BitTorrent News Network To Launch On July 18
Live-streaming BitTorrent News “will launch in time to bring an independent voice to both Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention.”
Coral Polyps Kiss, Fight Turf Wars And More, New Underwater Microscope Reveals
A new diver-operated underwater microscope designed at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego provides “a never-before-seen view of the underwater world.”
Dinosaurs, Unlike In ‘Jurassic Park,’ Did Not Always Roar; They Also Cooed Softly
Unlike popular imagination, influenced by films like “Jurassic Park” that made dinosaurs both featherless and loudly roaring creatures, reality may be more of a whimper, a new study suggests.
Manny Pacquiao Coming Out Of Short-Lived Retirement
The Philippine former boxing champion will prioritize his work in the country’s senate, to which he was elected earlier this year.
Pakistan Zoo Kills 100 Snakes In ‘Magic Show’
The show, being held in the Karachi zoo near the country’s Arabian Sea coastline, began on July 5 and is likely to go on for another few days.
Pokémon GO: Holocaust Museum Asks Visitors Not To Catch Monsters There
In a statement Tuesday, the museum said “playing the game is not appropriate in the museum” and that it was trying to get itself removed from the game.
Capuchin Monkeys Have Been Using Stone Tools For Hundreds Of Years
Capuchins in Brazil, commonly called organ-grinder monkeys, have used rocks to extract the kernel for cashew nuts while avoiding the toxic covering, a study has shown.
Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Fails Water-Resistance Test: Consumer Reports
The nonprofit rating and testing group Consumer Reports put two handsets of the model under water to check if they stood up to the company’s claim.
Chinese Tesla Rival Future Mobility Plans 2020 Rollout Of First Electric Self-Driving Car
Future Mobility, one of several Chinese companies entering the field, has hired veterans from BMW, Google, Mercedes and Tesla Motors.
Andrea Leadsom Pulls Out Of UK PM Race, Theresa May Only Contender Left
Theresa May, the United Kingdom’s Home Secretary, is the only contender left in the race for the country’s top job now.
Boeing Signs Patrol Plane, Attack Chopper Deals With UK For $6.2 Billion
In addition to supplying planes for marine patrols and attack helicopters, the Chicago company will also create 2,000 new jobs in the U.K.
Line IPO Priced At Top Of Range, Expected To Raise $1.3 Billion
Shares of the company will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday and in Tokyo a day later.
Tesla Motors (TSLA) 2.0: Elon Musk Teases With ‘Top Secret’ Tweet
Business magnate Elon Musk tweeted Sunday that he is “working on Top Secret Tesla Masterplan Part 2,” sending many into a speculative frenzy.
UFC Sold To WME-IMG, MSD Capital For $4 Billion
The mixed martial arts promotion company is being bought by sports talent giant WME-IMG and Michael Dell’s investment fund MSD Capital.
Hyperloop In Moscow? Russia May Become First Country To Use Futuristic Transport
Hyperloop One, a U.S. startup working on commercializing Elon Musk’s trademark concept, has received a lot of funding from Russian investors.
Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Banned From Operating Labs For 2 Years
The sanction by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which the company announced late Thursday, also includes an undisclosed monetary penalty.
Lionel Messi Will Return To Argentina National Team, Country’s President Says
Argentine President Mauricio Macri, a soccer fan, told CNBC he is confident he could convince Lionel Messi, often called the best player in the world, to return to the national side.
Brexit Concerns Drag Down Global M&A Activity
Months before it actually happened, the June 23 vote in the U.K. to take itself out of the EU was making businesses cautious when approaching mergers and acquisitions.
Bornean Orangutan Now ‘Critically Endangered’: IUCN
The great ape species, native to the rainforests of Borneo in Southeast Asia, were last assessed as “endangered” in 2008 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Brexit Impact: 3 More UK Property Funds Suspend Trading
Six real estate funds in the United Kingdom, with assets of over $19 billion, have announced temporary halts in withdrawals after the vote to leave the European Union.
Danone (BN) To Acquire WhiteWave Foods (WWAV) For Over $12 Billion
The French dairy company, the world’s biggest yogurt maker, announced an all-cash transaction to buy the U.S. food group in a statement Thursday.
Brexit Impact: UK Real Estate Sector Hit Further By Freeze In Fund Trading
Aviva Investors and M&G Investments announced a trading freeze on their property funds Tuesday, a day after Standard Life Investments made a similar move for its $3.8 billion fund.
Chevron (CVX), Partners Approve $37 Billion Tengiz Expansion Project In Kazakhstan
The move could signal growing confidence in the industry that crude oil prices have finally stabilized and are set to rise sooner rather than later.
South China Sea Update: Beijing Starts Week-Long Military Drills In Disputed Area
Beijing has begun military drills scheduled to finish July 11, a day before the Permanent Court of Arbitration rules in the territorial dispute between China and the Philippines.
Brexit: Standard Life Suspends Trading In $3.8 Billion UK Property Fund
Standard Life Investments announced it is halting trade in its $3.84 billion U.K. property fund. Last week, along with three other real estate funds, it had cut the value of its holdings by 5 percent.
NASA Extends New Horizons Mission To Kuiper Belt After Pluto Flyby
The spacecraft, which provided the first close-up pictures of the former planet, will head deeper into the Kuiper Belt to explore an object which hadn’t been discovered when it launched.
Abu Dhabi Approves Bank Merger To Create $175 Billion Heavyweight
The proposed merger between First Gulf Bank and National Bank of Abu Dhabi, likely to be effective early 2017, will create an entity with market cap of over $29 billion.
Tesla Motors (TSLA) Q2 Production Rises, Deliveries Fall
The company has been increasing capacity as it prepares to meet a deadline for the launch of the Model 3, its mass market sedan.
Tesla (TSLA) Model S Crash: NHTSA Opens Investigation Into Autopilot Mode
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will investigate the incident where a man using the car’s self-driving feature died in a collision in May.
Brexit Vote: UK Hate Crimes On The Rise Since Referendum
The “leave” campaign in the EU referendum had a clear anti-immigrant position, and its leaders called the issue a legitimate and powerful concern for U.K. citizens.