Month: May 2025

Tech shares climb after strong Nvidia results despite warning over rise of Chinese rivals

Stoxx Europe tech index up by 0.8% and Nasdaq rose 2% after quarterly revenues at Nvidia jumped 69% to $44bn Technology shares climbed on Thursday, buoyed up by strong results from Nvidia, despite the AI chip company’s boss warning over the rise of Chinese rivals. The Stoxx Europe tech index rose by 0.8% on Thursday …

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Nvidia beats Wall Street expectations even as Trump tamps down China sales

Chip-manufacturing company, widely seen as bellwether for AI business, reports $44.1bn in revenue for quarter Nvidia beat Wall Street expectations in its quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, marking another in a string of financial wins for the computer hardware giant. It reported $44.1bn in revenue in the quarter ending in April, up 69% from the …

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How social media lies fuelled a rush to war between India and Pakistan

Disinformation spread to mainstream channels in what experts call deliberate ‘informational warfare’ As missiles and drones crisscrossed the night skies above India and Pakistan earlier this month, another invisible war was taking place. Not long after the Indian government announced Operation Sindoor, the military offensive against Pakistan triggered by a militant attack in Kashmir that …

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Elden Ring Nightreign review – FromSoftware brings multiplayer mayhem to the Lands Between

FromSoftware/Bandai Namco; PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC Fortnite meets Elden Ring in a matchup where a three-person team faces so many high-speed challenges you may feel distinctly short-handed A standalone spin-off from FromSoftware’s incredibly successful yet mostly single-player dark role-playing game Elden Ring, the multiplayer-oriented Elden Ring Nightreign is a curious beast, often feeling …

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​Violent and lewd! Not Grand Theft Auto, Shakespeare’s Macbeth

If Shakespeare were around today, he’d be making open-world shooters with the same depth and diversion as his plays Last week, the Guardian spoke to the team behind Lili, a video game retelling of Macbeth, shown at the Cannes film festival. The headline quote from the piece was “Shakespeare would be writing for games today”, …

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Elon Musk says Trump tax bill weakens Doge cost-cutting efforts

Remarks may widen rift between US president and Tesla boss as Musk appears to criticise Trump’s One Beautiful Bill Act Elon Musk has publicly criticised Donald Trump’s tax bill, saying the US president’s spending plan undermines cost-cutting efforts that the Tesla boss spearheaded, in comments likely to widen a rift between the two men. The …

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F1 25 review – nailed-on realism, even when you drive the wrong way round

Codemasters/EA Sports; PC, PS5, Xbox Series S/X This Formula One racer is the most convincing yet, even as you tackle three circuits unconventionally, while fictional hooks include the chance to drive as Brad Pitt in a future movie tie-in Formula One aficionados are famously fanatical, but they still need a few good reasons to splash …

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‘People buy a lion and can’t handle it’: inside the farms breeding cubs for Tiktok and Instagram likes

Exotic pets are increasingly popular among the wealthy elite, but few are prepared for a long-term commitment and campaigners say many animals are kept in cruel conditions Champagne glasses clink at an exclusive Bangkok party, where guests in designer clothes laugh and mingle. They take turns posing with a cat, passing it casually from one …

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Trump’s media company to take $2.5bn investment to buy bitcoin

About 50 investors will put up $1.5bn in private placement for common shares in the Truth Social operator Donald Trump’s media company said on Tuesday that institutional investors will buy $2.5bn worth of its stock, with the proceeds going to build up a bitcoin reserve. About 50 institutional investors will put up $1.5bn in the …

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