Saturday, June 13, 2026

The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Half of that bunch is heading to public markets in the same window, and it’s a stress test for investors, for valuations, and for […]

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Andrew Yang made a list of everything Americans overpay for — housing, food, wireless — and thinks the next startup gold rush is giving that money back.

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Anthropic isn't hiding its frustration. "We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people," the company wrote in a blog post.

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Bluesky's latest feature is group chats, arriving amid a shift in focus on building features for smaller communities.

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After SpaceX makes its public debut, lower-tier SPV investors face hidden fees, lengthy payout delays, and the risk of outright fraud.

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The tech giant warned of a security flaw that a cybercrime gang said it's exploiting as part of a mass-hacking campaign. Google said it notified more than 100 organizations that had potentially vulnerable servers.

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Equal AI said that its AI-powered call assistant now has over a million monthly active users.

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Unlike humanoid robots designed around a fixed form — think Boston Dynamics — Theker's machines are built to be reconfigured.

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The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion.

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Wits its official share pricing announcement, SpaceX's IPO has begun.

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TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who stands to win (and maybe some who won't), pre-IPO deals, and what's tucked inside its S-1 registration document.

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A new report suggests the unit, which employs 6,500 people, is on the verge of revolt.

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The tech giant said a group called "Outsider Enterprise" used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a span of two weeks.

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Avataar AI's distilled video model is priced at $0.005 for every second of generation.

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The company made its heavily anticipated debut on Friday, trading higher than its initial $135 IPO price.

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A SpaceX-Tesla merger seems inevitable.

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The funding round would value the company at around €20 billion (about $23.15 billion), nearly double its Series C valuation of €11.7 billion.

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The trading platform says some customers experienced intermittent disruptions, but those issues have resolved.

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The SpaceX IPO has boosted Musk's paper wealth to more than $1,000,000,000,000 at a time when he is more hated -- and powerful -- than ever.

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The spy law known as Section 702, which authorizes the NSA and FBI's warrantless surveillance, will all but certainly expire on Friday for the first time.

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The ruling holds that a company that designs, trains, operates, and manages an AI system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by the responses it generates.

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After Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson stoked anger over a horrific knife attack in Belfast, a youth group linked to a global neo-Nazi movement quietly orchestrated anti-immigrant riots.

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They swear they haven’t peeked at the closely guarded secret and that they’ll keep the cryptographic competition going.

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GOP lawmakers, tech investors, and even OpenAI have tied the anti-data-center movement in the US to Chinese interference. Experts say it’s much more complicated than that.

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SpaceX’s stock market debut has thrust the richest man in the universe into an unexplored frontier of wealth.

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A cottage industry of celebrity figurines, blinking screens, and other DIY gadgets is helping drivers bypass Tesla's distracted-driving controls.

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A Monster Energy–sponsored MMA show on the White House’s South Lawn was never going to be the height of dignity. But UFC Freedom 250 is failing to clear even the lowest bar.

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Executives and employees alike are struggling with Meta’s chaotic AI strategy, according to sources and internal discussions reviewed by WIRED.

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“I’m not sure that this company supports a hackathon culture anymore,” one employee posted in a forum open to the entire staff.

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An AI agent system proposed by researchers in Spain promises to prevent energy theft and damage to EV chargers, as well as the critical energy infrastructure that powers them.

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“The government believes it has become aware of a method of bypassing, or ‘jailbreaking’ Fable 5,” the company said in a blog post.

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The rocket maker debuts on Nasdaq today under a wave of criticism about Musk’s near-absolute control. It’s how the company has worked from the start.

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The company has set aside an unusually high number of shares for retail investors. Still, experts say, you’re just getting the crumbs.

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FIFA announced agreements with platforms such as TikTok and YouTube that include the participation of dozens of international influencers to generate content in the three host countries.

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Even in blue states, nonreligious tech entrepreneurs and CEOs are increasingly asking for “traditional” and “conservative” women, matchmakers tell WIRED.

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The musician created his own line of loopers that record and layer riffs in a loop. The pricey Looper X does what it claims, but it isn’t without quirks.

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Previous landmark scientific discoveries like the Higgs boson provide a better template for what it will take to confirm whether aliens have made contact with Earth.

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The pedal-assist can be jerky, but the throttle offers smooth, powerful acceleration.

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Light up and secure your driveway, backyard, or porch with a floodlight security camera.

