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As the US presidential election campaign is roiled by Joe Biden’s decision to pull out of the race against Donald Trump, we look at the role Silicon Valley has been playing in the contest so far. Long a bastion of liberal values, the US tech scene is seeing an increase in backers to Trump and the Republican Party. Michael Fertik, founder and managing partner of Heroic Ventures, tells FRANCE 24 how this has happened and why so many venture capitalists are drawn to the MAGA (Make America Great Again) message. 

It’s one of the logistical questions hanging over the Paris Olympics, two weeks from the Opening Ceremony: will there be flying taxis? 

The world’s first AI beauty pageant has crowned a virtual Moroccan lifestyle influencer. But first, Spaniards are being pushed out of the property market as tourism breaks new records in the country. China is building more wind and solar power projects than the rest of the world combined. Plus, the UK economy grew faster than expected in May.

While the tech world has been flying high on a wave of optimism over all the potential applications of AI, booming demand for the technology is increasingly straining energy resources. One simple search on ChatGPT consumes almost 10 times more electricity than one on Google. Charles Pellegrin speaks to Mary de Wysocki, Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer at Cisco, a major US-based company that provides data centre products and services.

The Russian military still relies on western-designed components to fire missiles at Ukraine, an FT report has found. Mexican navy officials are flagging concerns about the rising flows of unregulated “dual use” chemicals used to produce synthetic drugs. The S&P 500 climbs to a fresh record, breaking about 5,600 for the first time. Plus, Paris is an unpopular destination for tourists ahead of the Olympics.