Elon Musk has just shattered another record. This time becoming the first person in history to see his net worth soar past a staggering $500 billion. Yes, half a trillion dollars. According to Forbes’ billionaires index, Musk’s fortune briefly touched $500.1bn on Wednesday before dipping slightly below. The surge comes on the back of rising
Imagine stumbling upon a 4,000-year-old mural that looks like it could belong in a modern art gallery. That’s exactly what archaeologists in northern Peru just did—and the discovery is rewriting what we know about the continent’s earliest civilizations. The three-by-six meter wall, uncovered at the Huaca Yolanda site in La Libertad, is a multicolored, three-dimensional
Tennessee woke up to heartbreak this week as torrential rains turned streets into rivers. It claimed three lives and left one person still unaccounted for. In East Ridge, near Chattanooga, tragedy struck when a tree, loosened by the storm, crashed onto a car, killing two adults and a child. “It’s devastating… the kind of scene
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are about to share a table in one of the most unexpected places—Alaska. The meeting, set for 15 August, will focus on the war in Ukraine. According to the Kremlin, the location makes sense given it’s just a hop across the Bering Strait from Russia. What’s The Twist? But here’s
Imagine stumbling upon a centuries-old shipwreck… with a robot. That’s exactly what happened off the coast of southern France. Archaeologists have uncovered what they’re calling the deepest shipwreck ever found in French waters. It’s sitting 2,567 meters below the surface near Saint-Tropez. That’s deeper than two Burj Khalifas stacked on top of each other. So,
While most of the world was still asleep Thursday, Chinese AI startup DeepSeek quietly dropped an upgrade to its R1 model—R1-0528. It was released on developer hub Hugging Face. No splashy press release, no grand claims. Just a stealthy update that’s making some serious waves. So, how good is it? According to the LiveCodeBench leaderboard—developed
Elon Musk is officially stepping away from his role in the Trump administration—and it wasn’t exactly a grand farewell. After 130 days as a Special Government Employee heading the “Department of Government Efficiency” (or DOGE, as he cheekily called it), Musk announced on social media. He said that his time was up. “Thanks to President
Starting the 1st, many Nike sneakers and sportswear items in the U.S. will see a price bump—some by as much as $10. Is it because of tariffs? Nike won’t say that outright. Instead, the company chalks it up to routine “seasonal planning.” But let’s be real—most Nike products are made in Asia, and that region
President Trump’s ban on transgender military service will go into effect while lawsuits battle it out in lower courts. Trump’s executive order, signed just weeks into his second term, claims that being transgender is incompatible with the “truthful and disciplined lifestyle” of a soldier. But not everyone’s buying it. A federal judge already blocked the
What happens when a curious child meets a priceless painting? At a museum in Rotterdam, the answer came in the form of tiny scratches on a Mark Rothko masterpiece. Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8, valued at a staggering €50 million. The museum called it an “unguarded moment.” The artwork, on display in an open-access
Who’s in charge of what gets taught at Harvard? The Trump administration thinks it should have a say. But Harvard isn’t backing down. The university has just filed a lawsuit, accusing the Trump administration of trying to “control academic decision-making.” The move has sparked a debatWhy? Because the administration threatened to pull $9 billion in
What if a robot helped bring your baby into the world? For one couple in Mexico, that’s not sci-fi—it’s science fact. In a world-first, a 40-year-old woman has given birth to a healthy baby boy thanks to an IVF breakthrough powered by artificial intelligence. That’s right—AI didn’t just help, it ran the show. Normally, IVF
