- 4d ago
Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft, jeopardizing its rival hardware plans
A lawsuit filed on Friday accuses the ChatGPT maker of orchestrating a scheme to extract confidential hardware data from former Apple employees, with over 400 ex-staff now working at OpenAI.
- Jun 13
Italian TV confuses Bill Gates for the deceased Steve Jobs during World Cup broadcast, igniting viral mockery
An Italian public broadcaster's newscast committed a viral blunder by listing the late Steve Jobs among celebrities at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, confusing him with Bill Gates and prompting widespread ridicule online.
- Jun 10
NASA names Artemis III crew: Italian Luca Parmitano becomes first European in lunar program, mission shifts to Earth-orbit tests
NASA announced the four-astronaut crew for the 2027 Artemis III mission, including ESA's Luca Parmitano as the first European to join the US lunar program. The mission will stay in low Earth orbit to test docking with commercial lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin.
- Jun 10
Luca Parmitano named pilot for NASA's Artemis III, the mission that will test lunar return technologies in Earth orbit
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will join three NASA veterans on Artemis III, a 2027 mission designed to test orbital rendezvous and docking systems critical for returning humans to the Moon.
- Jun 7
Russian strikes kill civilians and hit nuclear waste site near Chernobyl as Zelensky heads to London summit
Russian drone and aerial attacks across Ukraine killed at least two civilians and partially destroyed a spent nuclear fuel storage building in the Chernobyl exclusion zone on Sunday, hours before President Zelensky was due to meet European leaders in London.
- Jun 6
Bernadette Chirac, former French first lady and political force in her own right, dies at 93
The widow of Jacques Chirac spent 12 years at the Élysée Palace while building an independent political career in Corrèze and turning a children's hospital charity into a national institution.
- Jun 5
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sublet Crown Estate cottages for private income while paying symbolic rent, NAO report reveals
A National Audit Office report has found that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received undisclosed private income from subletting three cottages on his Windsor estate, where he paid only a symbolic rent for over 20 years.
