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Tesla boss Elon Musk says the electric car maker will start producing and using humanoid robots from next year. In a social media post, Mr Musk said the robots will first be used by Tesla, which will start making them to sell in 2026. The technology billionaire had previously said he expected the robot, called Optimus, to be ready for use in Tesla factories by the end of this year. Other firms, including Honda and Boston Dynamics, have also been developing their own humanoid robots. https://m.facebook.com/events/1759830211215307 https://m.facebook.com/events/450165907935603 https://m.facebook.com/events/1028915445344509 https://m.facebook.com/events/471970302254660 https://m.facebook.com/events/1651346942071675 https://m.facebook.com/events/967810248420409 https://m.facebook.com/events/1182731576265503 https://m.facebook.com/events/3794660160853122 https://m.facebook.com/events/332805276453080 https://m.facebook.com/100087111885849/videos/7896654350415776 https://m.facebook.com/100087111885849/videos/1894250117749187 https://m.facebook.com/100087111885849/videos/1003894734398233 https://m.facebook.com/100087111885849/videos/995834712243862 "Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for Tesla internal use next year and, hopefully, high production for other companies in 2026," Mr Musk said on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. It came just a day before Tesla was due to release its latest financial results. The company's shares ended Monday's trading session in New York up by more than 5%. The company has said it aims to build an "autonomous humanoid robot" to perform "unsafe, repetitive or boring tasks." Mr Musk has previously said Tesla aimed for the robots to be mass produced and cost less than $20,000 (£17,900) each. He is known for setting ambitious timelines for his companies, which he has not always met. In 2019, he said he felt "very confident" Tesla would have self-driving taxis on the road by the following year. Earlier this year, Mr Musk said the long-awaited robotaxi would be unveiled on 8 August. Last week, he appeared to confirm a report that the event would be delayed. Mr Musk did not give a new date but said he had requested a change to the front of the vehicle. “The extra time allows us to show off a few other things,” he wrote. It came after Bloomberg News reported that the event had been delayed to October. Mr Musk's businesses have been increasingly focusing on technologies such as artificial intelligence, autonomous driving and robots at a time of slowing demand for electric vehicles. Powered by Firstory Hosting

Ryanair says it expects summer fares will be much lower than last year after profits at the no-frills airline fell by almost 50%. The company said "frugal" passengers were cutting back while the timing of Easter holidays had also hit earnings, with profit before tax slumping 46% to €401m (£338m) in the three months to 30 June when compared with a year ago. Average passenger fares fell by 15% in the period, and the carrier said it would have to offer more discounts in the coming months. "Fares are now moving materially lower than the prior year and pricing... continues to deteriorate," its boss Michael O'Leary said in a presentation announcing its latest results. https://isawyouinmydreamep1.olvy.co https://open-murder-contract-ep1-2.olvy.co https://meet-you-at-the-blossom-ep5.olvy.co https://meetyouattheblossomep6.olvy.co https://century-of-love-ep5.olvy.co https://centuryofloveep6.olvy.co https://redswanep7-8.olvy.co https://roy-ruk-roy-barp-ep18.olvy.co https://the-woman-who-plays-ep13.olvy.co https://dreamep12.olvy.co https://khon-kla-tha-chon-ep17.olvy.co https://the-rebound-ep9.olvy.co Shares in Ryanair and other airlines fell sharply as experts questioned whether the wider sector would be affected by customer budgets being squeezed during the peak summer travel period. Ryanair said it now expected fares between July and September to be "materially lower" than last year, rather than "flat to modestly up" as it previously expected. The typical Ryanair fare in June stood at €41.93 in June, down from €49.07 the year before. Chief financial officer Neil Sorahan said he thought that consumers were simply being "a little bit more frugal, a bit more cautious" with their money. He added that after two years of growth in travel demand, "there's a bit of pushback". Last minute bookings Despite the slide in profits, Ryanair's passenger numbers increased slightly, limiting the fall in its overall revenue to just 1%. However, the weak results may suggest that a post-pandemic boom in pricing enjoyed by airlines could be coming to an end, with other carriers