Venezuela oil sales top $1 billion, funds won’t go to Qatar account anymore, Energy secretary says
Democrats in Congress have questioned the transparency and legality of depositing Venezuela oil revenue in Qatar.
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Exa AI Introduces Exa Instant: A Sub-200ms Neural Search Engine Designed to Eliminate Bottlenecks for Real-Time Agentic Workflows
In the world of Large Language Models (LLMs), speed is the only feature that matters once accuracy is solved. For…
Kyutai Releases Hibiki-Zero: A3B Parameter Simultaneous Speech-to-Speech Translation Model Using GRPO Reinforcement Learning Without Any Word-Level Aligned Data
Kyutai has released Hibiki-Zero, a new model for simultaneous speech-to-speech translation (S2ST) and speech-to-text translation (S2TT). The system translates source…
World’s rules-based order ‘no longer exists’, Germany’s Merz warns
“Our freedom is not guaranteed” in an era of big powers, the German chancellor tells Munich’s security summit.
Dubai’s DP World replaces CEO after Epstein links emerge
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem had been the CEO of Dubai’s largest port operator since 2016 and chairman since 2007.
Rubio warns Europe of new era in geopolitics before big Munich speech
The US Secretary of State will address the first major transatlantic meeting since Donald Trump threatened to annex Greenland.
How China’s ‘unruly’ speculators might be fueling the frenzy in gold market
Gold has rarely been this volatile, and the bullion’s sharp price swings are increasingly being linked to China’s speculative traders,…
Google DeepMind Introduces Aletheia: The AI Agent Moving from Math Competitions to Fully Autonomous Professional Research Discoveries
Google DeepMind team has introduced Aletheia, a specialized AI agent designed to bridge the gap between competition-level math and professional…
U.S.–China proxy battle over Panama Canal ports set to intensify as CK Hutchison warns of legal action
The simmering dispute has become a geopolitical flashpoint between Washington and Beijing, with Panama caught in the crossfires.
Safe-haven currencies might not be so safe after a volatile year. Here’s how the market is rethinking the Swiss franc, dollar and yen
One strategist said the currencies have “undoubtedly lost some of their sheen,” while others warned of more volatility ahead.
Is This AGI? Google’s Gemini 3 Deep Think Shatters Humanity’s Last Exam And Hits 84.6% On ARC-AGI-2 Performance Today
Google announced a major update to Gemini 3 Deep Think today. This update is specifically built to accelerate modern science,…
Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health
The White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans.
Trump revokes EPA finding on greenhouse gas threat in huge blow to climate change regulations
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin officially revoked the endangerment finding, in a huge blow to U.S. efforts to fight climate change.
AI meets HR: Transforming talent acquisition with Amazon Bedrock
Organizations face significant challenges in making their recruitment processes more efficient while maintaining fair hiring practices. By using AI to…
Minnesota immigration enforcement surge is ending, Trump border tsar says
Two US citizens were killed in Minneapolis during the crackdown dubbed “Operation Metro Surge”.
Why Alphabet’s 100-year sterling bond is raising new fears over debt-fuelled AI arms race
The novel ultra-long corporate bond diversifies the Google owner’s lender base as it ramps up its capex spend.
UK’s Schroders pops 28% on Nuveen takeover that’s set to create asset management giant
Schroders will remain headquartered in London following its takeover by Nuveen.
Mercedes hit by $1.2 billion in tariff costs as full-year earnings more than halve
German luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz Group on Thursday reported a steep drop in full-year profit and warned of challenging times…
SoftBank Vision Fund books $2.4 billion quarterly gain boosted by OpenAI bet
SoftBank posted a $2.4 billion gain at its Vision Fund as a jump in the value of its OpenAI investment…
House votes to override Trump’s Canada tariffs
Republican House leaders tried, and failed, to pass a measure on Tuesday that would have blocked House disapproval votes on…
Japan stocks extend post-election rally with Nikkei 225 breaching 58,000 for the first time
Other markets in Asia also shrugged off strong U.S. payrolls data that has dampened expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts…
Police identify 18-year-old as suspect in Tumbler Ridge shooting
Six people were killed and at least 25 others were injured at a school, and two others were found dead…
Here are the five key takeaways from the January jobs report
The January nonfarm payrolls report beat Wall Street expectations in both job creation and the unemployment rate.
How to Build an Atomic-Agents RAG Pipeline with Typed Schemas, Dynamic Context Injection, and Agent Chaining
In this tutorial, we build an advanced, end-to-end learning pipeline around Atomic-Agents by wiring together typed agent interfaces, structured prompting,…
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B MoE model is now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
Today we’re excited to announce that the NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B model with 3B active parameters is now generally…
‘It was terrifying’: Tumbler Ridge’s tight-knit community in shock after shooting
Members of the remote community have spoken of their fear and uncertainty after nine people were killed.
Mastering Amazon Bedrock throttling and service availability: A comprehensive guide
In production generative AI applications, we encounter a series of errors from time to time, and the most common ones…
Blockchain Meets Gold: Tokenized Commodities Hit $6 Billion
Markets have put more gold on blockchains, And the shift has been rapid. Reports say the tokenized commodities sector grew…
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.
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…