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On June 10th, the German container ship Posen docked in Los Angeles after a two-week voyage from Shanghai. As Valve watcher Brad Lynch notes, it was almost certainly carrying the first mass production shipments of the Steam Frame, Valve's new gaming headset. Import records show that Valve's distribution partner Ceva offloaded nearly 32 metric tons […]

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If you're thinking about upgrading your phone, "the best time was yesterday," according to Nothing CEO and co-founder Carl Pei, echoing a message we heard during MWC. As Android Authority reports, Pei said in a post on X that the RAM shortage has already impacted Nothing's less expensive mid-range phone: "For Phone 4A , memory […]

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Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO will probably make him the richest person to ever walk the planet. And while his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk's actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, […]

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You'd be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between "sort of useful at a few things" and "utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer." But the wildest thing just happened: Apple put out a new version of […]

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Elon Musk is now officially the world's first trillionaire. That is a colossal amount of wealth (and by proxy, power) for one individual to have. Its scale - a thousand times more than a billion - is difficult to fathom for those of us who aren't among the 3,363 billionaires that currently exist in our […]

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Elon Musk's net worth has passed the trillion-dollar mark after SpaceX's IPO. His net worth, which was hovering around $800 billion before the IPO, includes the value of his 4.8 billion shares in SpaceX, along with his wealth from his other companies, like Tesla. Shares of SPCX opened at $150 and have remained well above […]

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Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. We don't have the phones we preordered yet, but this week included an unexpected in-person encounter with the T1. You see a lot of interesting phones when you're among tech […]

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Whether you’re planning a backyard barbeque or a World Cup watch party, Govee’s Table Lamp Classic can help set the mood with color-changing lighting effects. Right now it’s down to just $59.99 ($20 off) at Amazon, which is its best price yet. The rechargeable lamp can last up to 30 hours on a single charge, […]

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says his new AI startup will work toward developing an "artificial general engineer," according to reports from The New York Times and CNBC. The startup, called Prometheus, aims to develop AI-powered engineering tools to aid in the design of physical products. The NYT first reported on Prometheus last November, but now […]

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SpaceX’s IPO on Friday allows the public to buy shares of the combined rocket, AI, and social media company for the first time, and raised enough money to make Elon Musk the first trillionaire.  He has more wealth, on paper at least, than the economies of nations like Ireland, Sweden, or his home country of […]

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President Donald Trump's name remained on the facade of the Kennedy Center early Saturday despite a court-ordered Friday deadline to remove references to Trump from the building.

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Leo's Iberia charter, due to take him back to Rome after a weeklong visit to Spain, was grounded by a technical problem Friday, prompting Spain's king to offer his private jet instead.

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A newly published series of reports calls attention to a dire situation facing millions of women after childbirth — and the solutions that can prevent death from postpartum hemorrhage.

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President Trump has canceled planned strikes in Iran, claiming, once again, that a peace deal is near. This is just the latest salvo in a series of whiplash proclamations when it comes to the U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran.

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On Friday, a federal judge denied an appeal by the Kennedy Center's board of trustees for a stay on the removal of President Trump's name from the building. Then the Trump administration filed for an emergency stay, and that too was denied.

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New public data for redistricting and other uses may be reduced as Trump officials limit the ways the Census Bureau can protect people's privacy when it releases statistics.

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The decision paves the way for a proposed $111 billion merger uniting two rival studio giants — Paramount, owner of CBS, and the much larger Warner, which includes HBO and CNN.

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The Justice Department closed its investigation into the proposed $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery, saying it found no threat to competition or consumers.

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Known for his puffy hair, oversized handlebar mustache and a love for puns, Gene Shalit joined Today in 1970 and became arts editor in 1973. He was a middle-of-the-road critic, known for his wit and intelligence.

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President Trump said Friday that a U.S. strike has killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called "the infamous leader" of the Tren de Aragua gang in Venezuela.

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Danni Wyatt-Hodge gives England's T20 World Cup campaign lift-off with a 'mummy hundred', writes Matthew Henry.

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With Scotland at their first men's World Cup since 1998, BBC Sport is making it easier than ever to keep up with the national team's progress.

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BBC Sport are launching a new, improved app experience for the Fifa World Cup 2026

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If there were any doubts the USA were ready to live up to the pressure of being a World Cup host, they were dispelled in a 4-1 win over Paraguay.