having recently warned over falling ticket prices. Ryanair said on Monday that its performance over the rest of the summer is "totally dependent" on more last-minute bookings and those in August and September in particular. Customers are typically waiting longer than usual to book summer holidays, which is thought to be partly a result of the ongoing effects of the cost-of-living crisis. Earlier in July, Jet2 said there would only be "modest" price increases this summer amid a wave of later bookings to its European destinations. Lufthansa has also pointed to "negative market trends", while Air France-KLM warned of a financial hit after fewer people than expected booked flights to Paris for the forthcoming Olympic Games. In early afternoon trade in London on Monday, Ryanair's share price fell 12.98%, while other airlines including EasyJet and Wizz Air saw their stock prices drop. Airlines including Ryanair have been battling with a resurgence in air traffic control strikes causing delays and cancellations, said Dan Coatsworth, investment analyst at AJ Bell. "Delivering the final punch was the global IT meltdown over the past weekend which affected flights around the world," he added. "The more people read about delays and cancellations, the more likely a chunk of potential last-minute bookers aren’t going to bother. They might think it’s all too much hassle so they just have a holiday at home." Mr O'Leary also said on Monday that the aircraft maker Boeing had warned him in recent days that some deliveries of 737 Max planes due by next spring would be delayed until the summer of 2025, potentially straining Ryanair's capacity over the key trading period. Powered by Firstory Hosting

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says "a significant number" of devices that were impacted by a global IT outage on Friday are now back online. In a social media post, the company - whose faulty security update caused Microsoft Windows computers to crash around the world - added it "continues to focus on restoring all systems". Microsoft has estimated that the incident, which is being described as one of the worst IT outages in history, impacted 8.5m computers around the world. Businesses, banks, hospitals and airlines were among the worst-hit, with some still struggling to fully restore their systems. "We understand the profound impact this has had on everyone. We know our customers, partners and their IT teams are working tirelessly and we’re profoundly grateful," CrowdStrike said. https://is-it-fate-ep1.helpjuice.com/ https://serendipitysembraceep1.helprace.com/ https://serendipitysembraceep1.olvy.co https://serendipitysembraceep2.olvy.co https://phrao-thoe-khue-rak-raek-ep15.olvy.co https://m.facebook.com/events/1012816296633838 https://m.facebook.com/events/1517287222498665 https://m.facebook.com/events/1759830211215307 https://m.facebook.com/events/450165907935603 https://m.facebook.com/events/1028915445344509 https://m.facebook.com/events/471970302254660 "We apologise for the disruption this has created." The firm also said it is deploying a new fix that it hoped would speed up the recovery of computer systems. However, CrowdStrike did not say how many devices were still being impacted. More than 1,400 flights, into or out of the US, were cancelled on Sunday, according to aviation tracking and data platform FlightAware. Delta and United Airlines were the worst affected US airlines. Health services in Britain, Israel and Germany were also impacted on Friday, with some services cancelled. The massive outage has put a spotlight on the vulnerability of global computer networks, showing how a single glitch can cause global chaos. "All too often these days, a single glitch results in a system-wide outage, affecting industries from healthcare and airlines to banks and auto dealers" said the Chair of the US Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan, in a social media post. "These incidents reveal how concentration can create fragile systems." Until this incident the company had been one most trusted brands in the cybersecurity industry. According to CrowdStrike's website, it has 29,000 customers around the world, including some of the biggest companies in the US. One major economy largely unscathed by the outage was China, as CrowdStrike is not widely used in the country. China is also not as reliant on Microsoft as the rest of the world. Powered by Firstory Hosting

