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The Space Force originally estimated the Lane 1 launch providers would compete for at least 30 task orders over a five-year period. Officials put a ceiling of $5.6 billion on the Lane 1 contract to cover these 30 missions. The Space Force capped the Lane 2 contract at $13.7 billion last year, a number officials thought was sufficient to cover an estimated 54 launches projected for procurement through 2029. But things have changed rapidly. In April, Space Systems Command said it had identified 25 additional Lane 2 missions on top of the 54 included in the original contract just one…

After Labour’s election victory, she took the helm at the transport department, making headlines with an early decision to give train drivers a 14% pay rise across three years to end their long-running strike action.She was dubbed “Red Lou” in the press, reflecting her vibrant shades of dyed hair as well as her emerging reputation as one of the more left-leaning members of Starmer’s cabinet.Her criticism of P&O Ferries’ decision to sack hundreds of workers in 2022 led to a public rebuke by the prime minister, after the remarks threw the attendance of its parent company at a government investment…

Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery hit its first official roadblock when a judge granted a temporary restraining order on the merger as part of a lawsuit brought by state attorneys general. California District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín signed off on the order Monday after hearing arguments from both sides in an Oakland courtroom on Friday. The order puts a 14-day pause on anything moving forward with the merger. Last week, a group of state attorneys general led by California’s Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit seeking to block the $110 billion acquisition due to antitrust concerns. The proposed deal…

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U.S. President Donald Trump holds an executive order related to AI after signing it during the “Winning the AI Race” Summit in Washington D.C., U.S., July 23, 2025. Kent Nishimura | ReutersChris Fall, the head of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, resigned from his role as director just three months after he was picked for the job by the Trump administration, CNBC confirmed on Monday. CAISI, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, aims to help the government facilitate “testing and collaborative research” around commercial artificial intelligence systems, according to its website. Commerce Department spokesperson Kristen Eichamer told…

He is best known as a former Labour leader – having beaten his brother David, among others, in the dramatic leadership contest that followed the party’s 2010 general election defeat.Support from the trade unions had proved decisive back then.Winning by just 1%, the younger Miliband took over the reigns of the party from acting leader Harriet Harman aged just 40 years old, in a vote he said marked a new generation of the Labour Party.David was offered a shadow cabinet role but opted to leave British politics altogether, taking up a job as the head of the International Rescue charity…

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Stocks moved slightly lower on Monday afternoon, as an initial S & P 500 rally failed to hold. While the market debated whether the recent correction in AI stocks had gone too far or if volatility would continue, oil prices and rising bond yields remained headwinds for equities. WTI crude traded above $83 per barrel during the session after briefly dipping to roughly $80 earlier Monday. Treasury yields continued their recent…

Microsoft pinned at 200MA as momentum fades: Live levels Source link

Yesterday, the European Commission slapped AliExpress with the largest fine yet under the Digital Services Act (DSA), exceeding $625 million. In a press release, the EC said that AliExpress failed to “diligently assess and mitigate risks relating to the sale of illegal, unsafe, or counterfeit products on its e-commerce platform.” Officials found that AliExpress not only failed to staff teams dedicated to removing counterfeit and dangerous items from the platform, but it also made it easy for bad actors to evade detection. Staff was so limited that some content moderators were sometimes given just “tens of seconds” to evaluate if…

The BBC’s political editor Chris Mason speaks to Ed Miliband about his new appointment. Source link