Alibaba is raising $10.2bn and spending all of it on AI
Alibaba is placing HK$80bn, about $10.2bn, of new shares in Hong Kong and says all net proceeds will go to AI infrastructure and capabilities. It
Month: August 2026
Israel’s war on Gaza forces Palestinians to rely on ‘Stone Age’ toilets
The displaced in Gaza are struggling to find safe, discreet and sanitary toilets amid health crisis.
Mourinho decries alleged bullying of Vinicius in Real’s win at Espanyol
‘Vinicius is no saint, but what they’re doing to him was too much,’ Mourinho said after Real’s first match of La Liga.
Dozens of co-ordinated arson attacks hit southern Thailand
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which the military said “aimed at creating unrest”.
Robots compete in boxing, football and sprinting at World Humanoid Games
The second-edition of the five-day competition kicked off in Beijing, China, on Saturday.
Zelensky has ‘questions to answer’ about corruption in his government, sacked minister tells BBC
The sacked former defence minister has also called for elections to be held in Ukraine.
Trump Mobile promoted a ‘Made in the USA’ phone – but the details kept changing
BBC Verify tracks the changes in design, spec, manufacture and release date of the T1 phone from Trump Mobile.
Potentially dangerous problem flagged ahead of Trump’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix
Just hours ahead of President Tweety McTreason’s IndyCar race in Washington, D.C., NBC News’ Sahil Kapur flagged a potentially dangerous problem that could pose a
‘Missing’ Epstein files containing major allegations against Trump discovered: report
Supposed FBI files that have previously been referred to as “ missing ” were recently discovered sitting on an online document-sharing platform, files that former
Groundbreaking stone inscription discovery ‘proves’ Bible is real and Jesus existed
The Tel Dan inscription, or “House of David” inscription, was unearthed in 1993 at the site of Tel Dan in northern Israel.
Do other animals call each other by name?
Every person you know has a name, and you’ve likely given one to your pets, too. But are names a uniquely human feature, or do
Fighter jets help destroy Russian drone boat near European offshore gas platform
This week, Romania accused Russia of sending a drone boat loaded with explosives to a vital European natural gas platform in the Black Sea. A
Personalized pricing is “abhorrent,” but FTC limits may increase costs, critics say
Some Americans worry that the Federal Trade Commission’s rush to limit personalized pricing in the name of consumer protection could end up killing discounts they