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Play BBC Sport's new World Cup predictor game to be in with the chance of winning a signed football.

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BBC Scotland's chief sportswriter Tom English sets the scene from Boston as Scotland prepare for their first World Cup match in 28 years.

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Folarin Balogun scores twice as the USA begin their World Cup campaign with a convincing 4-1 victory over Paraguay at the Los Angeles Stadium.

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It is a dilemma plenty of fans in the UK will have - and we are giving you the chance to follow the World Cup without spoilers.

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Phil Mickelson's membership at Farms Golf Club has been revoked amid allegations of inappropriate contact with a female employee at the Californian establishment.

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Ever wanted to see a World Cup match from every angle? How about a full-pitch tactical view? Now you can on the BBC.

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England are victims of a theft of their training equipment before their arrival in Kansas City on Saturday.

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Kevin Sinfield has received a knighthood in the King's Birthday Honours while six of England's Euro 2025-winning squad have been made MBEs.

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Jude Bellingham is expected to start England's opening game of the 2026 World Cup, as Marc Guehi could start on the bench.

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Ilia Topuria shoves Justin Gaethje in front of the Lincoln Memorial in the final news conference before the UFC's unprecedented show at the White House on Sunday.

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George Furbank scores two tries in his final home game for Northampton as they overcome Leicester in an East Midlands derby classic to reach the Prem final.

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Should Bosnia-Herzegovina have been reduced to 10 men in the second half in their 1-1 draw with Canada? Wayne Rooney and ex-referee Darren Cann had differing views.

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An inspired Katie Boulter celebrates the biggest win of her career by ranking as she beats world number two Elena Rybakina to reach the Queen's semi-finals.

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Will you get today's player in as few attempts as possible?

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Katy Perry, Tyla and Future are among the performers at USA's star-studded World Cup opening ceremony at SoFi Stadium Stadium.

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The United States open their World Cup campaign with a fine win - but not before a sequence of events that left everyone scratching their heads.

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The UFC will award $400,000 bonuses for fight of the night and $425,000 bonuses for top individual performances at Sunday's UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House.

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United States legend Clint Dempsey had some choice words for former national team assistant Jesse Marsch, who suggested Thursday that some American players needed encouragement to sing the anthem ahead of games.

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Ghana's Thomas Partey will miss their opening match of the 2026 World Cup against Panama after being denied entry to Canada.

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One day after Boston's Aroldis Chapman repeated his belief that he's owed an apology from the Yankees for the way the team treated him at the end of the 2022 season, New York manager Aaron Boone said Friday that he doesn't see a need.

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Lifelong Knicks fan Ben Stiller has documented the team's playoff run with videos on his X account.

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A number of teams and stars are still struggling two months into the season. Do their slow starts define who they are in 2026?

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A number of clubs are rising -- and falling -- throughout the rest of our list.

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Enjoy all that happened from Friday's World Cup action, with features, news, video analysis and color from around the competition.

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Our experts break down top storylines, players and predictions for this year's MCWS.

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Let's rank the future major league stars to watch in Omaha.

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Tim Bontemps and Brian Windhorst canvass the league on Game 4 aftermath, Giannis saga updates and more NBA intel.

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A historic top-2 swap, a calculated move for OKC and a Giannis blockbuster headline six offers that would rock draft night.

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A variety of factors has resulted in the workhorse goaltender becoming an endangered species.

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Yordan Alvarez hit a grand slam and two-run homer in the first inning for the Astros against the Royals on Friday night.

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In the USMNT's World Cup-opening win, Folarin Balogun, Christian Pulisic share spotlight as team's best players.

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Jacob Misiorowski struck out a career-high 15 and pitched a complete-game one-hitter to lead the Brewers to a 6-0 win over the Phillies on Friday night.

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United States winger Christian Pulisic was substituted at halftime of his team's World Cup opener against Paraguay on Friday, with the Americans leading 3-0 at the break.

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USMNT striker Folarin Balogun, who could have played for England or Nigeria, said his two goals in Friday's 4-1 World Cup victory over Paraguay made for a "dreamy night."

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World Cup co-hosts the United States banished any doubts hanging over the team with a decisive 4-1 victory over Paraguay on Friday.

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Protesters marched toward the historic Azteca Stadium and began throwing cones, rocks and plant pots into the security perimeter as the match kicked off.

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Timothy Weah hangs with Zohran Mamdani, dismissed Donald Trump and wins a shout-out from Hillary Clinton.

