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How SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell has achieved Musk's lofty ambitions

Big Freeze had drama, brilliance and freewheeling footy. Neale Daniher would have loved it | Jonathan Horn

Melbourne and Collingwood let their attacking football do the talking as 90,000 at the MCG felt the absence of the AFL great and MND advocate There were more than 88,000 people at the MCG on Monday. But there was an absence, a void. There…

Watch Duty Is Adding Flood Alerts to Its Wildfire App

The popular wildfire tracking app is adding flood monitoring to its platform. It’s the first new disaster alert on the service, with many more to come.

FG: What we are doing to tackle school abductions

The Federal Government has unveiled new measures aimed at tackling school abductions, insecurity and other emerging threats to basic education across the country. It said issues of school safety, education in emergencies, climate change…

One-Third of Musicians Now Use AI for Inspiration on Tracks They Release, Study Finds (Exclusive)

The Berklee College of Music poll also reveals that more than a quarter of artists use it for backing tracks in the final product.

Wizz Air becomes Europe’s first budget airline to put Starlink on its planes

Cheap flights and fast Wi-Fi have rarely gone together, and Europe’s budget airlines have had a good excuse: the maths has not added up. Wizz Air is betting that is about to change. The Hungarian ultra-low-cost carrier said on Monday it…

Hair loss cure? Scientists study an ancient Chinese herb

Wall Street Preps for the SpaceX IPO

SpaceX is heading for the biggest IPO ever. Bloomberg’s Bailey Lipschultz and Sridhar Natarajan join Bloomberg Open Interest to break down how Wall Street is preparing for the historic debut. Demand is already huge, but the real question…

A former NASA chief is taking Quantum Space public at $1.2bn to build spacecraft for the next space race

The last time Jim Bridenstine shaped America’s space ambitions, he ran NASA. Now he is betting he can build the hardware for the next phase of the space race, and he wants public investors to fund it. Quantum Space, the Maryland startup…

Sudan: Satellite Imagery Reveals the Splintering and Burning of Kauda

[Ayin Network] A recent investigation by the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) and Sudan Witness exposes a devastating arson campaign taking place last month in the Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan State. For decades, the town of Kauda…

Seven EU countries push Brussels to resist further weakening of car emission targets

The document signed by seven EU countries reveals a growing divide within Europe between governments seeking flexibility for car manufacturers and those determined to preserve the integrity of the EU’s carbon emissions trajectory.

Wizz Air announces Starlink wifi deal as other budget rivals hold back

The Hungarian budget carrier will roll out satellite internet across its fleet from 2027, as Ryanair and EasyJet continue to resist the technology over cost concerns.