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Ars: Ten years ago you kind of made big bets on Starship and Starlink, and most people probably expected one or both of them to fail. Musk: Including me. Ars: Yeah. These were huge bets. Musk: I was interviewed in the early days of Starlink, and they were asking me what’s the goal of Starlink? I said goal number one: don’t go bankrupt, as every other [low-Earth orbit] communications constellation has gone bankrupt, and we don’t want to join them in the cemetery. So any outcome that does not result in death would be a good outcome. Ars: Starlink has…

Hoosier the Bison is returning home to Indiana University.On Tuesday, the school announced that Hoosier the Bison, Indiana University’s beloved mascot from 1965 to 1969, will be back roaming the sidelines in Bloomington. The announcement was made in a cameo-filled video that featured several prominent figures in the athletic department, including football coach Curt Cignetti and men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries.The decision to bring back the mascot comes after a successful football season, in which the Hoosiers went 11-2 overall en route to its first-ever College Football Playoff appearance. In the midst of their surprise season, the IU Student Government…

TOKYO : Asian shares continued a rally from Wall Street and the dollar held gains on Wednesday on promising economic signs in the United States and speculation of strong tech earnings.Markets welcomed what appeared to be easing trade frictions between the U.S. and Europe while global bond markets settled down after a scary surge in long-term yields. U.S. consumer confidence surprised on the upside ahead of closely watched jobs figures on Thursday.Nvidia jumped more than 4 per cent yesterday and will be the last of the Magnificent 7 tech giants to report earnings after markets close in the U.S.”There is…

[JAKARTA] French President Emmanuel Macron will meet his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta on Wednesday, and defence ties with Paris’ biggest arms client in South-east Asia are expected to be on the agenda. Indonesia is the second leg of Macron’s regional trip after Vietnam, where the two countries signed deals worth over US$10 billion. He is scheduled to fly to Singapore on Thursday.Indonesia’s foreign ministry said the two sides would discuss “existing strategic partnerships,” without giving specific details about the areas of discussion. In 2022, the two countries signed an US$8.1 billion defence deal that included an order for…

Mac software used to be distributed on 3.5-inch floppy disks. Now, using the MacDisk utility, you can read them on modern Windows computers. When the Macintosh was first released in 1984, it didn’t include any mass storage, a hard drive, or SSDs. Instead, it shipped with a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive designed by Sony. Before the Internet, most personal computer software was sold and distributed this way. First on 8-inch floppies, then on 5.25-inch disks with the Apple II and IBM PC, and finally on 3.5-inch disks. In fact, when the Mac was still being designed, Steve Jobs made a special trip…

The Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich belted a WALK-OFF grand slam vs. the Red Sox.

[HONG KONG] Wealthy customers of UBS Group are looking to buy more alternative assets as they seek to diversify investments during a volatile period for markets and global trade, according to the firm’s Asia-Pacific chief. “We see continued demand” for alternatives, Iqbal Khan, the bank’s regional president, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV in Hong Kong at the UBS Asian Investment Conference on Wednesday (May 28). In the Asia Pacific, UBS is the biggest wealth manager with more than 900 client advisers. It faces rising competition from the likes of HSBC Holdings and regional lenders such as DBS Group…

Breaking down RFK Jr.’s announcement on COVID vaccine recommendations – CBS News Watch CBS News Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he would remove the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation for children and healthy pregnant women to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Weijia Jiang reports and Dr. Jon LaPook joins to explain more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Published Wed, May 28, 2025 · 10:39 AM[WELLINGTON] New Zealand’s central bank cut its benchmark official cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.25 per cent on Wednesday, as policymakers sought to revive a struggling economy and buffer it from the impact of global trade disruptions.The decision was in line with a Reuters poll where all but one of the 30 economists surveyed forecast the Reserve Bank of New Zealand would cut the cash rate for the sixth successive meeting.The central bank has slashed rates by 225 basis points since August, with lower inflation giving policymakers leeway to lower borrowing…

Henry McKenna NFL Reporter It has been a great few years to be a starting NFL quarterback.For all the criticism and physical abuse that signal-callers endure, they have massive paychecks waiting for them at the end of the week — and at the end of the season. Massive game checks. Massive signing bonuses. Massive guaranteed sums. The economy of the QB contract is … massive.With Brock Purdy’s recent extension, no less than 15 teams now pay their starting quarterback $45 million or more per year. So I decided to evaluate those contracts in terms of value. Did the teams overpay? Get…