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The World Cup host paid tribute to California’s Native American tribes before its first match on U.S. soil.

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Partey faces rape charges in the U.K. but has not yet stood trial.

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Between World Cup matches, Young weighs a looming surveillance fight and the GOP's next generation of leaders.

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“You should just pull out every stop right now to make sure that there are no problems,” said Indiana Sen. Todd Young.

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As the World Cup kicks off, cracks are emerging in Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s carefully tended relationship with President Donald Trump — over trade, cartels and a brewing extradition standoff.

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In May, several musical artists dropped out of planned performances at the fair after learning of its ties to Trump.

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Their new deadline for the war: Labor Day.

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A wall of thunderstorms kiboshed a POLITICO reporter’s assignment to attend Canada vs. Bosnia.

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A decade of diplomatic maneuvering, global intrigue and trilateral deal-making — and how it all ended up in one president’s hands.

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A refugee community in upstate New York gets ready to root for the home team.

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Headaches abound for FIFA as the biggest sporting event in the world kicks off in North America.

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Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

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Residents are deeply frustrated with politics — and some would rather burn the system down than back Labour candidate Andy Burnham to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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The focus should be on banning features that make it addictive, head of the Molly Rose Foundation says.

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The right-wing Swiss People's Party calls the plan a "sustainability initiative", but opponents say it is a recipe for chaos.

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Allies of the former defence secretary claim the Treasury tried to shut down the idea.

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Allan Taylor is receiving overdue recognition after Ed Sheeran found his 1978 LP in a second-hand shop.

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Reporter Richard Morgan recalls the chaotic scenes he witnessed when reporting on days of disorder in Northern Ireland.

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Hockney broke social taboos by celebrating same-sex relationships in his art - often by depicting the quiet, everyday moments of gay domestic life.

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The BBC breaks down how the tech mogul's fortune has grown.

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All three leaders of the North America host nations have missed the tournament opening matches.

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Excitement is building ahead of Scotland's first game in the men's World Cup for 28 years.

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Earlier, Canada hosted its own opening ceremony in Toronto, featuring singers Alanis Morrisette and Michael Bublé.

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Forget blocks and tackles, this is the tactical plan you need for the football.

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Linkin Park will make history as the first female-fronted band to headline Download Festival.

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Musk is now worth $1.11tn according to the Bloomberg rich list, while SpaceX listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange with a value of $2.2tn.

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The pop star reminisces about his X Factor audition, which took place near Wembley Stadium in 2010.

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The prime minister was keen in a BBC interview to erect the highest bar he could to any wannabe successors triggering a leadership contest.

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The deal which will pave the way for hostilities to end is close to being finalised, the US, Iran and mediators Pakistan say.

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Stars of the hit TV show say they did not know their on-screen husbands had previous convictions.

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Noughts & Crosses author Malorie Blackman and Gruffalo creator Julia Donaldson are made dames, as the rugby league star is knighted.

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Cruz/Wyden bill would help Americans sue federal officials over censorship.

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The old app "still needs to be retired," AcuRite tells us.

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As of today, SpaceX is owned by investors who will want to see it make money.

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Vulnerability in the Oracle-owned PeopleSoft software is about as critical as they come.

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Section 702 of FISA to expire tonight, but certification lasts until March 2027.

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It isn't the only startup tackling physical AI, but it's one of the best-funded.

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A pending report on climate attribution may be setting the stage for conflict.

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Full autonomy is rare, but Ukraine is installing AI modules on drones and robots.

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Winning fight against AI data centers gives people a "taste of political power."

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Even moderately sized data centers can have an outsized local impact.

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The fraudsters allegedly targeted hundreds of thousands of people with Gemini-coded scams sites.

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NYT reported Kennedy is disengaged. Kennedy's response seems to show NYT is right.

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More than 350,000 spectators will watch 62 cars compete, day and night.

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Did chatbot abandon mental health guardrails when a vulnerable user pushed back?

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This World Cup, refs will use digital twins of each player to view plays from every angle.

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Outbreak responses are still playing catch-up as US works to isolate itself.

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The repurposing of Pokémon Go data for AI training continues to draw scrutiny.

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Failure raises questions about how Verizon prepares refurbished phones for new users.

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"If I needed to fly on another vehicle, what would that look like?"

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Commerce dept. worries that a Fable 5 "jailbreak" could be a national security threat.

