Get ready for a spectacular IPO boom from the big beasts of Silicon Valley
SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic will break new ground — potentially with the scale of their losses
Russia, US and UK emerge as lowest-cost hubs for fake online accounts
Analysis reveals how cheap text message verification fuels global influence and manipulation campaigns
Europe’s rocky relations with Donald Trump
Former Nato leader on the future of the transatlantic alliance
Eli Lilly shot helped patients lose 29% of body weight
Trial results are a boost to US pharmaceutical company’s booming obesity business
Mexico imposes tariffs of up to 50% on Chinese goods
Cars will be hardest hit by move, which comes ahead of crucial renegotiation of US-Mexico-Canada trade pact
Oracle shares tumble as worries swirl over huge spending on data centres
Larry Ellison’s company raises its capital expenditure forecast as it doubles down on AI infrastructure bet
Warner battle offers two different plotlines for Hollywood
Whether Netflix or Paramount wins, creatives are likely to lose
US trade deficit shrinks to smallest since 2020 as gold exports jump
Figures for September raise hopes that GDP growth in third quarter was stronger than forecast
Oracle investors cast doubt on its knack for divination
The database company’s stock looks like a leveraged bet on OpenAI being able to meet its long-term promises
Disney to invest $1bn in OpenAI
Deal forms part of broader tie-up for media group’s intellectual property to feature within ChatGPT maker’s products
UK asylum appeals backlog jumps 37% over a six-month period
Build-up of pending cases has reversed the progress made in reducing the number of people housed in hotels
China signals concern over falling investment
Communist party leadership pledges to ‘stabilise’ major engine of economic growth
Trump pushes for ‘free economic zone’ in Donbas, says Zelenskyy
US proposes ‘compromise’ option of demilitarised buffer that excludes both Ukrainian and Russian forces, says Kyiv
Freedom for Venezuela coming ‘soon’, says opposition leader
María Corina Machado quietly backs US pressure on Maduro regime after emerging from hiding for Nobel Peace Prize
Football fans condemn ‘betrayal’ over ‘extortionate’ World Cup ticket prices
Supporters urge Fifa to halt sales for next summer’s event in US, Canada and Mexico until solution is found
Six films to watch this week
Kate Winslet makes her directing debut with ‘Goodbye June’, starring Helen Mirren; Scarlett Johansson makes hers with Holocaust survival comedy-drama ‘Eleanor the Great’; period farce ‘Fackham Hall’ pokes fun at stately home sagas; ‘The Tale of Silyan’ documents tough lives in North Macedonia; Jafar
US stocks slide after Oracle results disappoint
US database company’s earnings published on Wednesday fell short of forecasts amid concerns over AI boom
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Mind the gap: what the Railways Bill doesn’t tell us
Also in this week’s newsletter: Flu cases hit record levels in England’s hospitals
The Tale of Silyan — storks, scavenging and rural striving
Honeyland’s Tamara Kotevska returns with a documentary on the hardships faced by people and wildlife in North Macedonia
The Emotions by Jean-Philippe Toussaint — the folly of futurology
The Belgian’s latest novel, set against a backdrop of recent events in Europe, ponders philosophical questions such as, Do we really want to know what is in store for us?
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Goodbye June — Helen Mirren holds together Kate Winslet’s directing debut
Timothy Spall, Andrea Riseborough and Winslet herself also feature in a comic drama about a woman’s last days
Greek finance minister chosen to chair Eurogroup
Election of Kyriakos Pierrakakis caps political and economic turnaround for Athens after traumas of Eurozone crisis