SpaceX’s stock falls to a new low despite a near-flawless Starship flight
SpaceX’s earnings report next week could unleash a further wave of selling, as some insiders will soon be able to unload shares.
SpaceX’s earnings report next week could unleash a further wave of selling, as some insiders will soon be able to unload shares.
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Meta has backflipped on plans to let Instagram users take photos from public accounts to create AI-generated images without the owner’s knowledge or consent, following a global backlash that erupted within days of the feature being announced. Late last week, the tech giant unveiled Muse, the first image generator developed by its Superintelligence Labs division. Muse…
On Monday, the leaders of nine European countries and Ukraine gathered in Paris and announced a joint programme to develop Europe’s own Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition. In a declaration, they promised an integrated missile defence architecture, built through collective effort and shared industrial capacity. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list The framing is…
Commercial buildings illuminated at dusk in Singapore, on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Taiwan’s second-largest contract chipmaker, United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), announced Tuesday its first mass-produced silicon photonics wafers manufactured within its Singapore facility. UMC is aiming to address the growing demand for high-speed…
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has taken responsibility for a hack on open-source AI platform Hugging Face after an AI agent went rogue during internal testing. Last week, Hugging Face detected an “intrusion” into part of its production infrastructure that was driven “end to end” by an autonomous AI agent system. While Hugging Face staff were working…
From Cotonou to Parakou, startup founders are quietly shaking up Benin’s digital economy. The country formerly classified as a low-income, agriculture-reliant economy built on subsistence farming and cotton production now boasts a 7.0% GDP growth rate, well above the global average of 3.1%. Benin’s emergence as one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies is driven by…