The Western auto industry is now locked in a ‘Darwinian’ make-or-break battle with China, the chiefs of 2 major automakers warn
Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius says companies need to “keep on innovating” amid a “Darwinian” battle in the auto industry. The Western auto industry is now locked in a pivotal existential battle with Chinese competitors, if recent remarks by the CEOs of Mercedes-Benz and Ford are anything to go by. Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius was speaking…
Elon Musk’s childhood fascination with sci-fi motivates his desire to lead the AI race, biographer Walter Isaacson says
Walter Isaacson suggests Elon Musk’s childhood fascination with sci-fi motivated him to enter the AI race with his startup xAI. Walter Isaacson remembers the moment Elon Musk shared his vision of creating a new AI company while lounging at a pool at a rented house in Austin. The author spent two years shadowing Musk in…
The Russian arms dealer who was exchanged for Brittney Griner is trying to sell weapons to the Houthis: report
Viktor Bout was released in a prisoner swap in 2022, having spent a decade in US custody. The notorious Russian arms dealer, who was exchanged for US basketball star Brittney Griner two years ago, is trying to sell weapons to the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, according to The Wall Street Journal. Viktor Bout, sometimes dubbed…
Video shows the apparent destruction of a $10M Russian air defense system with a cheap drone worth a few hundred dollars
A composite image shows a Russian Osa system and a still from footage that Ukraine said showed an Osa destroyed by a drone. New footage shared by Ukraine shows the apparent destruction of a $10 million Russian air defense system using a cheap drone. Ukraine’s military intelligence service, known as GUR, shared the video in…
Lithuania says it intercepted military supplies on their way to Russia, and sent them to Ukraine instead
Camouflage pants intercepted by Lithuanian customs. Lithuanian customs officials said they intercepted shipments of military supplies en route by rail to Moscow — and sent them straight to Ukraine. Customs officials inspecting carriages on Lithuania’s southwestern border said that between September 27 and Wednesday, they found parcels of camouflage pants and nets in four separate…
How JD Vance could set himself up to be Trump’s GOP successor
Ohio Sen. JD Vance could potentially be the future face of the Republican Party. Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stepped onto the brightest stage of their careers during their unusually civil vice-presidential debate last week. The face-off largely went as expected: Vance sought to carry the banner for former President Donald…
Taiwan’s president is doubling down on sticking it to Beijing, saying China can’t be the ‘motherland’ because its government is younger
Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, has increasingly challenged the arguments and rhetoric that Beijing has used for years to promote Taiwan as its sovereign territory. Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Sunday challenged the idea that mainland China is Taiwan’s “motherland,” saying the island’s government is older than Beijing’s. The comment from Lai, who took office in…
Elon Musk’s super PAC has spent $8.2 million in these 18 districts to keep the GOP in control of the House
Musk, who appeared at a Trump rally in Butler, has spent nearly $10 million boosting the GOP in House races. Elon Musk’s super PAC has already spent tens of millions of dollars on electing Donald Trump, and he spoke at the former president’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania in October. But Musk isn’t just boosting Trump:…
Trump attacks Harris’ economic plans, says she ‘wants to feed people governmentally’
Trump also said that the US has “got a lot of bad genes in our country right now.” In a Monday morning interview, former President Donald Trump made a series of outlandish and false claims about Vice President Kamala Harris’ economic proposals. “She wants to go into government housing,” Trump said on The Hugh Hewitt…
