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- Taiwan opens Phoenix office as $265 billion chip investment in Arizona grows, over China’s objections
Taiwan is turning Phoenix into a bigger hub for its chip industry with a new office and TSMC's investments
- Zambia to sign revised U.S. health deal without patient data and specimen-sharing clauses
The U.S. has signed new bilateral health agreements with around two dozen African nations since last year, but some have pushed back on requirements to provide patient data.
- The Best Taylor Sheridan Shows By Rotten Tomatoes Score, From ‘Tulsa King’ To ‘Mayor Of Kingstown’
Taylor Sheridan rules the roost at Paramount, and has now gotten a number of his shows on Netflix as well. Here are the best ones by Rotten Tomatoes score.
- Alternate History Noir ‘Teq’ Features Hardboiled Mystery In Aztec-Controlled Los Angeles (First Look)
Hailing from writer Peter Murrieta and artist David Rubín, 'Teq' follows a cynical private eye in a version of Los Angeles controlled by a still-thriving Aztec Empire.
- ‘It’s been a very strange year on LIV’: LIV Golf to get $300 million investment to help the circuit emerge from bankruptcy
The financing by funds advised on the BC Partners Credit platform requires bankruptcy court approval.
Technology
- Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating “Skydance” behemoth
Paramount now owns Warner Bros. as last-ditch effort to stop $111B merger fails.
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- Amazon kills Alexa’s ability to control Echo speakers' AUX input
Amazon hasn't made an Echo with a 3.5mm port in six years.
- Neutrino physicist wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize
Francis Halzen of University of Wisconsin-Madison led development of IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
- Weight-loss drugs show signs of slowing biological aging, say drugmakers
Popular weight-loss drugs may do more than help people shed pounds. They might also melt away the years. Drug giants Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk say patients taking their drugs age less quickly, according to readouts from molecular “aging clocks.” Such clocks assess a person’s biological age by looking at changes to DNA that accumulate…
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