A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced the pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison in a trial that has set a new standard for the city’s limits on press freedom.
Judge seeks to declassify documents in 2013 killing of RFI journalists in Mali
More than a decade after the killing of RFI journalists Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon in northern Mali, a French judge is requesting to declassify more documents that may shed new light on the case.
I ignored Apple’s battery advice for 140 days – here’s what happened to my iPhone
I did everything Apple tells you not to do with my iPhone 17 Pro Max, and waited.
Gather AI, which builds “curious” AI for drones and cameras to autonomously monitor warehouses, raised a $40M Series B, taking its total funding to $74M (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
Gather AI, which builds “curious” AI for drones and cameras to autonomously monitor warehouses, raised a $40M Series B, taking its total funding to $74M — Gather AI, a startup that offers an AI p…
Starmer’s Communications Chief Resigns Amid Fallout From Mandelson-Epstein Scandal
Tim Allan is the second senior member of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s team to depart in less than 24 hours. The latest resignation increases the pressure on Mr. Starmer’s premiership.
The difference between gold and silver: a sliver.
Mathilde Gremaud edges out Eileen Gu to win slopestyle gold.
Sources: Apollo nears a $3.4B loan deal to a Valor-led investment vehicle to buy and lease Nvidia chips to xAI; through fall 2025, xAI was burning $1B per month (Miles Kruppa/The Information)
Miles Kruppa / The Information:
Sources: Apollo nears a $3.4B loan deal to a Valor-led investment vehicle to buy and lease Nvidia chips to xAI; through fall 2025, xAI was burning $1B per month — Apollo Global Management, one of Wall…
Discord plans to roll out age verification globally starting in March to access some content; all accounts will have a “teen-appropriate experience by default” (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Discord plans to roll out age verification globally starting in March to access some content; all accounts will have a “teen-appropriate experience by default” — Beginning in March, …
Ghislaine Maxwell ‘to stay SILENT’ as she faces crunch hearing with US Congress over Epstein’s harrowing crimes
DISGRACED Ghislaine Maxwell is expected to plead the fifth during her deposition before Congress on Monday. A known accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, Maxwell, 64, is set to appear before a US Congress board investigating the sex offenders crimes. The onet…
Uber agrees to buy Getir’s delivery operations from Mubadala, without giving the terms; a November 2025 report said it would value Getir’s business at up to $1B (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Uber agrees to buy Getir’s delivery operations from Mubadala, without giving the terms; a November 2025 report said it would value Getir’s business at up to $1B — Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to buy Turkish company G…