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Elon Musk's xAI is polluting air in Memphis, using more gas turbines than permitted, advocacy group says

Elon Musk's AI startup xAI has installed 35 gas turbines to run its Memphis data center, though it only applied for permits to run 15, an advocacy group says.

CNBC - 5h

US Supreme Court orders return of wrongly deported migrant from prison in El Salvador

Ruling is latest blow to Trump administration’s tough immigration measures

Financial Times - 6h

Trump tariff suspension only a ‘fragile pause’, says Macron, as gold soars amid market jitters – business live

Nikkei plunges 5.4% but other Asian markets see mixed results as some reverse many of historic rally’s gains after US president’s tariffs reprieve. US stocks fall again after rally following ...

The Guardian - 19m

Retreat or negotiating strategy? Trump steps back from all-out trade war

The US is now making nice – or at least nicer - with nations that had faced their retaliatory trade fire, writes Anthony Zurcher.

BBC News - 1d

So much for the Trump Brexit dividend

The US president’s tariffs on UK cars and other exports reveal the hollow promise of global Britain

Financial Times - 19h

Trump signs order to 'make America's showers great again'

The US president says he wants to "take care of my beautiful hair" as he eases water flow rules.

BBC News - 18h

Donald Trump bends to the power of the markets

But trade war with China and tariffs on most US imports still risk great harm

Financial Times - 13h

EU could tax Big Tech if Trump trade talks fail, says von der Leyen

European Commission president tells FT she wants ‘balanced’ deal but could hit US services in retaliation

Financial Times - 10h

Hundreds of Video Game Workers Join New Union as Trump Attacks Labor Rights

The United Videogame Workers union is open to any gaming worker in the US and Canada and will focus on industry-wide job loss.

Wired - 10h

Watch: What's behind Trump's 90-day tariffs pause?

News of the US president's plan to halt higher-band taxes came as a surprise on Wednesday, but was it part of a plan?

BBC News - 7h

Will Poulter and Kit Connor on bonding with head-shaving and tattoos for Warfare

The cast of Alex Garland's film Warfare on how a tough bootcamp taught them to play a US army unit.

BBC News - 5h

Trump administration adds immigrants to Social Security dead list to encourage self-deportation

Immigrant workers put on the list will not be able to legally hold jobs or use financial services

MarketWatch - 5h

How chaotic markets could help Trump balance trade

Mayhem threatens to erode the appeal of US investments — which could, perversely, help Trump get what he wants.

Financial Times - 2h

WATCH: Helicopter crew finds missing toddler in high-tech rescue

First responders who found a missing toddler in Michigan over the weekend are talking about their heroic rescue which made use of heat-detecting camera technology.

ABC News - 2d

Google introduces Firebase Studio, an end-to-end platform that builds custom apps in-browser, in minutes

Devs and non-devs can use the cloud-based, Gemini-powered platform to build, launch, iterate and monitor apps, APIs, backends and frontends.

VentureBeat - 1d

Trump was ‘the candidate of peace’. Now he’s fanning the flames of war | Mohamad Bazzi

The US is bombing Houthi rebels and supporting Netanyahu’s campaigns as it sleepwalks into new conflicts. Throughout the last presidential campaign, Donald Trump portrayed himself as the ...

The Guardian - 20h

How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse

A set of popular apps helped China’s ByteDance develop a key component of advanced artificial intelligence: information on how a billion people use the internet.

The New York Times - 2h

Trump Threatens More Tariffs and Sanctions on Mexico Over Long-Running Water Dispute

President Trump on Thursday cited the growing water debt that Mexico owes the United States under a treaty governing the use of the countries’ shared rivers.

The New York Times - 4h

Private equity’s next big conquest

Plus, Byju’s creditors go after the fallen edtech founders in US court and the chair of UBS scorns Switzerland’s proposed capital rules

Financial Times - 2h

Morgan Jay is giving his audience the musical sex comedy they want (and an auto-tuned microphone)

Jay rose to popularity for his use of an auto-tuned microphone in his performances and audience-participation segments that went viral on TikTok. Now he's in the middle of a U.S. and international ...

Los Angeles Times - 2d

Chinese Lunar Rocks Suggest a Thirsty Far Side of the Moon

Using samples gathered from the Chang’e-6 mission, scientists found that the interior of the moon on the half we never see from Earth might be drier than the near side.

The New York Times - 1d

DOGE’s AI Monitoring of Federal Workers Is Alarming — but Not Illegal

Employee surveillance isn’t new, but after gutting several agencies, Elon Musk’s team is now using AI to monitor communications, which could involve secure data that could leak.

Inc. - 1d

Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Paving a Path Back Into Trump’s America

The Israeli spyware maker, still on the US Commerce Department’s “blacklist,” has hired a new lobbying firm with direct ties to the Trump administration, a WIRED investigation has found.

Wired - 1d

Tarik Skubal says he's glad the keyhole at Comerica Park is gone after Tigers asked for input

The Detroit Tigers are wrapping up their first homestand with a subtle change on the field at Comerica Park, putting grass over a strip of dirt that used to be between the pitcher’s mound and ...

ABC News - 1d

Trump ignites ‘insider trading’ accusations after global tariffs U-turn

US president posted it was ‘a great time to buy’ on social media just hours before pausing tariff impositions. Business live – latest updates Donald Trump is facing accusations of market ...

The Guardian - 19h

The Guardian view on the tariff war pause: the Trump trade shambles is not over | Editorial

The US president blinked first, but this is just a time-out. The threat to the global economy remains real.. It was Donald Trump who blinked first. Never forget that. China is unlikely to ...

The Guardian - 12h

Trump is pushing students towards Britain – ministers, don’t let your immigration obsession stand in the way | Polly Toynbee

Beleaguered UK universities have a golden opportunity. If the government passes it up, it risks billions in revenue . Shocking stories told at a US universities conference in San Diego described ...

The Guardian - 1h

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