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Geely's Four-Minute EV Charge: China's Charging Race Hits a New Extreme
Geely's 2.2-megawatt charging system promises 10% to 70% in four and a half minutes — plus AI that claims to repair the battery damage ultrafast charging causes. It is the latest salvo in China's escalating battle with BYD.
GM Slashes New Chevy Bolt Production by 75% as Post-Subsidy EV Demand Cools
A union official says GM's Fairfax plant will build only about 35,000 new Bolts — down from a planned 150,000 — before the model ends in early 2027, underscoring how the end of America's $7,500 EV tax credit is reshaping automakers' electric plans.
9.3 Million Americans Are Now in Student Loan Default — and the Autopay Discount Deadline Is Tonight
One dollar in seven of federally managed student debt is in default. Meanwhile borrowers sue over cancelled loans still reported as debt — and a 1% autopay discount expires at midnight.
Oxford and Cambridge Knocked Out of the UK Top Three for the First Time
The Times Good University Guide 2027 puts LSE first, St Andrews second and Durham third — while 54 UK universities slide in the QS world rankings.
Eight UK Universities to Strike This Autumn as Job Cuts Push Higher Education to Breaking Point
Staff at Dundee, Edinburgh, Essex and five more universities are walking out over redundancies — as vice-chancellors warn of the worst financial crisis since the Second World War.
New York City Bans Generative AI in Classrooms Through 8th Grade — the Broadest School AI Moratorium in the US
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's one-year moratorium bars student-facing generative AI from 2-K through eighth grade, while high schools get AI literacy modules and supervised pilots.
If Your Degree Doesn't Pay, You Could Lose Your Student Loans: Inside the New Earnings Accountability Rule
The Trump administration has finalized a rule tying federal Direct Loan eligibility to graduate earnings — a 'Do No Harm' standard that could reshape which degrees American students can afford to pursue.
Singapore Draws a Hard Line: No Yield, Full Backing for Regulated Stablecoins
MAS consultation P015-2026, open until October 16, would write Singapore's stablecoin framework into law: 100% reserve backing, redemption at par — and an outright ban on paying yield to holders.
The Digital Euro Moves to the Checkout: ECB Recruits Merchants for 2027 Pilot
The ECB opened merchant applications on September 15 for a 12-month digital euro pilot starting in late 2027. For the first time, the project will be tested through real checkouts — where its commercial viability will be decided.
The UK's Crypto Authorisation Window Opens Today — and Labels Won't Save Anyone
The FCA's application window for crypto asset authorisation opens September 30 and closes February 28, 2027. The regulator's final guidance is blunt: it will judge firms by what they do, not what they call themselves.
The OCC Turned Stablecoin Bank Charters Into a Standard Process — and Approved Three in One Day
On September 18 the OCC granted conditional national trust bank charters to Bastion, Agora and Catena in a single day — a sign the federal charter is becoming the standard entry ticket for serious stablecoin businesses.
After Congress Deadlocked on Crypto, the SEC and CFTC Are Writing the Rulebook Themselves
The CLARITY Act fell 49–50 in the Senate on September 15. Within days, the CFTC filed a crypto rulemaking with the OMB and the SEC advanced Regulation Crypto Assets — the agencies are filling the legislative vacuum with or without Congress.