Tech

China eases IPO rules for firms developing reusable rockets

Elon Musk's SpaceX holds a near monopoly on the technology. Its Falcon 9 is the only reusable rocket model regularly launched and used to put satellites into orbit.

Oracle shares on pace for worst quarter since 2001 as new CEOs face concerns about AI build-out

Investors want to know if Oracle, under new CEOs Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia, can pay for and deliver data centers packed with Nvidia chips for OpenAI.

Waymo pauses robotaxis in SF again due to flash flood warnings on Christmas Day

Waymo again paused it robotaxi service, citing a flash flood warning on Christmas Day.

Unpublished ‘Tupperware erotica’ novel prompts fierce contest for TV rights

Interest in Wet Ink by Abigail Avis is part of a trend for works by female authors among streamers and production companies

‘Not the charmed industry it once was’: can Hollywood find its comeback story?

After the writers’ and actors’ strikes, the pandemic, and structural shifts in technology, LA’s trying to find its footing in a changed industry

‘It’s all about love’: how a Swiss photographer’s intimate honeymoon pictures caused a scandal

René Groebli took portraits of Charlie Chaplin and Walt Disney and pioneered new modes of photography. But it was his tender, erotic pictures taken in a Paris hotel room in the 50s that really caused a stir