What’s behind Europe’s efforts to ditch US software in favor of sovereign tech Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is far less vocal about his worldviews than Palantir’s Alex Karp. And yet, France is taking steps to reduce its reliance on Windows, while its domestic intelligence agency recently renewed its contract with the increasingly controversial data analytics company. This paradox is...

Iran's new leader has never been tested. He now faces an existential battleLyse DoucetChief international correspondentAFP via Getty ImagesMojtaba Khamenei, 56, succeeds his father, who was assassinated in the first wave of US-Israeli strikes A leader who has never been fully tested takes the helm in Iran when its theocracy faces its greatest test in five decades.Continuity and connections have...

Epstein survivors call for full release of files in vieoWorld Without ExploitationSurvivors appeared in the advert with black redaction marks over their mouthsSurvivors of late sex offender Jeffrey's Epstein have appeared in an advert calling for the release of more files related to him.In the 40 second video from the World Without Exploitation group, released in the US on Super Bowl Sunday,...

BTS turned millions on to K-pop. But now it's caught between Korea and the worldGetty ImagesL-R: J-Hope, Jin, Suga, RM, V, Jung Kook and Jimin after a recent appearance on the Jimmy Fallon show "BTS 2.0 is just getting started!" J-Hope declared as he stood alongside the other six members of the world's biggest band.It was 21 March and, after a long break, J-Hope, RM, Suga, Jin, Jimin, V and...

Geothermal startup Fervo Energy to raise up to $1.3B in IPO In Brief Posted: 5:13 PM PDT · May 4, 2026 Image Credits:Fervo Energy Geothermal startup Fervo Energy said Monday it hopes to raise up to $1.3 billion in its initial public offering.  The company would be valued at up to $6.5 billion if shares sell at the top of its $21 to...