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Just days after finishing a seven-year stint at the helm of Estonia’s central bank, Madis Muller is preparing for a very different role: volunteering in the police’s criminal-investigations unit.

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A Swiss plebiscite this weekend on whether to impose a population ceiling is offering voters a choice that threatens to become their most consequential yet of the current century.

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The US shot down Iranian drones near the Strait of Hormuz as talks continued for an interim peace deal to reopen the strategic waterway, adding to uncertainty over when an agreement can be reached.

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JTBC Co. Ltd., the broadcaster owned by South Korea’s media giant JoongAng Group, defaulted on securitized loans and was downgraded to junk by a local ratings firm, triggering a series of rating cuts across the conglomerate.

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China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group will streamline its structure by shutting down or merging some entities and concentrate resources around its Hong Kong-listed arm, in a bid to improve governance, Chairman Li Shufu said.

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Investment into African startups held up in 2025, even as funding conditions tightened. According to AVCA, more than $5 billion was invested in African startups last year, with deal activity also rising. Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja spoke with venture capital investor Andrew Firman from Kaleo Ventures on opportunities and challenges of investing in the continent. (Source: Bloomberg)

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The US killed the leader of the Tren De Aragua drug cartel, Niño Guerrero, in a strike that was carried out with the assistance of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said.

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China’s Commerce Ministry said it firmly opposes the US decision to label additional firms as “military companies,” accusing Washington of using national security as a pretext to curb the development of Chinese firms.

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SpaceX’s first day on the stock market transformed the startup into one of the world’s most-valuable public companies, handed buyers of the IPO a 19% return and turned its founder Elon Musk into the world’s first trillionaire. Ed Ludlow reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

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It was meant to happen once humans were regularly flying to Mars. Then the AI boom took off. 

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Investors and retail traders from across the US and around the world were glued to their screens on Friday as Elon Musk’s SpaceX started trading in the stock market after the biggest initial public offering in Wall Street history.

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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is considering whether to block CME Group Inc.’s bid to launch a round-the-clock oil contract, heightening tensions between the market stalwart and its regulator.

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Bill Bradley, former US Senator and two-time NBA champion, discussed the New York Knicks' recent success, highlighting how Jalen Brunson gave up millions in free agency to allow the team more financial flexibility to build a stronger roster. He emphasized that this special group's dedication and shared beliefs have led to their success, which resonates positively with New Yorkers. He speaks with Romaine Bostick & Katie Greifeld on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)

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SpaceX had the largest stock-market debut in history when it went public on June 12. The company raised $75 billion in the initial public offering and ended its first day on the public markets with a market capitalization of around $2.2 trillion. The IPO turned SpaceX founder Elon Musk into the world’s first trillionaire.

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Heather Pringle, CEO of the Space Foundation, discussed the impact of SpaceX's historic $75 Billion IPO on the broader space industry and investment landscape. She highlighted that SpaceX's public listing marks a significant milestone for a maturing space sector, demonstrating viable pathways to profitability through communications, launch services, and navigation technologies. she speaks with Romaine Bostick & Katie Greifeld on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg Money takes the pulse of your financial life, powered by the reporting of our global newsroom. Chanos & Company President & Founder Jim Chanos and Former US Treasury Secretary and Columbia University Professor of International & Public Affairs Jacob Lew. (Source: Bloomberg)

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New York City Comptroller Mark Levine discussed the fast-tracking of SpaceX's inclusion into major indexes such as MSCI Global Standard and FTSE Russell, highlighting concerns about the abandonment of traditional criteria like seasoning periods and earnings track records. Levine emphasized the unprecedented governance structure of SpaceX, where a single individual holds dominant control with limited shareholder rights and no independent board oversight. He speaks with Romaine Bostick & Katie Greifeld on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)

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A conversation with the founder of AMP PBC about turning GPUs into a utility.

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Prices are likely to stay elevated for longer even if the war in Iran were to end soon, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said in an interview with Deutschlandfunk.

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Police dispersed demonstrators in Nanyuki, 120 miles from Nairobi, amid rising anger at US plansKenyan police have shot dead a man during a protest against a proposed Ebola quarantine facility for US citizens.Patrick Wahome, who has organised protests in Nanyuki against the centre, told Reuters on Tuesday the man died from a gunshot wound to the head. Reporters from the agency saw his body lying motionless in a police van with a large head wound. Continue reading...

