"Mount Fuji Eruption" (富士山噴火) is currently trending because there was a moderately strong earthquake tonight near the Fuji Five Lakes area, which caused some internet users to speculate about an eruption.
(No eruption warnings have been issued.)
A small plane crashes into a 109-story skyscraper in Beijing, sending debris down the building's side.
Local reports say the pilot Liu Junhua was conducting a solo flight in the local airspace, took off from Shifosi Airport at 17:30, and at 17:40 prepared to return for landing. While joining the westbound route for Runway 18, the aircraft did not join the approach, deviated from the local airspace and continued flying on a constant heading of 270 degrees.
Images and video appearing to show a small aircraft crashing into Beijing’s CITIC tower spread across Chinese social media on Friday.
Bloomberg could not independently verify the images or circumstances of the incident at the city’s tallest building https://t.co/e9AnCdGm1N
The White House has asked OpenAI to stagger the rollout of its next model, GPT-5.6, believed to be on par with Anthropic's Mythos.
#GPT5.6 #OpenAI https://t.co/h4zgzJ2Tuk
EXTREME HEATWAVE SPARKS PANIC BUYING OF FANS & ACs IN FRANCE
Reports indicate shoppers in France are scrambling to buy fans and air conditioners, with fights breaking out in some stores amid an intense heatwave.
The surge in demand is likely to boost near-term sales of cooling appliances and increase electricity consumption.
BREAKING: OpenAI is now "leaning toward" pushing its IPO until 2027, per NYT.
Details include:
1. "Choppy" markets in recent weeks have led OpenAI to reconsider the timeline of the IPO
2. The company is worried it may not find much enthusiasm from retail investors
3. Advisors are recommending OpenAI either wait until 2027 to IPO at $1 trillion or lower the valuation for a quicker IPO
Recent volatility in tech stocks has raised concerns around OpenAI's IPO.
Indonesia is dangling unprecedented legal protections for investors in President Prabowo Subianto’s sovereign wealth fund, a move analysts warn could attract money with questionable origins and further erode the reputation of Southeast Asia’s largest economy. Read more: https://t.co/x0UMGQ8e4a
📷️: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg