Oman Is Playing Word Games On Iranian Tolls Through Strait: 'Service, Environmental Fees'

China Loses Monopoly Over The Rarest Of Rare Earths With less than three weeks to go the Trump-Xi summit in China, the scramble for leverage and superiority - whether in terms of the Iran war or the just as important supply chain of rare earths - is on. That explains why the Pentagon’s push to get its hands on the rarest of the rare-earth elements leads all the way to this small port city in Malaysia. As the WSJ reports, Australia's Lynas Rare Earths has begun pumping out heavy rare earths,...

"Resetting Business": Xbox Layoffs Loom As New CEO Supercharges Overhaul Microsoft's Xbox gaming division is preparing for a major round of job cuts at the end of the month as new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma moves to "reset" the unit amid a confluence of negative and worsening pressures, including shrinking revenue, soft hardware sales, plateauing Game Pass momentum, and what management now describes as an ongoing "hardware component crisis." Bloomberg first reported that Microsoft will announce an upcoming round of layoffs after the company's fiscal year ends on June 30. The...

Apple's Long-Awaited AI Siri Fails To Impress As Shares Pump Then Dump During WWDC Summary:  Market Reaction: Buy the rumor, Sell the news   Apple Reveals Long-Awaited AI Siri  CEO Tim Cook gives his final WWDC keynote speech Goldman And UBS Preview Apple's WWDC: AI Siri Takes Center Stage Apple CEO Tim Cook opened WWDC26 with a keynote on artificial intelligence, software updates, and developer tools across the company's ecosystem. WWDC26 presentation centered on a broad rollout of Apple Intelligence features across its ecosystem, with the tech giant previewing a more conversational Siri, a dedicated Siri app,...