Europe’s answer to OpenAI announces billion-dollar AI infrastructure push in Sweden
French AI startup Mistral said it will invest 1.2 billion euros ($1.43 billion) into digital infrastructure projects in Sweden.
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Tumbler Ridge mass shooting: What we know so far
Nine people have been killed and 25 injured in the shootings at a school and home in a rural community…
Oil giant TotalEnergies on Trump’s Venezuela dream: ‘Too expensive and too polluting’
TotalEnergies completely exited its oil and gas operations in Venezuela in 2022, following a strategic shift away from heavy and…
Police release man detained in connection to Nancy Guthrie disappearance
Police had searched the home of the person, who was taken into custody at a traffic stop.
French software maker Dassault Systèmes plunges 21%, on track for worst day ever
Shares of the software giant plummeted after the company posted its fourth-quarter earnings.
US lawmakers tell BBC Andrew should testify over Epstein files
It comes after the King said the Royal Family were “ready to support” police in their inquiries.
Hong Kong proceeds with stablecoin plans despite Beijing’s reservations
Hong Kong’s Monetary Authority has proceeded with plans to distribute an initial batch of stablecoin issuer licenses, despite China’s prohibitions…
Ex-police chief said Trump told him in 2006 ‘everyone’ knew of Epstein’s behaviour
The now-president allegedly called police in Florida who were investigating Epstein and said “thank goodness you’re stopping him”.
The AI threat wrecked software stocks. Now financial stocks look next with LPL down 11%
Financial services firms tanked after the launch of a new AI-powered tax planning tool that promises to do the work…
FBI releases images of masked person in hunt for Savannah Guthrie’s mother
The mother of the news anchor Savannah disappeared in the middle of night from her Tucson, Arizona, home and was…
How Amazon uses Amazon Nova models to automate operational readiness testing for new fulfillment centers
Amazon is a global ecommerce and technology company that operates a vast network of fulfillment centers to store, process, and…
Jeffrey Epstein has sparked a political crisis threatening the UK government. Here’s what’s happening
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has faced calls from some of his own Labour lawmakers to step down in recent…
US lawmakers accuse justice department of ‘inappropriately’ redacting Epstein files
Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna say the DOJ is not complying with their transparency law.
China’s Alibaba launches AI model to power robots as tech giants talk up ‘physical AI’
Nvidia and Google are among a handful of major tech giants developing models for robotics and so-called “phyiscal AI.”
Maxwell refuses to answer questions about Epstein in congressional hearing
A video released by members of Congress shows Maxwell, the jailed associate of Jeffrey Epstein, refusing to answer questions about…
BP suspends buybacks in fresh sign of oil price pressure
BP on Tuesday posted fourth-quarter profit in line with expectations, after crude prices dipped below $60 a barrel for the…
‘Despicable and reprehensible’: China lashes out at UK expansion of visa scheme following Jimmy Lai conviction
The diplomatic tensions came after pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced for 20 years in one of the city’s most…
How to Build a Privacy-Preserving Federated Pipeline to Fine-Tune Large Language Models with LoRA Using Flower and PEFT
In this tutorial, we demonstrate how to federate fine-tuning of a large language model using LoRA without ever centralizing private…
South Korea’s largest defense firm Hanwha Aerospace slumps 6% as revenue, pre-tax profit miss estimates
Hanwha had missed revenue and pre-tax expectations, but beat net profit projections
Japan’s Nikkei 225 continues post election rally as Asian markets open higher
Japan’s markets are set to scale new records as the Nikkei looks set to continue riding the “Takaichi trade.”
S&P is already predicting China’s property slump will be worse than it expected this year
S&P Global Ratings said China’s primary real estate sales will likely drop by 10% to 14% this year, steeper than…
Microsoft AI Proposes OrbitalBrain: Enabling Distributed Machine Learning in Space with Inter-Satellite Links and Constellation-Aware Resource Optimization Strategies
Earth observation (EO) constellations capture huge volumes of high-resolution imagery every day, but most of it never reaches the ground…
Automated Reasoning checks rewriting chatbot reference implementation
Today, we are publishing a new open source sample chatbot that shows how to use feedback from Automated Reasoning checks…
Scale LLM fine-tuning with Hugging Face and Amazon SageMaker AI
Enterprises are increasingly shifting from relying solely on large, general-purpose language models to developing specialized large language models (LLMs) fine-tuned…
Meet OAT: The New Action Tokenizer Bringing LLM-Style Scaling and Flexible, Anytime Inference to the Robotics World
Robots are entering their GPT-3 era. For years, researchers have tried to train robots using the same autoregressive (AR) models…
Agent-to-agent collaboration: Using Amazon Nova 2 Lite and Amazon Nova Act for multi-agent systems
My first attempt at building a travel planning agent looked exactly like most early prototypes: one big model, a few…
Hong Kong court jails media tycoon and British citizen Jimmy Lai for 20 years
Lai’s supporters say this amounts to a death sentence, but authorities say it demonstrates the rule of law.
