Today’s headlines
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- BBC WorldWorld7m ago
Clive Davis, music mogul behind Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen, dies aged 94
The record company executive also worked with Billy Joel, Pink Floyd, Alicia Keys and Aerosmith.
- GuardianWorld8m ago
Australia politics live: NSW to lower road toll cap and Queensland to promise infrastructure in today’s state budgets
<p>Weekly toll cap in NSW to fall from $60 to $50 for one year. Follow today’s news live</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u
- GuardianWorld28m ago
Met Office issues rare red weather warning for Wednesday and Thursday
<p>UK Health Security Agency also issues red heat alert for six English regions, indicating risk to life even for the healthy</p><p>Met Office forecasters have issued a rare red weather warning for Wednesday and Thursday in the face of extr
- GuardianWorld32m ago
California drivers sue gas stations for allegedly using AI to inflate prices
<p>Firms including BP and 7-Eleven accused of coordinating prices to ‘wring more money from pockets of consumers’</p><p>Gas station operators including BP, Circle K, Marathon, 7-Eleven, Walmart and Albertsons were sued on Monday by Califo
- GuardianWorld41m ago
UK plans to give established media more visibility on YouTube and TikTok
<p>Move for greater prominence on social media comes as ministers warn online misinformation risk becoming ‘existential for our democracy’</p><p>Plans to hand established broadcasters and media companies greater prominence on digital platfo
- GuardianWorld57m ago
Andy Burnham prepares for power as emotional Keir Starmer bows out
<p>New Makerfield MP could get keys to No 10 unopposed after British prime minister’s resignation paves way for successor</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/22/who-andy-burnham-likely-next-uk-prime-minister
- GuardianWorld1h ago
HR consultant wins English court case using AI lawyer in apparent legal first
<p>Barrister who was given material produced by Garfield AI says advocacy at trial ‘remained fundamentally human’</p><p>An artificial intelligence law firm has won a case in an English court, in what is believed to be the first time a trial
- TechCrunchTech1h ago
The AI world is getting ‘loopy’
The loop takes agentic AI a step further by authorizing a swarm of agents to work continuously in the background, endlessly.
- GuardianWorld1h ago
Two killed and several injured as tornado rips through southern Illinois
<p>Officials say Sarita Kimble, 62, and Delores Shelton, 83, killed in Mount Vernon as several buildings destroyed</p><p>Authorities in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/illinois">Illinois</a> say that two older residents were ki
- TechCrunchTech1h ago
Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US
Microsoft inked a 20-year power purchase agreement with Chevron, locking in decades of carbon emissions from a new natural gas power plant.
- TechCrunchTech1h ago
AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal
What does an AI company do after one of those not-acqui-hire deals? Groq raised money, is leaning into its neocloud business, and is hiring new execs.
- CNBCMarkets2h ago
Nvidia's stock struggles as Kalshi traders bet chip prices are coming down
Shares of Nvidia have been faltering recently — and Kalshi traders predict that what the company can charge for chips is also declining.
- GuardianWorld2h ago
Man charged with terrorism-linked attempted murders after Edinburgh attacks
<p>Lewis Hawkes, 36, charged with five counts of attempted murder ‘aggravated by reason of having a terrorist connection’</p><p>A 36-year-old man has been charged with five counts of attempted murder “aggravated by reason of having a terror
- TechCrunchTech2h ago
Nvidia wants to cut data center water use, but that’s not the same as fixing AI’s water problem
Nvidia announced a new cooling system that cuts water use inside the data center. But it does nothing to address AI's biggest water use — fossil fuel power plants.
- TechCrunchTech2h ago
Tata Electronics, a major tech supplier to Apple and Tesla, confirms data breach
The incident comes as Tata Electronics expands its role in global technology supply chains.
- GuardianWorld3h ago
New York City House primary emerges as key battleground in ‘AI civil war’
<p>AI-focused Super Pacs are spending heavily in the midterms, and half has gone to a single Manhattan congressional race</p><p>The artificial intelligence industry is spending heavily in the 2026 midterms, hoping to secure influence over t
- TechCrunchTech3h ago
A new unpatchable flaw in Apple chips opens the door to an iPhone jailbreak
European offensive cybersecurity company Paradigm Shift released details of a flaw and a technique to exploit it that opens the door for hackers to unlock and break into older iPhones.
- TechCrunchTech3h ago
Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI’s future in Hollywood with A24 deal
Google DeepMind and A24 are teaming up to build AI filmmaking tools.
- GuardianWorld3h ago
Judge blocks subpoenas for Walz and others over Minnesota immigration crackdown
<p>Federal judge rules subpoenas linked to Trump’s immigration operation were ‘issued for unlawful reasons’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jun/22/trump-reflecting-pool-vandalized-lincoln-memorial-iran-u
- TechCrunchTech4h ago
Anthropic says Claude may want to see your ID
Claude's chatbot may ask to verify your age and identity "in certain circumstances," such as with a passport or driver's license, according to a privacy policy change.
- CNBCMarkets4h ago
Three key AI stocks to watch this week with traders expecting giant moves
Micron and Cerebras report this week. Also there's heavy options activity in Super Micro.
- GuardianWorld4h ago
Montreal mayor calls for end to random police checks amid racial profiling investigation
<p>City’s police force faces investigation of 16 officers accused of disproportionately targeting Black and Arab residents</p><p>Montreal’s mayor has called for a halt to random police checks as the city’s police force grapples with an inte
- TechCrunchTech4h ago
Amazon is testing Alexa+ in India with Hindi support
Amazon is planning to increase the footprint of its new conversational AI assistant Alexa+ to India and is inviting users in the country to test out a Hindi-language version.
