It was summer in the city that proudly calls itself the “end of the world,” and the tourists were flocking like the penguins they had […]
Year: 2025
What Are Rare Earth Metals, the Exports Halted by China?
For years, the Chinese government has worked to control the export of rare earths, a group of metals used in an array of products, as […]
Blue Origin launch: Space missions don’t get any weirder than this | Science, Climate & Tech News
A sassy crew, a billionaire and a celebrity circus in the desert. Space missions don’t get any weirder. But this is the new world of […]
What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?
In 2012, when Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg cut a $1 billion check to buy the photo-sharing app Instagram, most people thought he had lost […]
How Geo Group’s Surveillance Tech Is Aiding Trump’s Immigration Agenda
Follow live updates on the Trump administration. After a Honduran immigrant arrived in the United States in 2022, officials ordered him to use a government-issued […]
Meta’s Antitrust Trial Begins as FTC Argues Company Built Social Media Monopoly
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday accused Meta of creating a monopoly that squelched competition by buying start-ups that stood in its way, kicking off […]
Katy Perry becomes first artist to sing in space in landmark all-female mission | Science, Climate & Tech News
Katy Perry has blasted off to space along with five other women in the first all-female space crew in over sixty years. The Firework singer […]
UK may be on track to see worst year for wildfires, data shows | UK News
The UK may be on track to see its worst year for wildfires, according to latest figures. Satellite data shows 2025 is already the second worst […]
Meta’s Antitrust Trial to Put Mark Zuckerberg, Serial Witness, to the Test Again
Seven years ago, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, testified for the first time in Congress. After a two-week boot camp by his lawyers […]
The Former C.I.A. Officer Capitalizing On Europe’s Military Spending Boom
During a 24-hour swing through Copenhagen last month, Eric Slesinger met with engineers making maritime drones, developers of war-planning software and an adviser to NATO. […]