China faces a tall order in its efforts to catch up to Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite service. SpaceX’s Starlink already has nearly 7,000 operational satellites in orbit and serves around 5 million customers in more than 100 countries, according to SpaceX. The service is meant to offer high-speed internet to customers in remote and underserved…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol has been impeached by the National Assembly following his failed attempt to impose martial law last week. Opposition parties, which command a majority in the legislature, only needed the…
ABC News has agreed to pay $15m (£12m) to US President-elect Donald Trump to settle a defamation lawsuit after its star anchor falsely said he had been found “liable for rape”. George Stephanopoulos made the statements repeatedly during an interview on 10 March this year while challenging a congresswoman about her support for Trump. A…
Justin Stephens/Discovery Kody Brown doesn’t think church is a “safe place” for him after going through three divorces — but he’s also not a fan of wife Robyn Brown attending solo, either. “When I met Kody, he was very much involved in our church and from my understanding he was happy in our church,” Robyn,…
While it tends to be frequently forgotten and shrugged off, Google’s TV platform is actually quite a big and successful product. Apparently, there are currently more than 270 million Google TV device owners around the world. The online giant is launching a special “insider” program of sorts to help shape the future of the OS….
Samsung’s One UI 7 update is huge and, for the most part, pretty good, but there’s some clear influence throughout as Samsung has seemingly been trying to replicate a bunch of features and design traits from iOS. Here’s a list of all of the ways Samsung’s Android 15 update tries to copy iOS. This issue…
Luigi Mangione. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, will reportedly be housed in the same New York City jail as Sean “Diddy” Combs. Mangione, 26, arrived in New York from Pennsylvania on Thursday, December 19, to be arraigned on federal murder charges. If convicted of…
The cryptocurrency landscape in 2025 has been dramatically reshaped by Trump’s unexpected … [+] endorsement and surging Bitcoin prices nearing $100,000. Adobe Stock Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrency were all hot topic trends a few years back. But technology waits for no one, and with all the hype around AI, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s…
A Japanese lawmaker is pushing his government to consider launching a national Bitcoin reserve, as calls to stockpile the cryptocurrency gain traction across the world. A formal request to discuss the would-be Bitcoin reserve was submitted on December 11 to the National Diet, according to the Japanese legislature’s website. National Diet member Satoshi Hamada put…
Arakan Army The insurgent Arakan Army posted video of their capture of the barracks The end, when it came for the BGP5 barracks, was loud and brutal. First, a crackly speaker calling out for their surrender; then, a thunderous barrage of artillery, rockets and rifle fire that tore chunks out of the buildings in which…
