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Andre Lavoie joined SpaceX in 2009 as an engineer, designing the pressure tanks that help power its rocket. He was paid partly in stock – a common trade-off at start-ups as a hiring incentive. Some 17 years on, those 200,000 shares he was given are worth about $23m (£17m) – and the 63-year-old says he’s…
The cost of living crisis is well documented and for many people a mortgage is a millstone around their necks – but a growing number have chosen to cut costs by swapping their houses for a narrowboat. The BBC took to the waterside in Leeds to find out how it’s worked out for some of…
A food bank that offers free school uniforms has said that full time and self-employed professionals are among those relying on its support. The Community Cupboard in Kent has begun offering pre-loved school uniforms to local families during the school holidays. The volunteer-run service provides food supplies and support to families struggling to make ends…
Oil prices fell to a three-week low on Tuesday as senior US officials raised hopes of a deal with Iran to reopen the key Strait of Hormuz waterway. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments potentially to resume as soon as this week….
Since Truth API was announced, some have raised the potential for insider trading to occur. The practice, which is illegal, involves people making market trades or bets based on information that is not available to the general public. Richard Painter, former chief ethics lawyer to President George W Bush, told the BBC even if Trump…
Twenty five states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over a wave of tariffs against dozens of countries. The US says the tariffs, which range between 10% and 12.5%, were imposed due to trading partners – including the UK, China and the European Union – failing to properly tackle forced labour. In a legal…
President Donald Trump’s media company has launched a paid subscription service on Truth Social that offers users access to posts from the website’s most prominent accounts milliseconds before they appear to the general public. While the company’s announcement does not specifically mention the US president’s account, his is the most popular on the site, with…
The boss of one of the companies recently hacked by out-of-control artificial intelligence (AI) says bot makers must be accountable for cyber attacks carried out by their creations. Clement Delangue’s company Hugging Face was breached by a rogue OpenAI bot that broke out of a test environment and autonomously attacked his firm earlier this month….
The North Sea has increasingly become a topic for political debate. In its 2024 general election manifesto, Labour said it would not issue new licences for drilling, but would honour existing ones. But in recent months, as the Iran war pushed up global oil prices, calls have grown for more North Sea drilling to be…
