Triumph for Tesla as top court rules 5G licensing case should be heard in UK Lawsuit The UK’s highest court has given the green light for Tesla to revive a lawsuit over 5G licensing in its electric cars, after the case was previously dismissed by a panel of judges three years ago. Elon Musk’s carmaker, one of the largest global manufacturers of electric vehicles, sued Avanci, a Texan company that supplies [...]
AI spending overshadows Alphabet and Tesla earnings Tech Wall Street’s biggest tech companies delivered another round of strong earnings on Wednesday, but the primary focus for investors is the growing cost of the artificial intelligence race. Alphabet and Tesla beat revenue expectations, yet their shares fell in after-hours trading after both companies signalled another year of heavy spending on AI infrastructure. Google-owner Alphabet [...]
We reached Mars 50 years ago, why haven’t we sent people? Opinion Viking 1 landed on Mars 50 years ago, so why haven’t we sent people there? Because there are no property rights in space, says Rainer Zitelmann Today marks the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest achievements in the history of space exploration. On July 20, 1976, NASA’s Viking 1 became the first spacecraft to [...]
The Yahoo Boys: The men behind online romance scams July 10, 2026 In an extract from his new book The Yahoo Boys: Real Life with the Love Scammers of Lagos, journalist CARLOS BARRAGÁN travels to Lagos to uncover the truth behind romance scams When journalist Carlos Barragán’s mother fell in love with a man she had never met, it seemed too good to be true. She would [...]
Daniel Hulme: I asked Elon Musk on a yacht to help me solve AI consciousness July 9, 2026 Daniel Hulme is a global AI expert. He tells us about studying AI on a two-person course 27 years ago, and meeting Elon Musk on a yacht.
Natwest boss becomes latest City figure caught in AI social media scam July 3, 2026 The boss of Natwest has become the latest City figure to be depicted in an AI scam across social media. Paul Thwaite – the chief executive of the FTSE 100 bank – was posted on X alongside journalist Emily Maitlis in a deepfake picture attempting to create a BBC radio interview. The picture was shared [...]
Lisa Nandy has set a terrible precedent by flouncing off Twitter July 3, 2026 A government that first declares a platform beyond the pale, then withdraws official engagement from it, is constructing the moral case to compel its regulator to act. First you leave; then you police; then, when policing proves “insufficient”, you ban, says James Price When the Roman Senate ordered the burning of Aulus Cremutius Cordus’s histories [...]
Winners and losers: Billionaires boom but Brits suffer largest fall in wealth since pandemic July 1, 2026 The artificial intelligence boom fuelled a 13 per cent surge in global billionaire wealth last year, according to a fresh study which also found the UK has suffered the biggest fall in overall wealth levels of any developed nation since the pandemic. According to the UBS temperature check of high-net-worth individuals, nearly 400 billionaires were [...]
I’ve lived the American Dream but as the country turns 250 I’m watching it die June 30, 2026 The American Dream is being snatched away by regressive economic policies and predatory capitalist practices that prioritise the interests of the ultra-wealthy over the well-being of the median American, says Lewis Liu I am the quintessential product of the American Dream. My first memory is of meeting my father at three and a half. I [...]
How the SpaceX IPO revealed a ‘back door’ into Britain’s capital markets June 29, 2026 The UK’s public offer platform regime was rolled out as part of a package of reforms designed to get capital flowing into British companies. Now SpaceX has used it to raise funding in the biggest IPO of all time – in New York. Maisie Grice asks whether the changes are working as intended. In January, [...]