The mountain section whose collapse triggered deadly floods in Nepal and China on August 26 experienced exceptionally high temperatures in the days before the disaster, according to meteorological data reconstructed and analysed
Police in Catania say a dog has been caught on CCTV allegedly trained by its owner to dump rubbish illegally, highlighting growing fly-tipping problems in the city. Security footage from the San
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The tech sector in 2026 is being defined by a stark divide: semiconductor stocks tied to AI data centers are soaring, while software and information services companies are facing unprecedented losses. The
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OpenAI is preparing for an ambitious expansion, targeting roughly $600 billion in total compute spending through 2030, according to a source familiar with the matter. The move comes as the ChatGPT creator
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Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new Spinosaurus species, Spinosaurus mirabilis, in the Sahara Desert of Niger, the first significant cranial material found in over a century. The discovery, made in
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For years, a peculiar rumor has circulated through Silicon Valley’s venture capital corridors and startup happy hours: that gay men, loosely connected through friendship, mentorship, and social life, wield outsized influence over
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Billionaire Wall Street investor Bill Ackman has called on investors to stop “booing” the massive artificial intelligence spending plans of tech giants, arguing that the ambitious projects by Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet
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S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia, undoubtedly the premier Anglican school in Sri Lanka, has entered its 175th milestone, creating a jubilant moment for past and present Thomians to rally around their college
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In a Los Angeles trial, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted he ignored internal warnings from wellbeing experts to restore beauty filters on Instagram, raising questions about social media’s responsibility for teenage mental
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India’s AI ambitions took center stage on Thursday as two of its richest industrialists announced unprecedented investments in data centers and artificial intelligence services. Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, declared at
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China’s ambition to dominate the emerging field of brain-computer interfaces is rapidly taking shape, with one Shanghai-based start-up already reporting early human trials just a few years after its founding. NeuroXess, which
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