Last weekend we were all thrown for a loop when President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Kamala Harris for the nomination. Just like everyone else, we are trying to quickly wrap our heads around what it means now that Harris is almost certainly going to be the Democratic nominee for […]
Getty Images Airline passengers around the world were caught up in Friday’s mass IT outage. CrowdStrike has promised to improve how it tests software after its faulty content update for Windows systems caused a mass global IT outage on Friday. The cybersecurity company’s mistake resulted in problems for banks, hospitals and airlines as millions of […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. General Motors (NYSE: GM) stock has whipsawed in today’s price action despite the company easily beating Q2 earnings estimates. While the stock was up sharply in pre markets it pared gains and opened […]
Getty Images Mayall performing onstage in Greenwich Village, New York City, in 1979 British blues musician John Mayall OBE – whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a springboard for stars including Eric Clapton – has died aged 90. The songwriter died at his home in California on Monday surrounded by his family, a statement on […]
Tesla boss Elon Musk says the electric car maker will start producing and using humanoid robots from next year. In a social media post, Mr Musk said the robots will first be used by Tesla, which will start making them to sell in 2026. The announcement came as the technology billionaire has been pushing to […]
The Washington Post is tracking which third-party presidential candidates will be on the ballot on Nov. 5 — an evolving landscape as many states will not finalize their ballots until August. This page will be updated. Presidential elections have recently been decided on the thinnest of margins, which is why some Democrats and Republicans fear […]
US Secret Service director Kim Cheatle has resigned after security failures surrounding an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “As your director, I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” Ms Cheatle said in a resignation letter to agency staff on Tuesday. She had faced calls from both Democrats and Republicans to step down […]
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, the Republican vice presidential candidate, speaks at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Saturday. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Last week, former President Donald Trump selected Sen. JD Vance to be his running mate. And a host of traditional free-market conservatives and libertarians were less […]
Getty Images BBC analysis has uncovered the extent of damage caused by nine months of fighting between the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and Israel. Satellite photos, radar imagery and records of military activity show that entire communities have been displaced, with thousands of buildings and large swathes of open land damaged on the border between […]
A congressional committee on Monday called on the chief executive of the security company whose botched update triggered Friday’s sprawling computer outage to testify, according to a letter shared exclusively with The Washington Post, deepening lawmakers’ scrutiny of the incident. Republican leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee demanded that CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz commit […]