Americas

A federal prosecutor in New York charged Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo with using early access to internal Google information to place cryptocurrency bets on Polymarket that returned about $1.2 million…

BMW will introduce two humanoid Aeon robots from Hexagon Robotics into production at its Leipzig factory this summer after a test deployment, marking the first use of humanoid robots for…

Blue Origin said a rocket experienced an anomaly and exploded during a hotfire test at Cape Canaveral, with footage showing the vehicle erupting into a large fireball while emergency teams…

Canada and Germany agreed to a long-term contract that will deliver one million tonnes per year of liquefied natural gas from the proposed Ksi Lisims project in British Columbia to…

Phillips Distilling shifted some production of its Sour Puss liqueur to Canada after provincial bans on U.S. liquor cut its Canadian sales by about 70 percent. The company said moving…

The U.S. Department of Commerce granted Volvo Cars a specific authorization to continue importing and selling vehicles that include Chinese-connected car technology, exempting the automaker from recent U.S. restrictions. The…

Box founder Aaron Levie argued that many CEOs overestimate what AI agents can do because they are removed from the “last mile” of work that generates most value. Levie said…

YouTube said it will apply AI labels automatically when its systems detect significant photorealistic AI in a video, and it will make those labels more prominent across long-form uploads and…

The Boston startup SOND emerged from stealth with $7 million in funding and introduced Dreambuds, an in-ear system that captures 12 physiological signals and uses a cloud-based AI sleep coach…

Spotify launched a Podcast clips feature that lets listeners trim, preview, save, and share short segments from episodes directly from the Now Playing view. The feature places a scissors icon…

The voice AI company ElevenLabs launched Music v2, a music-generation model that can switch genres mid-track and handle complex vocals and composition. The model allows artists to edit song sections…

The Federal Aviation Administration has declared SpaceX’s May 22 Starship Flight 12 a mishap and ordered a SpaceX-led investigation that the FAA will oversee and approve, pausing further Starship test…

The Shadow Brokers, an unidentified group that appeared in 2016 and released hacking tools believed to come from the NSA, remain unmasked ten years later. Their dump helped expose powerful…

Security researchers say a March breach of the Los Angeles transit system was carried out by hackers linked to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and State Security, according to a report…

Universal Music Group and TikTok have renewed their licensing agreement with a new commitment to remove unauthorized AI-generated music and improve artist and songwriter attribution. The agreement marks a shift…

Spotify is bringing narrated long-form magazine articles into its app, expanding beyond music, podcasts, and audiobooks as it pushes further into “everything audio.” Premium subscribers will get the articles as…

ClickUp laid off 22% of its workforce while CEO Zeb Evans said the collaboration software company is embracing AI agents to raise productivity and reshape pay, not simply cut costs.…

BP has removed chairman Albert Manifold with immediate effect after serious concerns over governance standards, oversight and conduct, with the BBC understanding that bullying and overbearing behaviour were among the…

A forensic investigation in Italy has linked a new zero-click attack on iPhone users to WhatsApp accounts that sent money requests to contacts without any visible linked device, and the…

Ferrari unveiled the Luce, its first fully electric car, a five‑seater priced at $640,000 that marks the company’s formal entry into all‑electric vehicles and a major design shift for the…