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SpaceX Kicks Off Debut US Dollar Investment-Grade Bond Offering

SpaceX is selling investment-grade bonds for the first time in what’s expected to be the start of a massive borrowing spree to fund the company’s AI ambitions following its record $75 billion IPO.

The Download: record-breaking subsea tunnels and flexible data centers

This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside the world’s deepest and longest subsea road tunnel —Niall Firth I’m currently around 1,000…

New drug combo may preserve muscle during weight loss

A study finds combining apitegromab with tirzepatide may help preserve lean muscle while supporting weight loss in people with obesity.

Chevron to fuel massive Microsoft data center in Texas with natural gas

Microsoft's embrace of natural gas shows it is willing to invest in a fossil fuel to meet the power demand from its data centers.

Portimão firefighters receive new €280,000 wildfire response vehicle

Portimão Municipal Council has handed over a new wildfire response vehicle to the city’s volunteer fire brigade, boosting local firefighting capacity ahead of the summer fire season. The new vehicle The post Portimão firefighters receive…

Why former OpenAI researcher Shyamal Anadkat left Silicon Valley for India

People training new AI models admit they just get chatbots to do it

The next generation of AI models are meant to be trained by people paid to have conversations with them, but several of these workers have admitted to New Scientist that they simply get chatbots to do it instead. This "AI inbreeding" may…

Samsung looks to bring One UI 9 to more devices after Galaxy 26 beta rollout

The Hotspot: Aramco’s petrodollar backing of World Cup leaves stain of sportswashing

How Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant is embedding fossil fuels as a crucial part of the world’s biggest sport If you have watched the World Cup, you may have seen the big signs announcing Aramco as the tournament’s “energy partner”…

India in talks to sell supersonic BrahMos missile to UAE, sources say

The Indian government is in talks with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to sell some of its flagship defence systems, including the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, four Indian sources said, as the Gulf nation steps up arms procurement…

A decade of chaos: Britain prepares for 7th prime minister after Starmer announces resignation

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he would quit, paving the way for the country to have its seventh leader in 10 years. The chaos dates back to the Brexit referendum, 10 years ago to the day on Tuesday. In the years since…

SpaceX shares slide again as the post-IPO rally keeps unwinding

SpaceX shares looked poised to fall again as US markets reopened after the long weekend, extending a slide that has already erased much of the euphoria from the largest stock-market debut in history. The stock closed last week around $185…