GM and LG restart Ohio battery production after seven idle months
GM and LG restart Ohio battery production after seven idle months

Ultium Cells, the GM and LG Energy Solution joint venture, restarts EV battery cell production in Warren, Ohio next week after a seven-month shutdown, with about 1,400 workers. US EV sales rose 14.2% in the second quarter but remain 20.5% below a year …

As Putin Plots Attacks On Europe, NATO Needs To Fortify United Front

As U.S. intelligence agencies warn Russia’s Vladimir Putin is plotting new attacks on Europe, NATO needs to strengthen its front to halt these dangerous provocations.

OpenAI is not just replacing its revenue chief, it is rebuilding the sales operation
OpenAI is not just replacing its revenue chief, it is rebuilding the sales operation

OpenAI chief revenue officer Denise Dresser is leaving after eight months, replaced by Dali Rajic, formerly president and chief operating officer of Wiz. The company has also hired recruiters to rebuild its go-to-market team, two days after longtime ex…

Europe built the world’s largest electric plane. It flew in New York
Europe built the world’s largest electric plane. It flew in New York

Heart Aerospace flew its X1 demonstrator at Plattsburgh International Airport on 12 August, the company announced. The aircraft taxied, took off, climbed, manoeuvred and landed. It reached 335 metres, and its all-electric propulsion produced more than …

Anthropic’s $2trn IPO is priced below what AI stocks already fetch
Anthropic’s $2trn IPO is priced below what AI stocks already fetch

The number comes from investors, not the company. Six backers told the Financial Times that rising revenue would let the five-year-old lab more than double its valuation in an autumn listing. At $2 trillion it would eclipse SpaceX, which went public at…

‘The Pitt’ Adjacent Show Rejected At HBO Max

HBO Max wants to replicate the success of The Pitt, but their upcoming attempt is no longer going forward from here.

DeepSeek built a Claude Code rival, then quadrupled its prices
DeepSeek built a Claude Code rival, then quadrupled its prices

Start with the money, because it is the part every developer noticed. From 16 August, a million output tokens through DeepSeek-V4-Pro costs $3.96 at peak, up from $0.87. V4-Flash goes from $0.28 to $1.32, Bloomberg reported. Off-peak rates are half the…

Instagram changed its logo. The bit you actually tap is the same
Instagram changed its logo. The bit you actually tap is the same

Instagram changed its wordmark on Thursday. A wordmark is the written name, the word “Instagram” as it appears at the top of the app. It is not the icon. The pink and orange gradient square on your home screen is untouched. The change itself is small. …

Insurer Denials High In Medicare Advantage, Medicaid And Obamacare, Report Says

Health insurers denied “at least 1 in 8 standard requests” when prior authorization was required across Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and Obamacare last year, KFF said.

Omdia says phone prices will stay high after the shortage ends
Omdia says phone prices will stay high after the shortage ends

Start with the number, because it is the kind that settles an argument. In the first quarter of 2026, panel makers shipped 298 million displays into the refurbished phone market. They shipped 289 million to the companies that make new phones. The refur…