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A Tesla Cybertruck drives in front of the SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California, U.S. on Monday, April 13, 2026.Ethan Swope | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSpaceX launched its giant Starship rocket on Friday after a first attempt was aborted due to technical problems the day before.The 90-minute launch window opened at 6:30 p.m. ET, and the flight took off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas.The test flight of Starship V3, which features all the improved systems, is a significant event for SpaceX ahead of its public market debut after publishing an IPO prospectus earlier this week. Elon Musk’s aerospace and defense…

Editor’s note: This story contains graphic depictions of sexual violence, physical torture, and accusations of abuse. Activists aboard a humanitarian aid platoon captured by Israeli forces en route to Gaza claim they were beaten, tortured and sexually assaulted while in custody. The Global Sumud convoy, which was carrying 428 passengers along with food, medicine and humanitarian supplies for civilians in the Gaza Strip, was intercepted for several days after leaving Turkey, with the final intercept taking place on Tuesday. The group was detained before being deported to Turkey, and their alleged treatment has already sparked an international backlash. Adalah, an…

So bad, is it good? Google joined in on the disco ball icon fun on every home screen on Friday. After Spotify’s ephemeral new mirrorball app icon released to commemorate its 20th anniversary drew massive backlash online (and some kudos for those who like a little kitsch!), Google decided to get in on the joke and rolled out a custom set of similar mirrorball-themed Android app icons. “Your wish is our command. Starting today, the disco icon will be available on Pixel…Are you sure you want this?” Samir Sammat, Head of Android Ecosystem, posted on X. His post included a…

Moviegoers watch the movie “Ne Zha 2” at the IMAX GT Cinema in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China on February 23, 2025.China News Service | China News Service | Getty ImagesWall Street is buzzing with the news. IMAX I’m looking for a sale.The movie theater technology company’s stock rose about 14% Friday on speculation about a potential buyer. A person familiar with the company told CNBC that IMAX has held “preliminary talks” through an intermediary, but that the company has not made a formal offer.A CNBC source spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the discussion. The Wall…

The judge said the human smuggling investigation was reopened after the Salvadoran national filed a lawsuit against his deportation.Published May 22, 2026May 22, 2026A U.S. judge dismissed the charges against Kilmer Abrego Garcia, ruling that he would not have been prosecuted had he not contested his deportation.On Friday, U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw said the Justice Department reopened its first human-smuggling investigation stemming from a 2022 traffic stop after Salvadoran national Abrego Garcia filed a lawsuit.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”The court does not reach its conclusions lightly,” Crenshaw wrote.”The objective evidence here shows that the government would…

of S&P500 has made an impressive recovery, rebounding more than 17% from its March lows on the back of optimistic prospects for tariff relief, solid earnings, and a strong recovery in semiconductors. It’s a move that paid off with patience. It’s also a quiet way to make hedging more affordable and more strategically sensible.Arithmetic is easy. When volatility is compressed, protection costs are reduced. and vicks The implied volatility factored into put options has been declining sharply, remaining in the low teens, well below the stress level associated with the sharp decline in March. Today, the cost of buying a…

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon gives a keynote speech at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan on May 19, 2025.Anne Wang | ReutersQualcomm stock soared 12% on Friday and is up 75% so far last month as the chipmaker’s increasingly central position in the physical AI boom becomes clearer on Wall Street. Stocks are trading at record highs. Qualcomm has lagged behind giants like Nvidia in the race for chips that power AI models and workloads, but the company is using its dominance in smartphones to solidify its role as a major player in connected devices, whether it’s glasses, cars or robots. OpenAI…

Kilmer Abrego Garcia leaves a check-in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency’s Baltimore field office, a day after a federal judge ordered his release from custody in Pennsylvania, Dec. 12, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland.Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesA federal judge in Tennessee on Friday dismissed human smuggling charges against Salvadoran immigrant Kilmer Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation by the Trump administration was the flashpoint for President Donald Trump’s broader immigration crackdown.U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw ruled that the Justice Department’s charges against Abrego-Garcia were “retaliatory,” finding that the government would not have filed the suit if Abrego-Garcia had…

Pro-Palestinian advocates have argued to the U.S. Supreme Court that the Trump administration targeted him because of free speech protections.Mahmoud Khalil, who is being deported by US President Donald Trump’s administration because of his pro-Palestinian views, plans to appeal to the Supreme Court, his lawyers announced.Friday’s announcement came after a federal appeals court, in a 6-5 decision, declined to review Mr. Khalil’s case challenging his immigration detention.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listKhalil has gone through two legal proceedings since being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in March 2025.The first challenged his detention on civil liberties…

romeAP — Calendars featuring close-ups of young, handsome men in clerical costumes have been a perennially popular Roman souvenir for the past 20 years, although it appears that few of them are actually clergymen. Giovanni Galizia has graced the cover of the so-called sexy priest calendar for many of the past 23 editions. In the same photo, which is used every year, Galizia wears a priest’s collar and faces the granite walls of a church in his hometown of Palermo, smiling with an enigmatic smile worthy of the Mona Lisa. “It was the smile of a confused child, because I…