Illustration of the exoplanet K2-18b NASA The planet K2-18b, which drew intense speculation last year due to apparent signs of life, shows no signs of advanced civilisation after a comprehensive search for radio signals from it. In 2025, Nikku Madhusudhan at the University of Cambridge and his colleagues sensationally claimed that K2-18b, an apparent water…
This week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in a landmark social media trial, claiming the company only wanted to make Instagram “useful” and not addictive. In this episode, we chat about Zuck’s testimony and the potential implications of this trial for social media companies. Also, we dive into the latest effects of the RAMaggedon RAM…
Welcome Insiders to another weekly mailer with all the industry news that needs digesting. I’m Max Goldbart. Scroll down for your weekly dose, and sign up here for more. Berlin Gets Political Wim Wenders Arturo Holmes/Getty Images What’s the fix?: First up, Zac had this dispatch from Berlin … The great debate at the heart…
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on Air Force One before taking off from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on Feb. 19, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Oil prices hovered near six-month highs on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran that “really bad things” will happen if there was no…
An analysis of ship movements shows that the Trump administration is isolating the island at one of its most vulnerable moments.
There will be around £100 million for Leeds United to spend in the summer if the Elland Road club stay up at the end of the season, according to the Daily Mail. Leeds spent around £100m to recruit the services of Sebastiaan Bornauw, Jaka Bijol, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Sean Longstaff, Anton Stach, Lucas Perri, James Justin,…
Tesla has announced a new all-wheel drive Cybertruck that starts at $59,990, the cheapest the controversial truck has been sold for yet — though still well above the $40,000 price tag Elon Musk had initially promised. It’s been joined by a $15,000 price cut for the high-end Cyberbeast variant, as Tesla doubles down on its…
Trump has long been on the war path against talk shows because A) he can’t take a joke, B) he can’t handle the truth, and C) he’s bigly hurt that the smart, talented, cool kids don’t like him. He’s flat out said that mocking him is “probably illegal.” The only thing that bruises more easily…
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who is being investigated on suspicion of misconduct in public office, was released after an arrest that plunged the British royal family into crisis.
[CLIP: Skates cut across the ice at an ice rink, and music plays in the background.] Kendra Pierre-Louis: So we’re out here today in lower Manhattan ice-skating. There are lots of kids skating around, dudes in hockey skates, and I’m here getting my inner Michelle Kwan on. [CLIP: Skates cut across the ice at an…
