U.S. Investments
Tech leaders pledge hundreds of billions in U.S. infrastructure and AI commitments at State Dining Room event hosted by President Trump
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Nvidia's CEO Envisions Transformative Future with Robotics and AI
Jensen Huang highlights the potential of Optimus and human-like robots in technology advancement.
Trump Demands RICO Charges Against George Soros and Son for Funding Violent Protests
President Trump calls for racketeering charges, accusing George Soros and his son Alexander of orchestrating and financing unrest across the United States.
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Starship’s tenth flight test pushed the limits and provided maximum excitement along the way!
SpaceX completes a landmark mission with successful payload deployment, engine restart in space, atmospheric re-entry, and precise landing maneuver.
Elon Musk Sues Apple and OpenAI Over Alleged App Store Monopoly
Musk alleges exclusive deal makes ChatGPT dominant on iPhones, limiting choice and innovation in AI apps. Complaint claims Apple’s integration of ChatGPT into iPhones stifles innovation and prevents competition in generative AI. X and x...
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Elon Musk tweeted, “Europe is dying”
Elon Musk tweeted, “Europe is dying,” responding to a post that said, “We are witnessing the extinction of western civilization in real time.”
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“Dictators fear being called out – so they shut down any medium where that could happen”.
“Facebook is completely controlled. Google is completely controlled. The only big platform that’s not controlled, with some limits is X. Elon musk, in buying this platform and opening it to all positions, is the single greatest threat to...
Sam Altman challenges Elon Musk with plans for Neuralink rival
OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman is backing Merge Labs, a new brain-computer interface start-up targeting a valuation of eight hundred and fifty million dollars, positioning it as a direct competitor to Elon Musk’s Neuralink.
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Custom Supercar Peralta S Unveiled for Mexican Tycoon Carlos Peralta
The Peralta S, a one-off custom supercar by GFG Style, merges futuristic design with high performance.
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Mayor of Serdobsk in Russia’s Penza Region Resigns After Housing Certificates Granted to Migrant Family Trigger Public Outcry
China’s EV Makers Face Mandatory Return to Physical Buttons and Door Handles in Driver-Distraction Safety Overhaul
Walmart's Earnings and UK Economic Data Highlight Upcoming Financial Trends
UK Green Party Considering Proposal to Legalize Heroin for an Inclusive Society
OpenAI and DeepCent Superintelligence Race: Artificial General Intelligence and AI Agents as a National Security Arms Race
We will protect them from the digital Wild West.’ Another country will ban social media for under-16s
Heineken announces cut of 6,000 jobs due to declining beer demand
Apple iPhone Lockdown Mode blocks FBI data access in journalist device seizure
KPMG Urges Auditor to Relay AI Cost Savings
Canada Opens First Consulate in Greenland Amid Rising Geopolitical Tensions
China unveils plans for a 'Death Star' capable of launching missile strikes from space
Investigation Launched at Winter Olympics Over Ski Jumpers Injecting Hyaluronic Acid
U.S. State Department Issues Urgent Travel Warning for Citizens to Leave Iran Immediately
Wall Street Erases All Gains of 2026; Bitcoin Plummets 14% to $63,000
Eighty-one-year-old man in the United States fatally shoots Uber driver after scam threat
Political Censorship: French Prosecutors Raid Musk’s X Offices in Paris
AI Invented “Hot Springs” — Tourists Arrived and Were Shocked
France Begins Phasing Out Zoom and Microsoft Teams to Advance Digital Sovereignty
Tech Market Shifts and AI Investment Surge Drive Global Innovation and Layoffs
Global Shifts in War, Trade, Energy and Security Mark Major International Developments
Markets Jolt as AI Spending, US Policy Shifts, and Global Security Moves Drive New Volatility
Tesla Ends Model S and X Production and Sends $2 Billion to xAI as 2025 Revenue Declines
Starmer Signals UK Push for a More ‘Sophisticated’ Relationship With China in Talks With Xi
The AI Hiring Doom Loop — Algorithmic Recruiting Filters Out Top Talent and Rewards Average or Fake Candidates
Putin’s Four-Year Ukraine Invasion Cost: Russia’s Mass Casualty Attrition and the Donbas Security-Guarantee Tradeoff
Storm-Triggered Landslide in Sicily Pushes Cliffside Homes to the Edge as Evacuations Continue
WhatsApp Develops New Meta AI Features to Enhance User Control
Germany Considers Gold Reserves Amidst Rising Tensions with the U.S.
Michael Schumacher Shows Significant Improvement in Health Status
Trump Claims “Total” U.S. Access to Greenland as NATO Weighs Arctic Basing Rights and Deterrence
Air France and KLM Suspend Multiple Middle East Routes as Regional Tensions Disrupt Aviation
Poland delays euro adoption as Domański cites $1tn economy and zloty advantage
Gold Jumps More Than 8% in a Week as the Dollar Slides Amid Greenland Tariff Dispute
Boston Dynamics Atlas humanoid robot and LG CLOiD home robot: the platform lock-in fight to control Physical AI
United States under President Donald Trump completes withdrawal from the World Health Organization: health sovereignty versus global outbreak early-warning access
Tech Brief: AI Compute, Chips, and Platform Power Moves Driving Today’s Market Narrative
NATO’s Stress Test Under Trump: Alliance Credibility, Burden-Sharing, and the Fight Over Strategic Territory
Greenland, Gaza, and Global Leverage: Today’s 10 Power Stories Shaping Markets and Security
High-Speed Train Collision in Southern Spain Kills at Least Twenty-One and Injures Scores
No Sign of an AI Bubble as Tech Giants Double Down at World’s Largest Technology Show
Trump to hit Europe with 10% tariffs until Greenland deal is agreed
Cybercrime, Inc.: When Crime Becomes an Economy. How the World Accidentally Built a Twenty-Trillion-Dollar Criminal Economy
Woman Claiming to Be Freddie Mercury’s Secret Daughter Dies at Forty-Eight After Rare Cancer Battle
EU Seeks ‘Farage Clause’ in Brexit Reset Talks With Britain
Germany Hit by Major Airport Strikes Disrupting European Travel
Russia Deploys Hypersonic Missile in Strike on Ukraine
There is no sovereign immunity for poisoning millions with drugs.
Béla Tarr, Visionary Hungarian Filmmaker, Dies at Seventy After Long Illness
German Intelligence Secretly Intercepted Obama’s Air Force One Communications
The U.S. State Department’s account in Persian: “President Trump is a man of action. If you didn’t know it until now, now you do—do not play games with President Trump.”
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