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- Frontier swoops in after Spirit fails while rivals cut capacity
The airline is adding capacity into airports such as Orlando, Las Vegas and Dallas-Fort Worth, where Spirit had a large presence.
- AI wins have Alphabet poised to become world’s biggest company
Google’s parent closed Friday with a market capitalization of $4.8 trillion. Nvidia was below that level on Tuesday, but a three-day rally into the end of the week pushed it to $5.2 trillion.
- Qatar sends first LNG shipment through Hormuz since war started
The ship appears to have navigated the Tehran-approved northern route that hugs the Iranian coast through the strait.
- Iran responds to U.S. ceasefire proposal, saying talks must focus on permanently ending the war on all fronts
Trump is giving diplomacy “every chance we possibly can before going back to hostilities,” the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, told ABC.
- China may not offer breakthroughs when Trump meets Xi because Beijing is ‘working backward from our midterm elections’
Trump could meet with China's leader four times in eight months.
Technology
- Do you take after your dad’s RNA?
Evidence is growing that sperm carries marks of a father’s life experiences, influencing traits in offspring.
- Huge landslide created a 500-meter-high tsunami in a major tourist area
Fortunately, it happened early in the morning, so nobody was around.
- The new Wild West of AI kids’ toys
These connected companions could disrupt everything from make-believe to bedtime stories. No wonder some lawmakers want them banned.
- Musk v. Altman week 2: OpenAI fires back, and Shivon Zilis reveals that Musk tried to poach Sam Altman
In the second week of the landmark trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI, Musk’s motivations for bringing the suit were under scrutiny. Last week, Musk took the stand, alleging that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman had deceived him into donating $38 million to the company. He claimed that they’d promised to maintain…
- Manufacturing qubits that can move
It's hard to mix electronic manufacturing and flexible geometry.
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