Tencent Music buys $177 million stake in K-Pop giant SM Entertainment
With a 9.7% stake, Tencent’s online music arm will become the second-largest shareholder of SM Entertainment, known for major K-pop acts such as Aespa and NCT.
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Used Tesla sales are booming as resale values tumble
Though many consumers are opposed to the brand politically, pre-owned Tesla EVs can be had for bargain prices.
The world’s most powerful passports, according to a new Nomad Index
While the Henley Passport Index has long been a reference for the status of global citizenships, the Nomad Index reshuffles the world’s most powerful passports with startling results. Ranking almost anything is always subjective, but when it’s something on the scope and scale of the world’s most powerful passports, it’s hard to invest fully in […]
The world’s 10 highest-paid athletes 2025
On Forbes’ list of the top-earning athletes, 10 surpassed $101 million. See who ranked at the top, including three NBA stars, an NFL quarterback—and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Inside the Waymo factory building a robotaxi future
An exclusive look inside the facility turning Jaguar EVs into robotaxis with the AI-driven fleet’s custom computing system, cameras, lidar and radar.
Would 100 men or one gorilla win in a fight? Here’s what experts say about viral question
Though a gorilla is much stronger than a human, the numbers disadvantage may help the men prevail, experts told Forbes.
A biologist explores Pilbara — Over 3.6 billion years old and home to the world’s oldest lifeforms
Australia is home to an extraordinary share of Earth’s biodiversity. Of the 600,000 to 700,000 native species found across the continent and surrounding seas, around 85% of plant species and 50% of marsupials exist nowhere else on Earth.
Elon Musk is running out of ideas to save Tesla
He’s dialing down his DOGE role but Tesla needs a new hit EV and none is on the horizon. And the company’s booming battery business will suffer from Trump’s tariffs.
Bernard Arnault’s fortune falls by $9 billion as LVMH shares plunge
Luxury goods conglomerate LVMH is no longer the world’s most valuable luxury brand, eclipsed by Hermès on Tuesday after it disclosed worse-than-expected Q1 results.
Prada buys Versace for nearly $1.4 billion—After Trump’s tariffs almost derailed acquisition
Donatella Versace, who held the role of Versace’s chief creative officer for nearly 30 years, stepped down last month.