SpaceX loses bid to toss NAACP lawsuit over Memphis data center air pollution

Trump defamation suit against Murdoch, WSJ over Epstein letter dismissed with prejudice

OpenAI pares fundraising goal, now seeking up to $20 billion in latest round

The funding round is still in progress and has not closed, so the figures are subject to change, a person directly familiar with the deal told CNBC.

Binance says 90% of $6.3 billion hack losses are now covered, plans to resume withdrawals Sunday

Binance says it has restored backing for 90% of assets affected by its $6.3 billion hack and is planning to resume withdrawals, subject to security checks.

Binance, crypto and hacks: What to know about keeping coin safe as cyber criminals advance

The Binance hack of $6.3 billion, the largest crypto theft ever, is a wake-up call for investors to understand how coin is guarded and the risk of losing it.

A-listers and AI stylists: how high-street brands are staging a fashion comeback

Gap, M S, Topshop and more are taking a leaf from luxury label playbooks to satisfy savvier generation of shoppers High street brands that boomed in the noughties before the squeeze of both sustainably minded consumers and the rise of ultra-cheap online labels are staging a comeback. This time, rather than focusing solely on trend-led affordable designs, the names familiar to any shopper are courting luxury fashion, A-list collaborations and enhanced services in an attempt to engage consumers. Continue reading...

Britain’s housing crisis won’t be fixed without a new tax landscape

We need policies that stop treating property as a store of wealth and that allow people to move home cheaply John Healey’s critics on the right and left accused him of dodging the big questions in his first budget . The chancellor failed to announce reforms that might tackle some of Britain’s chronic problems, they say. Healey’s scatter-gun budget, as the Resolution Foundation called it, was more about politics than economics, and unapologetically so. Continue reading...