2026-07-08

Fed minutes revealed a divided committee under Warsh, split on whether to hike or cut

A few policymakers saw a case for raising rates immediately in June, while many others foresaw hikes as necessary if inflation stayed elevated [...]

2026-07-08

20 foods whose journey to your table is more interesting than the food itself

The foods whose production is so specific, so labor-intensive, or so geographically constrained that the supply chain is the story [...]

2026-07-08

PC shipments just fell for the first time in two years, thanks to the memory shortage

PC shipments are falling, but revenue for manufacturers is still rising. [...]

2026-07-08

Peter Thiel’s Husband Sued a Flight Attendant Who Says He Assaulted Her on a Private Jet

Matthew Danzeisen’s lawyer says the case is a “shakedown about a bag” that brushed someone’s leg. Stefanie Bojar says she was injured aboard the jet—and that the lawsuit is a bullying tactic. [...]

2026-07-08

The Odyssey sails into rave reviews and online backlash

'The Odyssey' first reactions praise Christopher Nolan’s IMAX epic as casting backlash continues online. [...]

2026-07-08

Erling Haaland is somehow a Love and Deepspace star now

AI-generated football memes are taking over the 2026 World Cup, with Haaland, Mbappé, Ronaldo, Messi, and more becoming fan-edit material [...]

2026-07-08

Venus Aerospace raises $91M to build its ‘detonation’ rocket engine

A Texas startup has raised $91m to build a rocket engine most of the industry once wrote off as too hard. Venus Aerospace announced a $91m Series B to develop its Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine, or RDRE. Mercury Fund led the round. The backers read like a defence roll-call. Lockheed Martin Ventures joined, alongside MESH, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-08

A tritium ‘nuclear battery’ just reached orbit for the first time

The nuclear age has quietly reached commercial spaceflight. City Labs, a Miami firm, has launched BOHR, which it calls the world’s first commercial nuclear-powered satellite and the first nuclear CubeSat. The craft is about the size of a softball. It flew on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare on 7 July, alongside 80 other payloads, the […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-08

Smart glasses are having a privacy reckoning, and Meta is caught in the middle

The smart-glasses backlash has reached the courtroom. From 20 July, New York will ban recording eyewear from every one of its 1,240 courts. It is the first US state to go that far. An internal memo from the New York State Unified Court System sets out the rule, first reported by Syracuse.com. The ban is […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]