Apple’s $1,999 iPhone Duo puts the company's status-symbol power to the test
Apple’s $1,999 iPhone Duo is drawing early demand as analysts assess whether the foldable can lift iPhone pricing and revenue.
5 midterm money takeaways: Democrats have candidate cash. Republicans have Elon Musk
Democrats outraise Republicans in key Congress races as Elon Musk funds Ken Paxton in Texas and GOP groups aligned with Trump.
Healey backs pro-growth case for Heathrow third runway after Burnham ducks issue
Chancellor says government will study responses to public consultation, with airports being ‘big part of jobs and growth’John Healey has said there is a pro-growth case for going ahead with a third runway at Heathrow despite the prime minister declining to back it.Healey’s predecessor as chancellor, Rachel Reeves, put approval of the long-planned runway at the heart of her “growth speech” last year, saying it would “make Britain the world’s best-connected place to do business”. Continue reading...
Katie Zacharia out as Trump's White House press secretary
Zacharia was on shaky ground from her first White House press conference and over questions about her claims of being a lawyer despite not passing a bar exam.
Ranking the Premier League's all-time greatest super subs
Some players are destined to make their biggest impact off the bench, but who are the top 10 Premier League super subs of all time?
Trump says White House didn't order Starlink restrictions in Ukraine
Ukrainian officials complained this week that SpaceX had limited internet connectivity without advance notice.
Debt is eating up a bigger chunk of your raise, research shows
New research finds debt payments rose far faster than estimated real household income, absorbing about half of a one-earner household's gains.
Here's who Netflix just brought in to run content — and what it means for the streamer
Peter Rice brings a wealth of experience in TV and film, including scripted and unscripted shows, live sports, prestige television and theatrical distribution.
Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms
Forest clearance at smallest total since records began in 1988 in success for Lula ahead of presidential run-offDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest level since records began, new government data shows.But whether this globally important success is maintained or reversed is on a knife edge ahead of a presidential election run-off on 25 October between two candidates with sharply different visions for the future of the rainforest and how that affects relations with the US under Donald Trump. Continue reading...
Pikmin 4 is $20 off ahead of its $10 Nintendo Switch 2 update
If you’re wondering what video game to play this weekend, my colleague Sheena Vasani spotted a discounted Nintendo Switch title with instant digital delivery. Walmart has the digital version of Pikmin 4 for Switch discounted to $39.88, just over $20 lower than its usual price. This version of the game follows the same puzzle formula […]
Trump denies limiting Ukraine access to Starlink network
Speed curbs limited Ukraine's defences against deadly Russian attacks on Tuesday night.
Trump's new press secretary leaves after less than a week following controversy
Zacharia has long described herself as a lawyer while working as a commentator for conservative outlets such as Fox News and Newsmax.
Wall Street's fear gauge is ripping. Traders see it going even higher
The sell-off in AI-related stocks pushed the VIX above 22 for the first time in four months. A cluster of trades suggests it could go even higher.
Mercedes-AMG’s first ground-up SUV is a 1,150hp electric beast
Earlier this year, Mercedes' AMG performance brand grabbed our attention with the GT four-door coupe, a souped-up sports sedan with three axial flux motors delivering over 1,150 horsepower. Well, now meet its beefier cousin, the 2028 Mercedes-AMG GT SUV, an equally powerful, ultra-fast-charging electric people-hauler. The AMG GT SUV (say that five times fast) marks […]
What we learned from heated US midterm Senate debates
As the 3 November election approaches and both parties fight for control of Congress, some clear themes have emerged.
The Austin Powers steamroller: How to trade CoreWeave's slow moving crisis
After a 27.5% drop from last Friday's close to this Thursday morning's 52-week lows, followed by a 17% rebound, equity traders holding CoreWeave are dazed.
Toxic algorithms wouldn't let them go - now Australia wants an off switch
The Australian government hopes to protect social media users from being served content they don't want to see.
No 10 leaves option open to impose Chinese EV tariffs if UK joins EU scheme
Beijing warns against ‘discriminatory’ step after France drops opposition to British role in Made in Europe packageNo 10 has left the door open to imposing tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles as part of the Made in Europe package, prompting a warning from Beijing that such a move would be “discriminatory”.Downing Street said on Friday that it would “welcome the objective to have the UK included in the Industrial Accelerator Act” after France dropped its opposition to Britain joining the scheme. Continue reading...
Why Trump and the GOP's billion-dollar midterm blitz isn’t working
Trump-aligned groups and Elon Musk have poured hundreds of millions into the midterm election, but the GOP spending surge has barely moved polls or the map.
NBA tightens betting rules, develops AI to flag suspicious wagers
The NBA is tightening restrictions on bets and deploying AI to help identify suspicious wagering, according to two documents obtained by CNBC.
Prediction market odds on Tesla-SpaceX merger are above 50% for early 2027
Kalshi odds for a Tesla-SpaceX merger rose above 50% for early 2027 as Barclays outlined how a deal could work.
The Guardian view on the banks: too big to fail cannot mean too big to tax | Editorial
Financiers owe their windfalls and bonuses to higher interest rates. Britain should reclaim more for the public and resist City lobbyingJohn Healey is planning to tax British banks, the Guardian revealed, in the forthcoming budget. It’s about time for the chancellor to act. Banks have been raking it in. The campaign group Positive Money reported this summer that Britain’s four biggest banks made £29bn in the first half of this year, up a fifth on 2025. These windfalls owe more to higher interest rates than better products or services. Households and businesses pay more to borrow. Meanwhile, the Bank of England pays the banks tens of billions in interest on their reserves, with the Treasury footing the bill.The chancellor is said to favour restoring the bank surcharge from 3% to 8%, which could raise around £2bn a year. This would recover a very modest share of the sector’s bonanza. Louis XIV’s finance minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, said that “the art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing”. Britain’s banks have plenty of feathers. That hasn’t stopped them hissing. The banks say that they already face higher taxes than other companies, that they won’t be able to lend as much, and that their profits won’t last.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
Brazil’s Lula says he now backs lowering age of criminal responsibility to 16
Lula reverses position on age of responsibility for ‘heinous’ crimes in what many see as a desperate electoral gambitBrazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has announced that he now supports lowering the age of criminal responsibility for “heinous” crimes from 18 to 16, reversing a longstanding policy in what is widely seen as a desperate electoral gambit.The U-turn, which Lula announced during a Thursday night interview with TV Globo, comes with the presidential runoff in just over a week. The incumbent faces an uphill battle to overturn the first-round victory of his opponent, the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who remains slightly ahead at the polls. Continue reading...