An American antitrust case aims to break up Ticketmaster parent company Live Nation

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster in an antitrust case accusing the company of abusing monopolistic power in the live entertainment industry. The DoJ, along with 30 U.S. state … Read more

Anglo American extends the deadline for its takeover of BHP after rejecting an improved offer

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. Anglo American has expanded talks with BHP over a takeover bid, keeping the prospect of the mining sector’s biggest ever deal alive even after the British-listed group rejected a £38.6 billion third approach. BHP now … Read more

The world’s largest camera, precious, fragile and built in Menlo Park, makes an epic journey to the South American mountaintop

Staff members give the media a tour of the newly built 3,200 megapixel LSST camera, the largest camera ever built, at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California, on Thursday, April 11, 2024. After twenty years of work, the device will soon be packed up and shipped to a mountaintop in Chile to … Read more

New American technology makes more powerful thermal imaging cameras at a lower cost

Obsidian’s thermal imaging camera offers high resolution at low costs thanks to a new production technique Obsidian sensors Thermal imaging has been a crucial technology in the war in Ukraine, allowing hot targets such as vehicles and soldiers to be spotted on the darkest nights. Military-grade thermal imaging cameras used on large Baba Yaga night … Read more