August 5, 2025 - Brief Briefing

Chancellor warned ‘substantial tax rises’ needed – as she faces ‘impossible trilemma’

Rachel Reeves will need to find more than £40bn of tax rises or spending cuts in the autumn budget to meet her fiscal rules,...

by admin August 5, 2025

Chancellor warned 'substantial tax rises' needed - as she faces 'impossible trilemma'

Technology

Opendoor tanks after earnings as CEO thanks new investors for ‘increased visibility’

Courtesy: Opendoor With Opendoor shares up almost fivefold since the beginning of July and trading volumes hitting record levels, CEO Carrie Wheeler thanked investors...

by admin August 5, 2025

Opendoor tanks after earnings as CEO thanks new investors for 'increased visibility'

Police investigating grooming gangs given AI tools to speed up cold case work

All police forces investigating grooming gangs in England and Wales will be given access to new AI tools to help speed up their investigations....

by admin August 5, 2025

Police investigating grooming gangs given AI tools to speed up cold case work

Chancellor warned ‘substantial tax rises’ needed – as she faces ‘impossible trilemma’

Rachel Reeves will need to find more than £40bn of tax rises or spending cuts in the autumn budget to meet her fiscal rules,...

by admin August 5, 2025

Business

Chancellor warned ‘substantial tax rises’ needed – as she faces ‘impossible trilemma’

Rachel Reeves will need to find more than £40bn of tax rises or spending cuts in the autumn budget to meet her fiscal rules,...

by admin August 5, 2025

Technology

Super Micro shares plunge 15% on weak results, disappointing guidance

Charles Liang, CEO of Super Micro, speaks at the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 1, 2023. Walid Berrazeg | Sopa Images |...

by admin August 5, 2025

Super Micro shares plunge 15% on weak results, disappointing guidance

Technology

Hinge Health stock pops 6% after first quarterly report since IPO

Hinge Health co-founders, Gabriel Mecklenburg and Daniel Perez celebrate its initial public offering at the New York Stock Exchange on May 22, 2025. NYSE...

by admin August 5, 2025

Hinge Health stock pops 6% after first quarterly report since IPO

Politics

Delay biometric visa checks for 80 Gaza students, dozens of MPs urge UK government

More than 70 MPs have signed a letter asking the government to delay biometric checks for 80 students from Gaza so they can study...

by admin August 5, 2025

Delay biometric visa checks for 80 Gaza students, dozens of MPs urge UK government

Technology

AMD reports weaker-than-expected earnings even as revenue tops estimates

Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, testifiy during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing titled...

by admin August 5, 2025

AMD reports weaker-than-expected earnings even as revenue tops estimates

Prince Harry cleared of bullying claims by report into ‘damaging dispute’ at his charity

The Charity Commission has found no evidence of bullying or harassment at a charity set up by Prince Harry. But it has found that...

by admin August 5, 2025

Prince Harry cleared of bullying claims by report into 'damaging dispute' at his charity

Business

Ofwat chief Black to step down ahead of watchdog’s abolition

The chief executive of Ofwat is to step down within months as Britain’s embattled water regulator prepares to be abolished by ministers. Sky News...

by admin August 5, 2025

Ofwat chief Black to step down ahead of watchdog's abolition

Environment

OpenAI releases lower-cost models to rival Meta, Mistral and DeepSeek

OpenAI on Tuesday released two open-weight language models for the first time since it rolled out GPT-2 in 2019. The text-only models are called...

by admin August 5, 2025

OpenAI releases lower-cost models to rival Meta, Mistral and DeepSeek

Science

Could dark matter come from a mirror world or the cosmic horizon?

Now there are two more options available for theoretical physicists mulling over the mystery of what dark matter is, and with them come another...

by admin August 5, 2025

Could dark matter come from a mirror world or the cosmic horizon?

Environment

NASA aims to beat China and Russia in race to build a nuclear reactor on the moon

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 2: A NASA logo is displayed at the entrance to the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building on June 2,...

by admin August 5, 2025

NASA aims to beat China and Russia in race to build a nuclear reactor on the moon

Science

Sun Roars Back with Three M-Class Flares in 24 Hours

After three weeks of calm, the Sun roared back to life on Aug. 3–4, 2025, unleashing three moderate M-class solar flares in just 24...

by admin August 5, 2025

Sun Roars Back with Three M-Class Flares in 24 Hours

Science

Chinese Astronomers Decode X-ray Outburst of Binary Star System

Wuhan University’s astronomers made use of the insight-HXMT satellite for studying a large outburst that happened 3 years ago in the X-Ray binary RX...

by admin August 5, 2025

Chinese Astronomers Decode X-ray Outburst of Binary Star System

Science

James Webb Reimagines Hubble’s Deep Field, Unveils Ancient Galaxies

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has returned to Hubble’s Ultra Deep Field, capturing over 2,500 galaxies across cosmic history. It is part of...

by admin August 5, 2025

James Webb Reimagines Hubble’s Deep Field, Unveils Ancient Galaxies

Sports

Biggest concern, what’s left to play for and more: Post-trade-deadline guide for all 30 MLB teams

Bradford DoolittleAug 5, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close MLB writer and analyst for ESPN.com Former NBA writer and analyst for ESPN.com Been with ESPN...

by admin August 5, 2025

Biggest concern, what's left to play for and more: Post-trade-deadline guide for all 30 MLB teams

Environment

Russia’s economy ‘stinks,’ Trump says, and lower oil prices will stop its war machine

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on February 21, 2020 shows US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a Keep America Great rally in...

by admin August 5, 2025