Chime is paying $590m for its own sponsor bank
Chime is buying the bank that has held its customers’ money for seven years. The company announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire
Kawasaki signed an AI chip deal with a startup the Pentagon backs
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has signed an agreement to put a startup’s AI chips into Japanese aerial defence platforms. The chip company is the interesting part.
Torrential rains, winds from Hurricane Lowell leaves 30,000 without power
Kauai grapples with flooding and dangerous debris as Hurricane Lowell batters Hawaii’s western coastline overnight.
Hutu and Tutsi: The history behind the divide
How a colonial legacy continues to shape conflict and identity.
What is Jordan’s Al-Azraq base and why is Iran targeting it?
Tehran appears to be increasingly targeting Jordanian assets in the latest round of escalation with the US.
Uganda pulling out of Prince Harry’s Invictus Games, says military chief
The decision, announced by the chief of defence, comes just two months after Uganda said it would participate.
White House pulls Tetris-style ‘Build The Wall’ game after copyright concern
The Tetris Company says it takes “copyright infringement very seriously” and is not involved with the game.
Colombia’s new president loosens gun control rules
President Abelardo de la Espriella has lifted a decade-long suspension on permits to carry legal firearms.
‘You’re not alone in the darkness’: Gambia president urges calm after violent blackout protests
The country has faced persistent blackouts since June, with some lasting up to 48 hours, residents say.
The moon may have formed in just 5 hours, new simulations suggest
The moon may have formed in as few as five hours after the cataclysmic collision between Earth and a long-lost protoplanet, new simulations suggest. The
Diagnostic dilemma: Fisher’s colon punctured by eel that snuck in through his rectum
The patient: A 55-year-old man in Bangladesh The symptoms: The man went to the emergency room with severe abdominal pain that he said began five
Researchers develop biodegradable microneedle particles to enhance drug delivery
Researchers have developed biodegradable particles with microscopic needles that painlessly puncture the skin to help it absorb drugs delivered through patches or creams.
‘Drops in the ocean can make waves’: How the grassroots climate movement took off in the US
In this excerpt from ” The Carbon Wave ” (MIT Press, 2026), author Leah Stokes , an associate professor of environmental politics at the University
New AI method tracks immune responses without known antibody databases
A research team comprising Associate Professor FUNAKOSHI Yohei, Associate Professor YAKUSHIJIN Kimikazu, Professor MINAMI Hironobu, and Associate Professor OHJI Goh of Kobe University, together with