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Smart weather-monitoring device vendor AcuRite has delayed plans to force users onto a new companion app. The transition from My AcuRite to AcuRite NOW, which AcuRite previously set for May 30, “has raised serious questions and concerns among many long-time users,” AcuRite’s VP of product development, Jeff Bovee, told Ars Technica. AcuRite, whose devices include weather stations, rain gauges, and indoor thermometers, told customers that it would shut down My AcuRite at the end of May. Devices owners would have to use AcuRite NOW, an iOS and Android app launched in June 2025, to control their gadgets instead. Some long-time…

The defence secretary was pressing the prime minister for a larger increase in defence spending than he was offered, the BBC understands. Source link

SpaceX is officially set for the largest IPO on record. Elon Musk’s reusable rocket company is raising $75 billion, selling 555.6 million shares for $135 a piece, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The deal values SpaceX at $1.77 trillion, making it the seventh most-valuable U.S. company, ahead of Tesla, Musk’s electric vehicle maker. SpaceX’s Nasdaq debut will come Friday, when the masses will have their first opportunity to buy into the 24-year-old company. Betting on SpaceX at this price is largely a wager on Musk, as the company is burning cash and is far smaller…

Nvidia hires veteran lobbyist Bruce Andrews to head government affairs, sources say Source link

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday he’s worried that SpaceX’s stock could soar too high, too quickly.”Tomorrow at this time, if things really go awry, we may have a new champion, a new largest stock in the world: SpaceX,” the “Mad Money” host said.Elon Musk’s rocket and artificial intelligence company is expected to begin trading Friday. It set a fixed sale price of $135 per share, equal to a valuation of $1.77 trillion. Demand for the IPO has been extraordinary, with the deal reportedly four times oversubscribed. While that level of interest is typically viewed as a positive, Cramer warned that…

An aerial view of the Pentagon, which houses the US Department of Defense headquarters, in Arlington, Virginia, on May 31, 2026. Daniel Slim | Afp | Getty ImagesSome workers at the Pentagon were told to shelter in place on Thursday after systems in the massive building detected an air quality issue, a Defense Department spokesman said.Employees in corridors 4 through 7, on floors 2 through 5, were told in an email to remain in their offices until the results of air tests are completed, according to an email to Pentagon employees, as reported by MS NOW.Pentagon guards have put on…

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announces charges in connection with an international car theft ring during a press conference at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 22, 2026. Nathan Howard | ReutersA federal judge in Washington denied on Thursday a prosecutor’s request to erase the record of the government’s legal losses its attempt to investigate former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.Chief Judge James E. Boasberg in the D.C. Circuit’s scathing order, replete with media quotes and links to YouTube clips, denied a motion by the office of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to vacate his…

Lennar sees third quarter deliveries below estimates as housing market stays sluggish Source link

A bill summary said that under current legal precedent, plaintiffs must prove that coercion succeeded in causing removal of or changes to content. The bill would let plaintiffs sue and obtain financial damages from “any government agency or employee that jawbones companies involved in social media, AI, or broadcasting, regardless of whether the jawboning succeeds.” The bill specifically authorizes financial damages, because under current law, plaintiffs can only obtain injunctions that prevent future or ongoing violations, the summary said. With financial damages, government officials who engage in unlawful censorship could be held accountable even after leaving office. The bill effectively…

Al Carns says the military isn’t “sufficiently funded”, as Dan Jarvis becomes the new defence secretary. Source link