Volkswagen Is Hit Hard by Trump’s Tariffs
The German automaker said U.S. import duties erased about $1.5 billion from its profit in the first half of the year, and it lowered its forecasts for the full year.
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Taiwan’s Mass Recall Vote Tests Its Democracy, and China’s Nerves
An unprecedented recall vote could hand President Lai Ching-te more power by ousting legislative opponents. It could also prompt a response from China.
Interstellar Meteors Hit Earth All the Time but Still Elude Astronomers
Aliens are visiting our solar system. Not little green men, sadly, but natural alien objects—cosmic bodies such as comets and asteroids born elsewhere in the galaxy that zip by the sun as they drift through the Milky Way. They’re not so much visiting as just passing through. Though these objects were speculated to exist for…
Tesla wants to bring robotaxis to San Francisco. Here’s what’s standing in the way.
Tesla is launching an even-more-limited version of its early robotaxi service in San Francisco this weekend, according to Business Insider, after an initial rollout began last month in Austin, Texas. The company plans to send invites to Tesla owners to test the service, according to the report. Depending on how and if Tesla proceeds, its…
If the WNBA playoffs began today, here’s who would face off…
The WNBA playoffs are set to begin on September 14, and 8 of the league’s 13 teams will face off in a best-of-three series. Starting this year, first-round games will be played in a home-away-home format, meaning that the lower-seeded team is guaranteed to get at least one game in front of their home crowd….
Gen V Season 2 Trailer Debuts At SDCC, Teasing Homelander’s America
Gen V is packing a punch with its second season, which was teased to attendees at the series’ Friday Comic-Con panel via the debut of the first full trailer. Let’s just say, there’s a lot to unpack. Jaz Sinclair’s Marie begrudgingly agrees to return to Godolkin University — but only after Annie January (Erin Moriarty) tracks…
Trump deflects Jeffrey Epstein questions; Maxwell meets DOJ
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, on his way to Turnberry, Scotland, July 25, 2025. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images Convicted Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell “was asked maybe about 100 different people” during a meeting with a top…
The border clashes come as a political crisis rocks Thailand.
The border clashes come as a political crisis rocks Thailand.
Solar drone with wingspan wider than jumbo jet could fly for months
The Skydweller drone Skydweller A solar-powered surveillance drone with a wingspan larger than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet could fly for weeks or months at a time, according to its operator, while watching for drug-smuggling vessels, pirates or naval warships. It has been performing test flights off the US Gulf Coast this month. The Skydweller…
GPD’s monster Strix Halo handheld requires a battery ‘backpack’ or a 180W charger
Yesterday, I mentioned how GPD is teasing the most potent handheld yet made — a GPD Win 5 that will house the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip, with AMD’s most powerful integrated graphics yet, inside a PlayStation Vita-shaped machine. If you’ve been wondering how that huge chip could even fit, handheld expert Cary “The Phawx”…