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HSBC just committed $4 billion to fuel the overseas push of mainland Chinese firms in solar, batteries, electric vehicles, data centers and artificial intelligence. The new Sustainability and Transition Credit Facility arrives at a moment when global demand for affordable renewables has spiked. Geopolitical shocks only add fuel. Announced on May 18, the facility offers

China has once again promised to open its vast market to American agriculture. The commitment, announced just days ago, calls for at least $17 billion in annual purchases of U.S. farm products through 2028. It sits atop an earlier vow to take 25 million metric tons of soybeans each year. Yet history casts a long

Light pollution now blots out the Milky Way for one-third of humanity. Yet a handful of remote corners still deliver views that stop photographers in their tracks. This year’s Milky Way Photographer of the Year collection, drawn from more than 6,500 submissions, proves the point with striking images from 12 countries. The annual project organized

OpenAI has encountered significant local resistance as it pushes forward with plans to construct a massive data center complex in rural Wisconsin, a project that could require enormous amounts of electricity and water while reshaping the character of small farming communities. According to a detailed report from Business Insider, the company’s ambitions have sparked protests,

Two of the leading artificial intelligence companies have thrust the cybersecurity world into urgent recalibration. Anthropic unveiled Project Glasswing in early April, restricting its powerful Claude Mythos Preview model to a select group of partners. Days later OpenAI responded with its own tiered access program for GPT-5.5 and a dedicated cybersecurity platform called Daybreak. The

Commercial oil inventories stand on the brink. Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, delivered the warning Monday on the sidelines of a Group of Seven finance ministers meeting in Paris. “I think it is depleting very fast,” he said. It will last “several weeks, but we should be aware of the fact

Alex Svanevik argues in TechRadar that artificial intelligence multiplies what workers produce without erasing the positions they hold. The distinction matters. Companies that grasp it will gain ground. Those that don’t risk misallocating talent and capital. Output soars. One engineer now ships code that once required three. A single analyst reviews reports that filled a

China’s solar industry just delivered another surprise. In April, even after Beijing scrapped a long-standing export tax refund, solar cell shipments abroad jumped 60% from the same month a year earlier. The numbers tell a story of unrelenting global appetite for cheap renewable power. And the momentum shows little sign of fading. Customs data released

GM, Ford and Stellantis have shed more than 20,000 U.S. salaried positions. That’s 19 percent of their combined white-collar workforces from recent peaks this decade. The cuts didn’t arrive overnight. They built over years of shifting demands. Yet artificial intelligence now stands ready to speed the process. Public filings and company employment data paint a

A 3.5-foot-tall humanoid robot named Stewie walked through Las Vegas airport security. It boarded a Southwest Airlines flight. It sat in its own window seat. Passengers snapped selfies. Flight attendants stared. Two days later the airline banned all such machines. The episode, which unfolded on May 10, has thrust the aviation industry into an awkward