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SpaceX Swings to a Profit, as A.I. Business Grows

Ryan Mac and Kate Conger / The New York Times /

Also: Financial Times SpaceX and Tesla boards explore potential merger

In other languages: Expansión (México) La “Superinteligencia” ya es el negocio más grande de SpaceX; creció 830% y superó a Starlink y sus cohetes (es), Expansión SpaceX dispara un 161% su facturación y entra en beneficios en el trimestre (es), Dagens Næringsliv Space X og Tesla ser på muligheten for sammenslåing (no), Jornal de Negócios SpaceX surpreende com receitas e lucros acima das estimativas (pt), Der Spiegel SpaceX verdoppelt Umsatz und prüft laut Elon Musk Zusammenschluss mit Tesla (de), Asahi Shimbun スペースXとテスラが統合協議、委員会設置 マスク氏「多くの利点」 (ja), Handelsblatt Potenzieller Megadeal: Musk bestätigt: Tesla und SpaceX prüfen Zusammenschluss (de), Valor Econômico SpaceX reverte prejuízo e lucra US$ 4,4 bilhões no 3º trimestre (pt), Rzeczpospolita Musk może stracić SpaceX. W USA wrócił pomysł przejęcia jego imperium (pl), Diario Financiero Elon Musk prepara su mayor apuesta: fusionar Tesla y SpaceX en un gigante de la IA (es), Frankfurter Allgemeine Musk-Imperium: SpaceX und Tesla prüfen Fusion (de) · see all

  1. Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine

    Alexander Ward / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Bloomberg Musk Gave Order to Slow Down Ukraine’s Starlink, WSJ Reports, Semafor Elon Musk ordered Starlink slowdown in Ukraine, WSJ reports

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Medienbericht: Musk ordnete offenbar Drosselung von Starlink für Ukraine an (de), Svenska Dagbladet Uppgifter: Musk beordrade strypning av Starlink (sv), Jornal de Negócios Elon Musk é o responsável pelas limitações da rede de satélites do Starshield, avança WSJ (pt), Dagens industri Uppgifter: Musk beordrade strypning av Starlink (sv), Expansión Elon Musk podría haber ordenado limitar el servicio de Starlink en Ucrania (es) · see all

  2. US regulators certify Boeing 737 Max 10 after years of delay

    Yuka Royer / France 24 /

    Also: Financial Times Boeing wins approval for Max 10 jet in boost for turnaround efforts, The New York Times Boeing’s Large 737 Max Jet Secures U.S. Approval

    In other languages: Handelsblatt US-Flugzeugbauer: Boeing bekommt Zulassung für größte 737-Max-Variante (de), Valor Econômico Após anos de atrasos, Boeing obtém aprovação de regulador para o jato 737 Max 10 (pt)

  3. Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western Africa

    The Guardian /

    Also: Daily Maverick Nigeria confirms Ebola case in patient who arrived from Uganda

    In other languages: Le Temps Le Nigeria annonce un premier cas d’Ebola sur son territoire (fr)

  4. Britain says it will carry out defensive air missions over Saudi Arabia

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: Semafor UK fighter jets to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi strikes, Financial Times UK to deploy jets to defend Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks, The Guardian UK to deploy fighter jets to protect Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks, The New York Times UK to Send Fighter Jets to Help Defend Saudi Arabia From Houthi Attacks, POLITICO Europe UK to deploy fighter jets to help Saudis against Houthi attacks, Sky News UK to send jets to Saudi Arabia to fly defensive missions | Michael Clarke analysis · see all

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Reino Unido mobilizará caças para defender Arábia Saudita de ataques dos houthis (pt)

  5. Anthropic and Nscale in talks for second multibillion-dollar deal

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg NScale, Anthropic in Talks for $45B AI Computing Deal

    In other languages: Expansión Anthropic perdió 72.000 millones entre enero y junio (es), El País Anthropic registra unas pérdidas históricas de 80.000 millones de dólares antes de su salida a Bolsa (es)

