Tesla dethroned as the world's top EV maker
Elon Musk’s Tesla is no longer the top electric vehicle seller in the world as demand at home has cooled while competition heated up abroad. Tesla lost its pole position after reporting…
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How Taylor Swift’s Engagement Ring Is Changing the Diamond Game
In the antique-jewelry scene, the reveal was the equivalent of a Super Bowl victory. “I think I cried,” Marion Fasel, the author of “The History of Diamond Engagement Rings,” told me. “My…
“Young Mothers” Is a Gentle Gift from the Dardenne Brothers
Goodness is not hard to find in “Young Mothers.” The film is set in and around a maternity home in Liège where the staff look after their charges, all teen-agers, with tough-minded…
The biggest startups raised a record amount in 2025, dominated by AI
The excitement around artificial intelligence led to a record year for certain types of fundraising. Silicon Valley’s AI companies secured record funding in 2025, even as investors advised…
Reading for the New Year
To start the new year, New Yorker writers are looking back on the last one, sifting through the vast number of books they encountered in 2025 to identify the experiences that stood out.…
The Trump Administration Should Articulate and Defend Its Tariff Game Plan
The team has approached its most distinctive economic policy in a way that maximizes its ability to negotiate, but not its ability to play defense. Source link
This Long Beach studio is designing America’s cheapest EV truck
In an echoing Long Beach studio, an ambitious team of designers is trying to reinvent how electric vehicles are made. Slate Auto has assembled a team of EV engineers from Tesla, Rivian and…
Thierry Breton’s Vacation Problem
The week of December 22, 2025: Confronting the EU’s online censorship, the Fed, Elon Musk’s pay, and more. Source link
Warner Bros likely to reject Paramount’s latest hostile bid, source says
WARNER Bros Discovery will likely reject Paramount Skydance’s amended US$108.4 billion hostile bid for the storied Hollywood studio despite a personal guarantee from billionaire Larry…
Tesla’s vanishing order hastens fall of an US$800 million fortune
TESLA once propelled a little-known South Korean family into the ranks of the ultra-rich on a landmark supply deal. But as the contract fell short of expectations, it became a drag on a…
US Fed officials showed deep divisions at December meeting: minutes
THE US Federal Reserve agreed to cut interest rates at its December meeting only after a deeply nuanced debate about the risks facing the US economy right now, according to minutes of the…
Republicans try to flip an Iowa Senate seat and reclaim a supermajority in year-end special election
Some Iowans are ringing in 2026 with a special election on the final Tuesday of the year, casting ballots for a state senator in a race that offers Republicans an opportunity to reclaim…
DOJ pushed to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia only after mistaken deportation, judge's order says
A newly unsealed order in the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia reveals that high-level Justice Department officials pushed for his indictment, calling it a "top priority," only…
Tatiana Schlossberg: John F. Kennedy's Granddaughter Dies Aged Just 35 Weeks After Revealing Her Blood Cancer Diagnosis
Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former US president John F. Kennedy, has died aged 35 after a battle with blood cancer, only six weeks after she publicly shared her diagnosis.…
Suspected D.C. pipe bomber in court for detention hearing
The Virginian accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic national headquarters the day before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol appeared in federal court…
Judge blocks White House's attempt to defund the CFPB, ensuring employees get paid
The White House cannot lapse in its funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal district court judge ruled on Tuesday, only days before funds at the bureau would have…
The show won't go on: Jazz band joins cancellations at Trump Kennedy Center over name change
Another act said it won't perform at the Trump Kennedy Center, this time on New Year's Eve, after President Trump's name was added to the building. Source link
RFK Jr. Is Right About ‘Gender-Affirming Care’
The HHS secretary, to say the least, isn’t always very careful about evidence, but, on this one, the most painstaking research is on his side. Source link
Are These Iran Protests Different?
The Iranian people are at the end of their rope, and they’re letting their dissatisfaction be known. Source link
SoftBank has completed its US$40 billion investment in OpenAI
It has been building one of the largest private technology investment programmes in the world, with a particular focus on AI and related infrastructure Softbank has completed its US$40…
Wall Street opens subdued after tech-led drop halts rally
Wall Street’s main indexes opened muted on Tuesday (Dec 30), a day after logging their steepest one-day decline in nearly two weeks as technology stocks came under renewed selling…
How questions from the Washington press corps often spur Trump to take unexpected action
President Trump has ordered a slew of actions based solely on reporters' questions, creating an unusual contradiction in which the president fiercely criticizes the media but then also…
Cambridge Artificial Intelligence and Incredible Holdings have entered a non-binding MOU to explore the transaction
Cambridge Artificial Intelligence and Incredible Holdings have entered a non-binding MOU to explore the transaction Electronics and consumer goods company Incredible Holdings could be the…
Co-living provider The Assembly Place files preliminary prospectus for Catalist IPO
Proceeds will be used to grow the company’s portfolio, including its expected expansion into Malaysia Co-living operator The Assembly Place on Monday (Dec 30) lodged a preliminary…