The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it was shocked by the sudden death of Russia’s former transport minister Roman Starovoit, news of which broke hours after President Vladimir Putin had sacked him.

Disillusioned by both the Republican and Democratic parties, a prominent businessman says he’s going to try something new and break up the two-party duopoly. This year, it’s Elon Musk, who says he’s forming the “America Party” after his political alliance with President Donald Trump ended in spectacular fashion. Four years ago, it was Andrew Yang.

Bill Gates, once the world’s richest person, is now no longer in the top 10 wealthiest individuals. According to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Gates has dropped to the 12th spot with a net worth of $124 billion as of 8 July 2025. He now ranks behind Michael Dell, who is at number 11 with

Elon Musk’s move to launch a third party has been met with enthusiasm on Chinese social media, where many are reveling in the spectacle of the Tesla tycoon’s ongoing public feud with President Donald Trump. Chinese authorities, who typically steer clear of commenting on U.S. political infighting, have made no official statements, though government censors

Facebook母公司Meta執行長祖克柏開出每年數千萬美元的高額待遇，成功挖走蘋果的頂尖人工智慧研究員龐若明。（取自祖克柏臉書） 社群媒體Facebook母公司Meta執行長祖克柏為自家的人工智慧部門網羅重量級人物，開出每年數千萬美元的高額待遇，成功挖走美國科技公司蘋果負責人工智慧模型的頂尖研究員龐若明。Meta此前為了吸引頂尖人才加入團隊，開出相當驚人的高額薪資，有些人甚至高達1億美元。 華爾街日報7日引述消息報導，祖克柏（Mark Zuckerberg）為了Meta旗下的「超級智慧（Superintelligence）」部門成功挖角了蘋果（Apple）的頂尖人工智慧（AI）研究員龐若明（Ruoming Pang，音譯），是第一位從蘋果跳槽到Meta「超級智慧實驗室（Superintelligence Lab）」的重要成員，這對正在提升AI產品的蘋果來說，無疑是一大打擊。 龐若明於2021年自美國科技公司谷歌（Google）母公司Alphabet加入蘋果，曾領導蘋果的基礎模型團隊。彭博7日引述消息報導，為了網羅龐若明，Meta開出每年價值數千萬美元的高額待遇。Meta7日證實已聘用龐若明。 At WWDC we introduce a new generation of LLMs developed to enhance the Apple Intelligence features. We also introduce the new Foundation Models framework, which gives app developers direct access to the on-device foundation language model.https://t.co/SnjCXrIyYj — Ruoming Pang (@ruomingpang) June 9, 2025 祖克柏正加速推動AI人才的軍備競賽，為了吸引頂尖人才加入，Meta開出高額薪資，有些人甚至獲得高達1億美元的待遇。祖克柏上周宣布這個新實驗室一次招募了11位研究人員，已高薪延攬美國數據標註公司「Scale AI」創辦人汪滔（Alexandr Wang），Meta此前曾投資他的公司，估值達到290億美元。同時，Meta也聘請了蘋果公司前AI負責人葛羅斯（Daniel Gross），以及軟體開發平台GitHub創辦人佛里曼（Nat Friedman）等知名人物。

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, recently got an update, Musk announced Friday on X, but it might still not be behaving as intended. Musk, an outspoken conservative who recently served in the Trump administration, has long complained that Grok has parroted “woke” internet content and said users will “notice a difference” with the new version.

US President Donald Trump on July 7 said the United States will send more weapons to Ukraine to help the war-torn country defend itself against Russian attacks. “We’re going to send some more weapons. We have to,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “They have to be able to defend themselves. They’re getting hit