A drone strays into NATO airspace, and the war's edge keeps creeping outward

World

A French jet downs a Russian-linked drone over Latvia — the latest sign Ukraine's war is leaking across NATO's borders.

Finance

Intesa Sanpaolo launched an unsolicited bid for Monte dei Paschi to build the euro zone's second-largest lender — the latest move in a wave of banks swallowing banks.

Tech

A supply-chain attack laced dozens of Microsoft's GitHub projects with password-stealing malware, aimed straight at engineers using Claude Code and other AI coding tools.

Mind & body

Learning doesn't finish when you close the book.

Climate

The aviation industry now admits its 2050 net-zero pledge will likely fail, and blames fuel makers, governments and planemakers.

Space

SpaceX goes public Friday at a $1.77 trillion valuation, raising $75 billion in the largest stock offering ever.

Biotech

This week the biggest numbers in biotech went to the least proven ideas — a longevity company about to run its first-ever human trial pulled in $435M, while a company with an actual drug got stopped cold by the FDA.

Money

The "minimum payment" looks like help.

Sports

One of Africa's best referees was turned away at the US border days before the World Cup.

Gaming

At Summer Game Fest, a Microsoft executive said a 50% Game Pass price rise shed millions of subscribers in months — a rare confession of how soft a big number can be.

Food

Atlantic quotas and conflict pushed cod to record highs, so chip shops added cheaper hake and pollock — but customers refuse to order them.

Cyber

A bug in Instagram's account-recovery tool sent password-reset links to strangers who simply asked.