Ministers told UK departments that the default should be to make decisions and move on, cutting back “consultation culture” that they call an “industry of dither and delay.”
Sep 8, 2026 ·
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The UK government has bundled £7.8B of cross-departmental spending into a new space strategy through 2030 spanning collision warnings, low Earth orbit communications, military intelligence, launch capability, and space science.
Sep 8, 2026 ·The Register
BYD expects overseas shipments to exceed 2.5 million vehicles in 2027, with management also guiding 2026 exports at 1.9 million to 2.0 million vehicles.
Sep 8, 2026 ·
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Renault says its Dacia Spring EV will be built in Europe and can cost as little as €12,200 after French EV credits, down from the €17,900 list price for the base model.
Sep 8, 2026 ·
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Australia will introduce a “digital duty of care” requiring digital platforms to offer Australian users the option to switch from an algorithmic feed to a feed that only shows content from accounts they already follow.
Sep 8, 2026 ·The Register
Brent crude stayed below $100 a barrel despite U.S.-Iran conflict disrupting Gulf exports, because Middle East flows through the Strait of Hormuz fell to under 2 million bpd but a moving average of 4 million to 5 million bpd still supported a “fair” price of about $95.
Sep 8, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Kimberly-Clark has requested European Union permission to complete its proposed $40 billion takeover of Kenvue, which was announced in November 2025.
Sep 8, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
FDA authorized Philip Morris International to market 11 nicotine-pouch products under its Zyn line, including 9-milligram Zyn Ultra pouches in Citrus, Menthol, and Wintergreen varieties, citing lower harmful constituents than other oral and smokeless tobacco products.
Sep 8, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The European Commission is conducting a preliminary antitrust inquiry into whether Oracle’s software licensing terms unfairly lock customers into keeping their workloads on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) rather than switching to rivals like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
Sep 8, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy shareholders overwhelmingly approved their all-stock merger on September 3, clearing a key hurdle toward creating the world’s largest regulated electric utility by market capitalization.
Sep 7, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Chevron will invest more than $7 billion in Venezuela over the next five years to double its oil production there to about 600,000 barrels per day through expanded acreage in the Carabobo region within its Petroindependencia joint venture with PDVSA.
Sep 7, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
GeoPark is acquiring PDVSA’s Bare Block under a 25-year Production Participation Contract that gives it a 65% net working interest and funding responsibility for 100% of approved capital expenditures, targeting production of 70,000–83,000 boe/d by the end of the decade (from ~31,000 boe/d).
Sep 7, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
YouTube Premium’s download feature lets you download videos for offline, in-application viewing (not as an editable file) via the three-dots menu next to Like/Dislike/Share, but downloads expire after 29 days and require the subscription to keep access.
Sep 7, 2026 ·Engadget
France has begun testing Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system on public roads, with review expected to finish by mid-to-late September and an EU-wide approval vote as early as October 6.
Sep 7, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
XRP was trading at $1.41 on September 7, 2026 and has not closed above $2 since its $2.03 high on January 19, so it would need to clear multiple price levels to reach $2 by December 31.
Sep 7, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Sweden will buy about 10 Lockheed Martin HIMARS launchers plus ammunition in a deal worth roughly $729 million, with deliveries expected to begin in 2027.
Sep 7, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Investigations by The New York Times and The Washington Post say they have substantial publicly available evidence that elements of the Sudanese Armed Forces developed, stockpiled, and apparently used improvised chlorine weapons, with material including bomb designs, test videos, photographs, and intercepted communications (and specialists reporting no signs of digital manipulation in key audio-visual material).
Sep 7, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon’s Javelin Joint Venture signed a co-production MOU with Tata Advanced Systems on Aug. 30 to explore local manufacturing and a final assembly and integration facility in India for the Javelin All Up Round missile system.
Sep 7, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Using Bluetooth jammers is generally illegal because they deliberately emit radio interference that can disrupt communications and public-safety systems, which is prohibited under laws such as the U.S. Communications Act of 1934 and FCC rules.
Sep 7, 2026 ·Engadget
Matt Clifford will step down as chair of the UK’s taxpayer-funded Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) after less than a week on the announcement of his new role at Anthropic, to ensure his Anthropic work “doesn't become a distraction from ARIA's incredible work.”
Sep 7, 2026 ·The Register
