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Tesla and SpaceX explore merger as Elon Musk gives backing
Billionaire, on SpaceX earnings call, says ‘special committees’ exploring idea but no agreement reached yetAs SpaceX released its second-ever public earnings report Tuesday, Elon …
Qubic restarts blockchain, opens recovery claims after $1.4M hack
The network’s validators approved a recovery plan and opened claims until May 1, 2027.
The tech helping crack decades-old cold cases
Investigative genetic genealogy can help hunt down criminals but raises worries over privacy.
Discover it Cash Back Card Sweetens Its Welcome Bonus
One of Discover's signature benefits — the company's "cash back match" bonus offer for new credit card holders — is getting even sweeter on the Discover it® Cash Back card.
Elon Musk says Tesla and SpaceX are weighing a $3.5 trillion merger—without him in the room
“It’s an odd kabuki dance where two groups of people are talking, and I can’t be in the conversation,” said Musk Tuesday.
People Are Vibe Coding the Ads Out of Their Smart TVs: Here's How
A viral Claude Code prompt lets Android TV owners switch off sponsored rows and tracking software and build their own home screens, with no root access and every change reversible.
OpenAI Buys Orchestra Bio to Put AI Agents in Charge of Drug Development Grunt Work
The ChatGPT maker is folding Orchestra’s drug-program agents into Rosalind, its life sciences suite, betting AI can shave time off the decade-plus it takes to bring a medicine to …
Utah AG sues Kalshi, pursues profits from prediction market company
Derek Brown likened the prediction market company to a “public nuisance“ that was “causing a significant and substantial ongoing harm“ to state residents.
JPMorgan Puts a Number on Bitcoin for the First Time: 10% a Year, With a Big Caveat
J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s 2027 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions project a 10% annual return for Bitcoin over 10 to 15 years, though the firm isn’t adding it to its main p…
What Is the ‘Couch Economy’ Costing You?
Delivery, streaming and online shopping make it easy to live life from your living room. Keep costs in check with a solid strategy.
U.S. CFTC sets agenda for AI forum, exploring trading and agentic finance
A Commodity Futures Trading Commission task force is scheduled for October 28 to talk about how the latest "super intelligence" technology may impact markets.
Audit regulator looking into Manchester City accounting
No formal investigation has started, but the regulator is making inquiries into the case.
Wallet Linked to Drift Exploit Sends $61 Million in Ethereum to Tornado Cash
The North Korea-linked attacker behind April's $295 million Drift heist pushed 25,700 ETH through the mixer in two hours, and still controls roughly $198 million more.
Bitwise, Hyperliquid seek SEC rule changes for token trading, airdrops
The firms are seeking clearer guidance on the classification of crypto assets and secondary-market trading as the SEC’s public comment period comes to a close.
SpaceX posts first operating profit as public company as AI revenue nearly triples to $7.6 billion—cruising past Starlink
Computing leases, the Cursor acquisition, Grok, and reported deals with Anthropic and Google pushed AI revenue past Starlink for the first time as a public company
Deloitte U.S. human capital chief warns: Broken trust cuts employee motivation by more than half
Deloitte researchers have found that high-trust organizations have stronger engagement. But if one factor erodes, and it can start to collapse.
United Airlines CEO—who made $32 million last year—calls for a national wealth tax and a near-100% inheritance tax: ‘I would pay them’
Kirby’s 2025 pay was about 334 times what United’s median employee earned, as the richest 1% of U.S. households hold a growing share of the nation’s wealth.
Microsoft, Alphabet, Goldman Sachs Join Growing List of Companies Objecting to Tokenized Stocks
Sixteen companies have now objected to having their shares traded on the planned OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue, up from nine just four days earlier, according to an updated public…
United Airlines CEO faces rightwing backlash after calling for US wealth tax
Scott Kirby says wealth inequality is a ‘danger to society’ and calls for inheritance tax in recent interviewScott Kirby, the CEO of United Airlines, is under scrutiny from conser…
Crypto’s 2026 shutdown wave claims 82 projects. What went wrong?
Crypto projects are struggling to survive as falling revenues, depleted funding and security breaches force closures across DeFi, blockchain infrastructure and gaming.
MSG Sports is splitting the Knicks and Rangers into two stocks, and history says spin-offs tend to beat IPOs
As the Knicks raise their first championship banner in 53 years, MSG Sports is spinning off the Rangers, giving investors a chance to own one team, both or neither.
Let AI go ‘a little bit rogue,’ says SharkNinja CIO. Better we find the limits than someone else does
Executives at Salesforce, SharkNinja, and PepsiCo push back on AI doom.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wins dismissal of sister's lawsuit
A US district judge dismissed the case after Ann Altman had refused to attend an independent medical examination.
UnitedHealthcare and Humana are ending Medicare Advantage plans for nearly 1 million people
When payers end a plan, they either want to lose those customers altogether or get those customers to switch to a different, typically pared down and more profitable plan, Brooks …