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- Mac Miller Charts A New Posthumous Hit With A Decade-Old Tune
Years after his passing, and a decade after its release, Mac Miller's "Butterflies" from 'The Divine Feminine' debuts on one Billboard chart as a top 40 smash.
- Russia and North Korea open first road bridge across their borders—marking a ‘significant event’ in ‘expansion of transport infrastructure’
About 98% of North Korea's external trade in 2025 was with China, with at least 17 active road and rail links between the two countries.
- A third of terror suspects arrested in the EU last year were under 18 as violent extremist networks grow online
EU authorities say young people are being drawn into online communities where violence can become a source of status and entertainment.
- Kevin O’Leary says Steve Jobs taught him to focus on 3 things a day—and small talk or a family phone call is just noise getting in the way
“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary says it’s important to focus on “signal” over “noise” to achieve entrepreneurial success.
- China on pace for ‘new record-high trade surplus’ this year as exports jump 25%—part of its efforts to become a ‘major player in AI infrastructure’
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald trump is planned to meet in late September and trade is expected to be among the key topics of discussion.
Technology
- EV batteries last longer than drivers feared
Study suggests used vehicles can retain about 90% of original usable battery capacity after 150,000 km.
- With another huge infusion of cash, Stoke Space goes even bigger
The space economy will grow exactly as fast as we can launch rockets.
- The Download: our 35 Innovators Under 35 this year
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2026 What will the next generation of science and technology look like? Our latest Innovators Under 35 list offers a glimpse. Every year,…
- This founder is teaching chips how to recycle (their energy)
Throughout the history of the computer chip, engineers have treated waste heat as an inevitable cost of a calculation. Hannah Earley, however, thinks it’s a design choice. Earley, 31, is cofounder and chief technology officer of Vaire Computing, a startup building chips that recycle energy usually thrown away as heat—a strategy known as reversible computing.…
- This AI entrepreneur is developing agents that can plan ahead for the unexpected
Danijar Hafner’s office in San Francisco’s SoMa district sits mostly empty. His brand-new startup is still in stealth mode and doesn’t even have its name on the door. On the day I visit, there’s only one other person there, and little in the way of furniture. But what it lacks in decor, it makes up…
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