If you can elbow your way onto one of Majorca’s sunspots this summer, you will witness two unstoppable forces. The first, as old as time, the waves of the Balearic Sea, methodically erasing the day’s lovingly crafted sandcastles. The second, a more modern phenomenon, the tsunami of tourism threatening to consume all in its path. Every inch of beach is taken. Finding a parking space is like striking gold. If you leave your sunbed for too long, your possessions are unceremoniously turfed to make space for the long queue of would-be usurpers. All these are the signs of a bonanza that’s seen and heard across the island, not least in the incessant beeping of contactless payment machines ringing out from the teeming hotels, restaurants and bars. https://suepsandan-full-ep.olvy.co https://hotd2ep6thai.olvy.co https://jaisonrak-ep5.olvy.co https://lok-mun-rab-te-ep1.olvy.co https://lok-mun-rab-te-ep2.olvy.co https://is-it-fate-ep2.olvy.co https://is-it-fate-ep1.olvy.co https://lahnmahthaionline.olvy.co https://haunteduniversity3-thaionline.olvy.co https://bad-boys-ride-or-die-thaionline.olvy.co https://the-cursed-land-thaionline.olvy.co https://the-promised-thaionline.olvy.co https://my-boo-thaionline.olvy.co A chorus of commerce powered by record numbers of visitors. But if this is a tale of colossal wealth being showered onto a business-savvy Spanish community, Sonia Ruiz certainty has not shared any of it. We meet the mother of one, 31, in a park a few hundred metres from the shore in the capital, Palma. Her four-year-old son Luca negotiates the various playground slides with no apparent concern. But Sonia is really struggling. Her landlord has asked them to leave and she says finding a new place is impossible. “Every day I’m looking and every day the rent is higher,” she says. “I even stop people in the street and ask if they have something because the day is approaching when I will have to leave the apartment, and I just see me and my son homeless because there is absolutely nothing.” Sonia and her partner are separated but have been forced to live together because individually they cannot afford the cost of rent, despite taking home 2,400 euros a month between them. “They ask you for deposits of several months. Some have even told me that they don't want children, they don't want animals. And so many people are looking.” Powered by Firstory Hosting

While most of the world was grappling with the blue screen of death on Friday, one country that managed to escape largely unscathed was China. The reason is actually quite simple: CrowdStrike is hardly used there. Very few organisations will buy software from an American firm that, in the past, has been vocal about the cyber-security threat posed by Beijing. Additionally, China is not as reliant on Microsoft as the rest of the world. Domestic companies such as Alibaba, Tencent and Huawei are the dominant cloud providers. https://m.facebook.com/100086883805415/videos/1731405107666669 https://m.facebook.com/100086883805415/videos/1599172387308607 https://m.facebook.com/100086883805415/videos/1452187402150219 https://m.facebook.com/100086883805415/videos/1389788598354987 https://m.facebook.com/100086883805415/videos/1187434879258091 https://m.facebook.com/100086883805415/videos/1045267377601069 https://m.facebook.com/100086883805415/videos/1001343754731333 https://m.facebook.com/100086883805415/videos/514899644430317 https://m.facebook.com/100086883805415/videos/498026059444891 https://m.facebook.com/100086883805415/videos/393433543287246 So reports of outages in China, when they did come, were mainly at foreign firms or organisations. On Chinese social media sites, for example, some users complained they were not able to check into international chain hotels such as Sheraton, Marriott and Hyatt in Chinese cities. Over recent years, government organisations, businesses and infrastructure operators have increasingly been replacing foreign IT systems with domestic ones. Some analysts like to call this parallel network the "splinternet". "It's a testament to China's strategic handling of foreign tech operations," says Josh Kennedy White, a cybersecurity expert based in Singapore. "Microsoft operates in China through a local partner, 21Vianet, which manages its services independently of its global infrastructure. This setup insulates China’s essential services - like banking and aviation - from global disruptions." Beijing sees avoiding reliance on foreign systems as a way of shoring up national security. It is similar to the way some Western countries banned Chinese tech firm Huawei’s technology in 2019 - or the UK's move to ban the use of Chinese-owned TikTok on government devices in 2023. Since then, the US has launched a concerted effort to ban sales of advanced semiconductor chip tech to China, as well as attempts to stop American companies from investing in Chinese technology. The US government says all of these restrictions are on national security grounds. Powered by Firstory Hosting