Ukrainians say civilian-funded drones destroyed 3 high-value Russian air defense systems in a single day
A Ukrainian drone unit said it took out a Russian Buk-M3, pictured here at a defense forum in 2022, as one of three air defense systems it destroyed in a single day. The drone unit of a Ukrainian brigade in Zaporizhzhia said it destroyed three advanced Russian air defense systems in a single day. The…
DeepSeek keeps boosting Chinese tech stocks. Goldman Sachs says this upswing could be different.
Hong Kong’s stock market has been on a AI-fueled tech rally recently. Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek keeps setting the country’s tech stocks on fire. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Tech Index is about 25% higher so far this year, underscoring the strong gains for Chinese tech firms. Meanwhile, the broader Hang Seng Index is about…
European defense stocks surge as investors bet Trump’s Ukraine stance will push up military spending
Shares in aerospace, defense, and information security firm BAE Systems jumped close to 7% on Monday. European defense stocks are surging as investors bet on increased military spending amid uncertainty over the future of the war in Ukraine and pressure from the Trump administration. Shares in London-based aerospace, defense, and information security firm BAE Systems…
Trump is not happy delays to the new Air Force One — and toured a Boeing 747 to make the point
Donald Trump cut a cake adorned with a model of the next Air Force One at his inaugural ball. President Donald Trump is again pressuring Boeing to ensure it promptly delivers the next Air Force One. On Saturday, he toured a Boeing plane to “check out the new hardware/technology,” Steven Cheung, the White House communications…
Ozempic helped people drink less alcohol in a major study — unlocking a whole new playground for drug developers
A major new study on weight-loss drugs poses a new idea for addiction treatment: small doses of Ozempic could help people cut down on drinking and smoking. This week, JAMA Psychiatry published the results of a small but significant trial that showed a similar effect on alcohol cravings. For two months, 48 people with alcohol…
A scientist who studies the link between our gut and brain shared 3 diet tweaks that could improve your mental health
Dr. Valerie Taylor researches the gut-brain axis and has found that a nutritious diet could help with mental health. A professor of psychiatry shared three ways caring for our gut health could improve our mental health. Valerie Taylor, who is based at the University of Calgary, studies the relationship between the gut microbiome — the…
Aging in the age of apps. I helped my mom set up her phone. It could have gone better.
DUMMY IMAGE FOR OLD PEOPLE TECH My stepfather died a few months ago, after a long decade dealing with Parkinson’s disease. Doug was living in a care facility, and even though my mom visited all the time, for overall contact with the world — and just general fun — he relied on his phone and…
Trump is escalating the fight over the role parents play in their kids’ education
President Donald Trump is escalating the school voucher debate. The push to provide public money to parents to send their children to schools outside their district has been raging at the state level for years. President Donald Trump is taking it up a notch. Trump’s recent executive order aimed at expanding school voucher programs has…
Why Target is more exposed to Trump’s tariffs than Walmart
Walmart and Target have a few key distinctions that could significantly affect how each company is affected by rising import costs. For all their similarities, Walmart and Target have key distinctions that could spell big differences in how each could be affected by rising import costs as President Donald Trump introduces new tariffs. In a…
