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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reobserved interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Nov. 30, with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument Ever since 3I/ATLAS was first spotted in July, it’s been the space object everyone argues about. It’s only the third interstellar visitor ever found passing through our Solar System, it refused to sit neatly in the “just another comet” box.…its strange colour shifts, abrupt changes in speed, and the appearance of both a tail and an anti-tail have kept astronomers on alert for months. And, more recently, the comet has added yet another oddity to the list: a now-famous 16.16-hour “heartbeat,” a rhythmic brightening and dimming that scientists are still trying to explain.NASA’s line has stayed consistent: 3I/ATLAS is a comet, it poses no threat to Earth, and it will stay far away. Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, meanwhile, has spent months saying we shouldn’t rush to that conclusion. He’s suggested there is a 30–40% chance the object is not naturally formed, has talked ab..

During the Streamer Awards 2025, a financial creator overheard violent and sexually abusive threats directed at streamer Fiona “Fanfan” in a venue restroom. The alleged perpetrator, reportedly from New York, made the remarks after Fanfan allegedly made jokes about Kai Cenat. The incident has sparked calls for improved security at influencer events. The Streamer Awards 2025 was meant to be a celebration of the year’s biggest creators, from record-breaking Twitch personalities to viral gaming icons. But alongside the jokes, red carpet photos and fan excitement, a troubling story has emerged about an alleged threat made against streamer Fiona “Fanfan.” Instead of post-event buzz being centered around winners and standout moments, one clip circulating on X has ignited concern about safety at influencer events. In it, financial creator Jason “TheStockGuy” recounts overhearing a violent conversation at the venue, one that included both physical and sexual assault threats directed at Fanfan, ..

AdvertisementArtificial intelligenceTechBig TechOpenAI names Slack CEO as first chief of revenue as ChatGPT maker aims to make a profitOpenAI is facing increased competition from rivals, including Google, which last month unleashed the latest version of its own AI assistant
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPAssociated PressPublished: 10:45am, 10 Dec 2025OpenAI said Tuesday it has picked Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its first chief of revenue, a message to wary investors that the ChatGPT maker is serious about making a profit from its artificial intelligence technology.
OpenAI said Dresser will oversee global revenue strategy and “help more businesses put AI to work in their day-to-day operations”.
Dresser had already spent more than a decade at Salesforce when the software pioneer announced in 2020 it was buying work-chatting service Slack for US$27.7 billion. She helped integrate Slack into the software company before Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff picked her as CEO in 2023.
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AdvertisementChina tradeEconomyChina EconomyEuropean firms need to abandon overreliance on China and US, chamber report warnsEuropean Union Chamber of Commerce in China urges companies to “eliminate single-source dependencies”
Reading Time:3 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPXinyi Wuin BeijingPublished: 10:39am, 10 Dec 2025Updated: 10:41am, 10 Dec 2025A new report recommends European companies diversify away from overreliance on China and the US, as companies find themselves squeezed between Beijing’s preferential policies for local companies and Washington’s trade volatility.
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China advised companies to “eliminate single-source dependencies on both China and the United States where possible” in a report on supply chain dependencies released on Wednesday.
“We are probably only seeing the very tip of the iceberg when it comes to understanding dependencies,” the chamber’s president, Jens Eskelund, said at an earlier media briefing, at which he noted Eu..

Piers Morgan fires back after Nick Fuentes explodes over family racism question (Image via Getty) Nick Fuentes, a far-right political streamer with a long history of racist remarks, clashed sharply with Piers Morgan during a tense episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored. What started as a discussion about Fuentes’ own words quickly turned into an angry exchange about race, family, and responsibility. The moment drew even more attention after Morgan posted a blunt response on social media.The argument began when Morgan asked Fuentes about a story he had shared earlier on his own podcast. In that story, Fuentes said his father avoided restaurants like Applebee’s and Red Lobster because many Black people ate there. Morgan asked if growing up with that thinking meant Fuentes was raised in a racist environment.Fuentes reacted strongly and accused Morgan of attacking his parents. Piers Morgan said the question was fair because the story came from Fuentes himself. After the episode aired, the deba..