  6. OpenAI Says Its Agents Weakened System That Flags AI Misbehavior

    Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times OpenAI ‘agents’ disabled their own monitoring systems

  7. Power outage hits Google Cloud services disrupting UK banks

    Euronews /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Cloud-Dienste gestört: Großausfall bei Google führt zu Störungen bei Banken (de), Expansión (México) Una falla eléctrica en Google Cloud afecta a miles de clientes de bancos como HSBC y Revolut (es), Expansión Una caída de Google Cloud interrumpe servicios de Revolut y otros bancos europeos (es)

  8. Britain Is Said to Approve New Gas Drilling in the North Sea

    Lisa Friedman / The New York Times /

    Also: Sky News To drill or not to drill: How North Sea oil and gas fields have divided politicians, The Guardian Andy Burnham faces climate revolt after approval of North Sea gas drilling, Financial Times UK to approve development of Jackdaw gasfield in North Sea, BBC UK government to make Jackdaw gas field announcement · see all

  9. Jio’s Record $3.2 Billion IPO Puts India’s Market Muscle to the Test

    Rajesh Mascarenhas and Pratigya Vajpayee / Bloomberg /

  10. The Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal

    Cate Brown / ProPublica /

  11. Zelensky Warns of Russia-Iran Nexus as Washington Pursues Moscow Talks

    Kyiv Post /

  12. How China is breaking down the west’s battery walls

    Financial Times /

  13. US targets $500bn bilateral trade with India in three years: Ambassador Sergio Gor at Freedom 250

    The Economic Times /

  14. Airfield Attack Marked Opening Shot in Putin’s Sabotage Campaign Against Europe

    Bojan Pancevski / The Wall Street Journal /

  15. Shipping giant Cosco launches new routes to ride out Iran war, climate risks

    Daniel Ren / South China Morning Post /

  16. Nato increases Black Sea deployment amid escalating deadly Russian attacks

    The Guardian /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent NATO to bolster Black Sea presence with patrol aircraft, drones after attacks on commercial ships

  17. Foreign investors pull $31.7bn from Asian bonds and stocks in September as South Korea bears the brunt

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  18. A Russian satellite shadows a US one for days in an unprecedented manoeuvre

    MercoPress /

    Also: Bloomberg Russian Satellite Raises Space Warfare Fears

  19. US bans use of China’s DeepSeek AI tools by government agencies

    Agence France-Presse / The Guardian /

    Also: Semafor Washington bans DeepSeek from government agencies

    In other languages: Handelsblatt KI: China kritisiert US-Verbot der KI-App DeepSeek in Bundesbehörden (de)

  20. China’s super-rich scramble to exit offshore trusts, raise cash as taxman knocks

    The Japan Times /

  21. Israel becomes Pacific Islands Forum partner

    Al-Monitor /

  22. US Restores Intelligence to Ukraine as Witkoff Carries Peace Proposals to Putin

    Kyiv Post /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Ukraine-Krieg: Neuer Ort, neue Hoffnung? Selenskyj trifft Witkoff in Oslo (de)

  23. More Oil Is Now Coming Out of the Persian Gulf Than Before the Iran War

    Benoit Faucon / The Wall Street Journal /

  24. No Talks on Ukraine’s Future Without Kyiv at the Table – Zelensky on Possible Trump-Putin-Xi Meeting

    Kyiv Post /

Earlier today

  1. Iran Strikes More Ship Engine Rooms in Ramp-Up of Hormuz Attacks

    Weilun Soon / Bloomberg /

  2. Amazon Pledges €16 Billion in Germany on Data Centers, Prime

    Mark Bergen / Bloomberg /

  3. Investment screening reshapes rather than shrinks foreign investment

    Feicheng Wang and Vera Eichenauer / CEPR /

  4. Zelensky confirms ballistic missile early warning systems operational after skipped alerts

    Volodymyr Ivanyshyn / The Kyiv Independent /

  5. Ukrainian forces reportedly strike energy infrastructure in occupied Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk telecom site

    Volodymyr Ivanyshyn / The Kyiv Independent /