- GuardianWorld4h ago
Canadian healthcare staff decry ‘cruel hoax’ after scam email promises paid day off
<p>Unions condemn ‘insensitive’ internal cybersecurity test sent to healthcare workers in Newfoundland and Labrador</p><p>For years, healthcare staff in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador have felt overworked and underapprec
- BBC WorldWorld4h ago
Former Kenyan justice minister blocked from entering Uganda, lawyers' body says
Martha Karua is a lawyer representing detained Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye who is on trial for treason.
- TechCrunchTech5h ago
SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open source AI lab
Reflection AI will pay $150 million a month beginning July 1, 2026 through 2029 for immediate access to Nvidia's latest GB300 AI chips and supporting hardware across SpaceX's Colossus 2 data center near Memphis, Tennessee.
- BBC WorldWorld5h ago
Red heat alerts issued in France, Italy and Spain as 40C temperatures forecast
The heatwave conditions are forecast to intensify in the coming days across central and western Europe.
- BBC WorldWorld5h ago
Kenya minister found in contempt of court over US-backed Ebola centre
Aden Duale defied a High Court order to stop building work on a controversial US-funded facility.
- CNBCMarkets5h ago
The average SpaceX buyer post-IPO is almost under water after two-day slide
Shares of SpaceX fell as much as 7% Thursday to $178, leaving the stock trading roughly in line with its volume-weighted average price of just under $180.
- BBC WorldWorld6h ago
Twins marry twins in joyous Nigerian joint wedding
Brothers Taiwo and Kehinde Oguntoye speak to the BBC after getting hitched to twin sisters.
- BBC WorldWorld6h ago
WhatsApp to be led by Indian start-up founder as Will Cathcart steps back
WhatsApp's leadership shake-up comes as Meta looks to strengthen its app's already booming presence in India.
- BBC WorldWorld6h ago
Myanmar army killed over 700 civilians in six months, UN says
The new UN report says the 702 civilian deaths over six months last year included 153 children.
- CNBCMarkets6h ago
How to pick up some quick income using an auto stock hitting its stride
With broader macro uncertainties driving pocketed volatility across the automotive sector, patient options traders have an exceptional set-up to harvest high-quality premiums.
- TechCrunchTech6h ago
WhatsApp gets new chief as Meta taps India’s CRED founder Kunal Shah and invests $900M in startup
WhatsApp gets a new boss, as Will Cathcart moves to a new role at Meta, while Shah steps down as CEO of Indian fintech giant CRED to replace Cathcart.
- BBC WorldWorld6h ago
At least 13 killed and dozens injured after Qatar gas explosion
The city's main liquified natural gas (LNG) processing site suffered a "technical accident" in the Ras Laffan industrial zone.
- BBC WorldWorld7h ago
Vance says Iran will allow nuclear inspectors back into the country
The US vice-president says a great deal of progress has been made after the first round of talks between the US and Iran.
- TechCrunchTech7h ago
Instagram looks to take on streaming services with longer-form, episodic and live formats for its TV app
Instagram is coming for streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video as it sets its ambitions for living room viewing.
- BBC WorldWorld8h ago
Guinea bans exports of raw gold to boost local refining
The prohibition is intended to boost the country's economy by refining gold domestically.
- BBC WorldWorld10h ago
Alan Greenspan, architect of the modern American economy, dies aged 100
As chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan became the world's most high-profile banker.
- BBC WorldWorld11h ago
Late singer Oliver Tree's body returned to US after helicopter crash
The 32-year-old California native died whilst on his world tour, ahead of a date in Brazil.
- CNBCMarkets1d ago
Top Wall Street analysts like these 3 dividend stocks for solid returns
TipRanks discusses three dividend-paying stocks.
- CNBCMarkets4d ago
Kalshi traders see greater than 50% odds the Fed will hike rates this year
The Federal Reserve suggested higher rates could be in the cards, and traders on Kalshi see growing odds of a hike in 2026.
- CNBCMarkets4d ago
'Passive' investors who dodged bitcoin are now forced to own SpaceX, which is three times more volatile
Many advisors and money-managers invested in index funds who will soon be owners of Elon Musk's astronomic ambitions
- CNBCMarkets4d ago
Why the oil may start flowing through the Strait of Hormuz faster than many believe
Brian Sullivan's direct conversations with industry executives and experts based both here and in the Middle East indicate ships will start steaming.
- CNBCMarkets4d ago
CME CEO Terrence Duffy says the exchange operator will sue CFTC over perpetual futures
Outgoing CME CEO Terrence Duffy said that the exchange operator will sue the CFTC over the agency’s decision to approve perpetual futures.
- CNBCMarkets5d ago
Jeffrey Gundlach says Fed's Warsh is not going to be the 'easy money' chairman many hoped for
Gundlach said Warsh's stance reduces the risk of overly accommodative monetary policy that could reignite inflation and push longer-term borrowing costs higher.
- CNBCMarkets5d ago
Prediction market traders speculate Anthropic will restore access quickly to AI model after Trump admin directed it to limit reach
Traders think it's more likely than not that access is restored by July 1.
- CNBCMarkets6d ago
Odds that a proposed billionaire tax appears on California ballots plunge on prediction markets
Odds that a proposed billionaire tax is on California's ballot dropped after reports noted that Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing to stop the proposal.