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China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission made a historic return to Earth on Tuesday, June 25, bringing back the first-ever samples from the far side of the Moon. The mission’s landing occurred in the northern Inner Mongolia region of China shortly after 2 p.m. local time. Chinese President Xi Jinping lauded the mission, calling it a realization of the country’s “eternal dream” …

Nvidia has recently lost its status as the world’s most valuable publicly traded company after a significant decline in its stock price, dropping nearly 13% over the past week. On June 18, Nvidia’s market capitalization soared to $3.34 trillion, briefly surpassing Microsoft. However, Nvidia’s market cap has since dropped by $430 billion, falling to $2.91 trillion. This decline places Nvidia …

### Federal Judge Rejects $30 Billion Swipe Fees Settlement Between Mastercard, Visa, and Retailers A federal judge has formally rejected a preliminary $30 billion swipe fees settlement involving Mastercard, Visa, and U.S. merchants. The proposed settlement, reached in March, aimed to reduce interchange fees that retailers pay when customers use their cards. ### Details of the Ruling Judge Margo Brodie …

Retail software provider CDK Global announced that it will likely take several days to fully restore its software systems following a significant outage that has impacted nearly 15,000 car dealerships across North America since Wednesday. On Saturday, the company reported progress in bringing its systems back online. “We anticipate that the process will take several days to complete,” a CDK …

Bird flu, a highly contagious strain of avian influenza, has shown alarming zoonotic potential in recent weeks, spreading rapidly across the United States and infecting four humans to date. Originally confined to farmed poultry and wild birds, the virus has now been detected in cats in 31 states, with some cases also reported in dogs. This raises significant concerns for …

A family in the United States is seeking over $80,000 in damages from NASA after a piece of space debris crashed through the roof of their home in Florida, AFP reported on Friday, June 21. The incident occurred on March 8 when a 700-gram piece of debris struck Alejandro Otero’s house in Naples, Florida, creating a hole in the roof. …

TikTok escalated its confrontation with the Biden administration on Thursday regarding a law that could potentially ban the app in the United States. In a court filing, TikTok argued that U.S. users might be isolated from global content if the app is forced to change ownership. The filing also revealed, for the first time, a draft agreement between TikTok and …

Truth Social’s owner, Trump Media & Technology Group, has experienced a significant decline in market value. Since May 30, when former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts in a hush money trial, the conservative social media company has seen its market value drop by about half. Trump Media’s share price (DJT) fell another 5% on Friday, resulting …