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A woman in her 30s has been transported to hospital with arm and leg injuries and beaches in Sydney’s east have been closed after the attackGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman in her 30s is in a critical condition after being bitten by a large shark at Coogee beach on Saturday, with a witness describing the scene at the popular Sydney beach as “shocking”.A spokesperson for New South Wales Ambulance said the woman suffered arm and leg injuries and had been taken by road to St Vincent’s hospital. Continue reading...

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Pauline Hanson claimed fundraiser was moved from original location due to ‘too many bookings’, not because of expected protestsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProtesters have clashed with Pauline Hanson supporters, with one man given a move on notice outside a Melbourne venue hosting a One Nation fundraiser on Friday.Michael Nelson, who was convicted of offensive behavior and fined last week for disrupting a Melbourne Anzac Day dawn service, was restrained by officers outside the South Melbourne venue. Continue reading...

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Twenty people were killed and 120 injured in the attack at the Erawan Shrine, a popular tourist destinationA Thai court has handed out death sentences to two Uyghur men from the north-western Chinese region of Xinjiang for a 2015 bombing in the centre of Bangkok that killed 20 people.The explosion occurred at the Erawan Shrine in the centre of Bangkok, an area popular with foreign tourists. As well as the 20 people killed, another 120 were injured. Five of the dead were from mainland China and two from Hong Kong. Continue reading...

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Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol’s health had worsened since she was hospitalised in December 2022 with heart problems that left her gravely illThe eldest child of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has died aged 47, the palace has said, after nearly four years in a coma.Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, known in Thailand as Princess Bha, had been in hospital since December 2022 when she became gravely ill after having heart problems while out training her dogs. Continue reading...

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Amazon and Sony among firms that may have sourced coltan, used in phones, from supply chains controlled by the M23 rebels, says Global WitnessLeading global brands including Amazon, Ericsson and Sony are “likely” to have sourced minerals linked to a militia accused of widespread sexual violence, summary executions and torture, a new investigation claims.The companies allegedly, but unknowingly, acquired coltan smuggled from mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that are occupied by the M23 militia, which has committed myriad atrocities in eastern DRC. Continue reading...

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Ministry says animals fitted with sensors by foreign agencies collect sensitive sea data, in ‘invisible secret war’China’s ministry of state security has claimed that foreign espionage and intelligence agencies are using innovative new methods to monitor the country’s waters, including deploying “spy” animals fitted with sensors.In a post on the Chinese platform WeChat on Friday, the ministry warned that an “invisible secret war” was quietly playing out in the seas around China as foreign agencies were collecting sensitive data “through a variety of new spying devices” to produce underwater maps that pose a “serious threat to our national security”. Continue reading...

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Arrest of Min Zin, who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy, comes just month after Trump visit to BeijingChina has arrested a US scholar who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy on suspicion of spying.Min Zin was suspected of “engaging in espionage activities that endanger China’s national security,” China’s ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson, Lin Jian, said on Friday. Continue reading...

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Other western acts have attempted to crack country’s music scene since singer’s breakout success in 2018One week after announcing she was “cancer free”, the British pop star Jessie J did what any recovering patient would do and travelled thousands of miles around the world to perform for an audience of more than a billion people.On 29 May, the singer-songwriter, whose real name is Jessica Cornish, belted out a stage-rattling rendition of Frank Sinatra’s My Way on the stage of Singer, a hugely popular Chinese singing competition similar to The Voice. She also performed her new song, California, briefly adapting the lyrics to change California to Changsha, the Chinese city where Singer is hosted. Continue reading...

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Suit filed in US alleges chatbot told Alice Carrier, 24, ‘maybe this is just the end’ as she struggled with suicidal thoughtsA Canadian mother sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, in US court on Thursday, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her daughter to kill herself. The lawsuit is the latest in a slew accusing the company of failing to address dangerous conversations between users and the company’s chatbot.Kristie Carrier said in a lawsuit filed in San Francisco state court that her daughter, Alice, told ChatGPT about her suicidal ideations more than a dozen times leading up to her death but that OpenAI’s safety systems never flagged the conversations for human review or terminated them. Continue reading...

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With matches in 16 cities across the US, Mexico and Canada, players and fans face an array of weather-related challengesWith the 2026 World Cup now under way, all 48 teams face a common opposition: summer weather across North America. Matches will be played in 16 cities, from southern Mexico to Canada, with a range of weather risks possible at each venue.Thunderstorms disrupted play before the tournament had even begun. England’s warm-up against Costa Rica in Orlando was delayed by about an hour after storms brought lightning and heavy rain that waterlogged the pitch. Safety regulations at US venues mean play is suspended when lightning is recorded within roughly 8 miles of a stadium, not resuming until 30 minutes after the last strike. Continue reading...

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Flag bans, travel headaches and a religious regime video among bumps in road, as team prepares to be first to play in country with which it is at warIran will present a major challenge to Fifa’s “football unites the world” slogan on Monday by becoming the first country in World Cup history to compete on the soil of a host nation with which it is at war.The national team’s opening match against New Zealand in Los Angeles will kick off amid continuing hostilities between Iran and the US that have intensified in recent days, as a fragile ceasefire has failed to hold and attempts at reaching a negotiated settlement have sputtered. Continue reading...

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Constable Marc Pinizzotto, 43, was killed while executing search warrants related to a shooting at US consulateAuthorities in Canada are investigating whether the killing of a Toronto police officer while he was executing search warrants related to a shooting at the city’s US consulate is linked a broader series of global terror attacks.Constable Marc Pinizzotto, 43, a member of the emergency taskforce, was killed on Thursday during a dawn search of an apartment building in the west of the city. Continue reading...

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Exclusive: Economists say falling house prices are largely in the more expensive parts of Sydney and Melbourne’s markets and are less likely to affect first-time property ownersFears that first-time buyers with tiny deposits will find their mortgages are worth more than their homes may be assuaged by new data showing falling prices are concentrated in the top end of the Sydney and Melbourne property markets.Climbing inflation, interest rates and worries about the economic fallout from the Middle East conflict have helped depress housing values in the country’s two biggest cities. Continue reading...

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Report by Labor-led joint human rights committee says cuts to the $50bn scheme could limit support for those in needGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSweeping changes to the NDIS appear “retrogressive” and lack alignment with a landmark independent review to improve the $50bn-a-year scheme, a Labor-led committee has found.The 57-page scrutiny report from the joint human rights committee, released on Friday, examined the proposed changes under the Albanese government ahead of a separate report due next week by a Senate inquiry. The Labor-chaired committee questioned the human rights implications of winding back access for more than 200,000 participants in the coming years, which could leave many without sufficient disability support. Continue reading...

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A Guardian analysis reveals how most of 39 countries facing US entry restrictions are most vulnerable environmentally‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugeesDonald Trump’s immigration crackdown is largely targeting people from the countries most vulnerable to displacement from climate-driven disasters, a Guardian analysis shows.As the Trump administration pushes policies to boost planet-heating fossil fuels, millions of people are being forced to flee their homelands due to storms, floods and droughts worsened by the climate crisis. Continue reading...

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Fatima Jabbe-Bio kept tenancy in Southwark despite living for much of year at presidential lodge in FreetownA social housing flat rented by Sierra Leone’s first lady has been seized by a London council.Southwark council confirmed it had repossessed the two-bedroom home in Walworth previously occupied by Fatima Jabbe-Bio, whose tenancy was reported by the Times last year. Continue reading...

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Climate minister Chris Bowen says country must prepare for changing world and can play bigger role in reducing emissionsAustralia will find exporting fossil fuels increasingly difficult but can switch to exporting clean energy products, the president of the next UN climate negotiations has declared.Speaking at a climate conference in Bonn, Germany, Chris Bowen, Australia’s minister for climate change and energy, argued his country had led the global push to “transition away from fossil fuels” – based on the rapid growth of renewable energy and batteries in its domestic power grids – and that its economy could manage the switch. Continue reading...

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President says Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores killed in ‘swift and lethal’ military strike with help from VenezuelaThe US military has killed a leader in the Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, with the help of Venezuela, Donald Trump announced on Friday.“At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua, one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet Earth,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Continue reading...

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Thirty-nine people taken near Magamin Diddi village in Maradun municipality, north-west Zamfara state, police sayArmed bandits in north-west Nigeria abducted dozens of villagers whom they invited to a meeting about potential peace negotiations, authorities and residents said on Monday, highlighting the region’s worsening security.According to local police, 39 people were seized on Sunday during a meeting in the forest near Magamin Diddi village in the Maradun municipality of north-west Zamfara state. But some residents and officials believe the number of those abducted could be as high as 50. Continue reading...