In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the booming space industry, better space weather forecasts, the first medical evacuation from space and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here. SpaceX’s expected 2026 IPO could be an inflection point for the industry. AFP via Getty Images AST SpaceMobile CEO […]
Read More
Current Climate brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability every Monday. Sign up to get it in your inbox. UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The rapid growth and impact of massive data centers, especially for AI and cryptocurrency companies, this year has had big economic benefits, especially for construction and design […]
Read More
Executive chairman Enki Tan is revving up Giti Tire to enter the global top ten ranks as a major supplier to the world’s EV makers. It was a clear September morning in Northern Germany when Chinese EV giant BYD’s electric hypercar Yangwang U9 Xtreme blasted to a record speed of 496.22 kmph at the ATP […]
Read More
Edwin Soeryadjaya (left) and Garibaldi Thohir. Soeryadjaya: Antara Foto/Asprilla Dwi Adha; Thohir: Ully Zoelkarnain This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Indonesia’s Richest 2025. See the full list here. The rocketing price of gold, which peaked at nearly $4,400 per ounce in October, has benefited several fortunes tied to the metal. Garibaldi Thohir and […]
Read More
Otto Toto Sugiri. Ahmad Zamroni for Forbes Asia This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Indonesia’s Richest 2025. See the full list here. In what was a volatile year, Indonesia’s benchmark stock index shot up 17%, helping lift collective wealth to a record $306 billion from $263 billion last year. To attract investors, The […]
Read More
Current Climate brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability every Monday. Sign up to get it in your inbox. The Trump administration’s plan to weaken U.S. fuel economy rules, claiming it will make new cars about $1,000 cheaper for consumers – presumably because automakers can use less sophisticated powertrains – ignores a […]
Read More
Google CEO Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet Getty Images Welcome back to The Prompt, When ChatGPT first amazed the world three years ago, Google was caught off guard, struggling to ship AI products that competed with OpenAI and Anthropic. But with the launch of Gemini 3, things have changed. It’s no longer an […]
Read More
State Emergency Service and National Police personnel work in a courtyard covered with debris outside a hostel, destroyed by an overnight Russian missile and drone attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on October 30, 2025. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,346. Russian Attacks on Ukraine Russia mounted […]
Read More
KYIV, UKRAINE – OCTOBER 26: Residents gather in a yard while workers remove rubble at an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike on October 26, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Andriy Zhyhaylo/Oboz.ua/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,342. Russian Attacks on Ukraine […]
Read More
KHARKIV, UKRAINE – OCTOBER 22: Emergency workers rescue children after the Russian drone strike on a kindergarten in Kharkiv, Ukraine on October 22, 2025. (Photo by Ukranian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu via Getty Images Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,340. Russian Attacks on Ukraine Waves of Russian missiles and drones battered Ukraine overnight […]
Read More
Kiat Lim. Valencia Club de Fútbol This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Singapore’s Richest 2025. See the full list here. Speculation that healthcare billionaire Peter Lim was looking to sell his majority-owned Valencia CF was put to rest in March, when his 32-year-old son, Kiat, was named president of the Spanish football club. […]
Read More
Goh Cheng Liang. Goh family This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Singapore’s Richest 2025. See the full list here. Paints tycoon Goh Cheng Liang, whose life epitomized the classic tale of a self-made billionaire, passed away in August at age 98. The one-time fishnet seller and rubber tapper went on to become one […]
Read More
From left: Sherman Kwek and Kwek Leng Beng. City Developments This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Singapore’s Richest 2025. See the full list here. Earlier this year, property magnate Kwek Leng Beng, 84, took his son Sherman, 49, to court over what appeared to be a battle for control of their family’s crown […]
Read More
Razer, founded and run by Min-Liang Tan for two decades, is prepping to release cutting-edge AI tools to help game developers produce games faster and cheaper and to coach players to sharpen their skills. This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Singapore’s Richest 2025. See the full list here. Across four floors of office […]
Read More
Forrest Li. Ore Huiying/Bloomberg This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Singapore’s Richest 2025. See the full list here. On the 60th anniversary of its independence, Singapore posted better-than-expected economic growth of 4.3% in the first half of 2025, thanks to an export overdrive amid tariff-related uncertainties. The city-state’s wealthiest have another reason to […]
Read More
KYIV, UKRAINE, AUGUST 24, Ukraine’s independence day. Photo by Arsen Dzodzaiev/Anadolu via Getty Images Anadolu via Getty Images Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,279. Russian Attacks on Ukraine Between August 22–25, pervasive Russian attacks killed at least 15 people and maimed more than 90 others across Ukraine. Eastern Kharkiv and Donetsk regions recorded the heaviest toll, […]
Read More
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at SpaceX’s upcoming Starship test, new science heading to the international space station, a way to make older brains more youthful and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here. Getty Images On Sunday evening, SpaceX will attempt the tenth test of its […]
Read More
KHARKIV, UKRAINE – AUGUST 21: A sister of Tetiana Morozova — who was killed by a Russian missile — stands by Tetiana’s grave during a funeral for a three-generation family, including an 18-month-old girl on August 21, 2025, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The family was murdered by the Russian forces on August 18. Photo by Polina […]
Read More
Protestors hold slogans during a demonstration against the idea of territorial swap and to demand prisoners exchange between Ukraine and Russia, outside the US embassy in Kyiv on August 15, 2025, ahead of Trump-Putin talks in Alaska. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Dispatches […]
Read More
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the risk of depending on AI to “think” for you, mass-producing satellites, a startup helping NASA avoid space junk, and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here. AFP via Getty Images A study published this week in The Lancet examined the […]
Read More
An investigator examines debris at a train station damaged following a drone strike in the town of Lozova, Kharkiv region on August 5, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,259. Attacks and Counterstrikes Lozova, Kharkiv region. One person was […]
Read More
Photo illustration by Hector Vivas/Getty Images After President Donald Trump chided Coca-Cola on social media last week over moving to cane sugar for its iconic soda—“It’s just better!”—Coca-Cola had denied the news. But, while releasing its second quarter earnings on Tuesday, the $47 billion (annual revenue) company confirmed a cane sugar line is en route […]
Read More
Welcome back to The Prompt. In a surprising move, Cognition– the makers of autonomous coding tool Devin— acquired what was left of its rival Windsurf after the company’s cofounders Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen and other staff members were poached by Google DeepMind for $2.4 billion to improve Gemini’s coding abilities. Cognition gets access to […]
Read More
KYIV, UKRAINE – JULY 04: Senior citizens move away from the scene after Russian airstrike in Kyiv, … More Ukraine on July 04, 2025. Photo by State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Anadolu via Getty Images Anadolu via Getty Images Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,227. U.S. Halts Military Aid to Ukraine The U.S. paused shipments of key […]
Read More
The chairman and president of DMCI Holdings built his family’s construction business into an infrastructure empire. His $660 million acquisition of a loss-making unit of Mexico’s Cemex will test his skill of saving troubled companies. The 2024 annual report of Philippine construction-and-mining giant DMCI Holdings has an arresting AI-designed cover depicting a stack of grey […]
Read More