Novo Nordisk sues Hims & Hers over cheaper copycat versions of Wegovy pill, injections
Novo is asking the court to permanently ban Hims from selling compounded versions of its drugs that infringe patents, and…
Novo Nordisk pops 8% after Hims & Hers pulls copycat Wegovy weight-loss pill
Novo Nordisk shares jumped 8% Monday after Hims & Hers said it will pull its copycat weight-loss pill off the market.
Japanese stocks surge as Takaichi secures historic election victory
Japanese stocked jumped as markets opened on Monday morning, after prime minister Sanae Takaichi won a landslide victory.
Yen near 160, a record Nikkei 225, higher yields: What experts expect after Sanae Takaichi’s landslide victory
Takaichi led the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to a supermajority in the Lower House, securing 316 seats in Japan’s largest…
Private credit worries resurface in $3 trillion market as AI pressures software firms
Artificial intelligence is adding a new layer of uncertainty to the private credit industry, raising concerns that some lenders may…
Hong Kong media baron and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison
Lai, who had pleaded not guilty to all charges, was among the first prominent figures arrested under Beijing’s security law…
Japan’s Nikkei 225 crosses 57,000 for the first time as Takaichi secures historic mandate
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party captured a two-thirds supermajority in the 465-seat lower house, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi’s ruling LDP seen winning outright majority in snap election: NHK
PM Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party is likely to win between 274-328 seats in the Lower House, higher than the 233…
Ethereum Price Is Not Going To Keep Falling Forever, Analyst Says
Ethereum’s recent sell-off has weighed heavily on sentiment after the price fell below the $2,000 level and pulled much of…
Japan votes in snap election as PM Takaichi takes a gamble
Observers say Sanae Takaichi’s personal popularity may boost the ruling party’s showing at the polls.
France investigates ex-minister Jack Lang over Epstein links
The socialist grandee quits his role at a prestigious institute as he is investigated for the “laundering of tax-fraud proceeds”.
Elon Musk wants to be a trillionaire — here’s how SpaceX may get him there
Elon Musk’s net worth soared past $800 billion this week after he merged SpaceX with xAI in a deal that…
Bitcoin Crash Linked To BlackRock IBIT Hedging, Arthur Hayes Claims
Arthur Hayes, co‑founder of BitMEX, has pointed to hedging tied to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) as a major driver…
Breathe… XRP Is The ‘Oxygen’ Of The New Financial System, CEO Says
XRP is being talked about in a different way now — not just as a token to trade, but as…
US wants Russia and Ukraine to end war by June, says Zelensky
The Ukrainian leader says difficult issues remain, as Russia carries out further strikes on energy facilities.
Pressure mounts on American Airlines CEO as carrier lags rivals
American Airlines made $111 million last year, while rivals Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, brought in $5 billion and…
Tech AI spending may approach $700 billion this year, but the blow to cash raises red flags
Tech’s megacaps announced major increases in capex spend for 2026, and now investors are preparing for cash to dwindle.
Trump removes video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes
The US president said he “didn’t make a mistake”, adding he had only seen the beginning of the video before…
Bitcoin Sell-Off May Be Done, Analyst Flags Recovery Signs
According to Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise Asset Management, much of the crypto complex already went through a…
Trump signs executive order threatening tariffs for countries trading with Iran
The order did not specify the rate that could be imposed, but used 25% as an example.
Structured outputs on Amazon Bedrock: Schema-compliant AI responses
Today, we’re announcing structured outputs on Amazon Bedrock—a capability that fundamentally transforms how you can obtain validated JSON responses from…
Manage Amazon SageMaker HyperPod clusters using the HyperPod CLI and SDK
Training and deploying large AI models requires advanced distributed computing capabilities, but managing these distributed systems shouldn’t be complex for…
Russian general shot several times in Moscow
Lt Gen Vladimir Alexeyev is a senior figure in the main directorate of Russia’s military general staff.