‘Exercise in futility’: GOP senators ignore Trump threats on voting priority
President Tweety McTreason’s pressure campaign to force Senate Republicans back from August recess and push through the SAVE America Act is running into a wall
‘World models’ are the future of AI, but how do they work?
In a few short years, artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed how we interact with computers and threatens to upend wide swathes of the job market.
Science word of the day: Seamount
Science word of the day: Seamount Pronunciation: SEE’-mount What it means: A seamount is an undersea mountain that rises at least 3,300 feet (1,000 meters)
Hawaii is turning ocean plastic and fishing nets into roads
Hawaii researchers are giving old fishing nets and recycled plastic a second life by mixing them into asphalt roads. Early tests found these roads didn’t
Washington says goodbye to Sen. Lindsey Graham
A special ceremony at the Capitol and a funeral service at the National Cathedral on Tuesday will be private, but both events will be livestreamed
Major earthquake rocks Japan, prompting tsunami warnings
A major earthquake struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, sparking tsunami warnings in the region.
Nvidia is the mystery tenant behind Hut 8’s $50bn Texas data centre, FT reports
For the better part of a fortnight, the tenant behind one of the largest data centre leases in Texas history existed only in the negative
Sam Altman and Jensen Huang to meet Senate Intelligence’s top Democrat after OpenAI’s rogue-agent breach
OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang are due in Senator Mark Warner’s office this week, and the meeting was arranged only days after one
‘War criminal’: Protesters confront Netanyahu motorcade in Washington DC
‘F*** you Bibi.’ ‘War criminal!’
Conor McGregor calls for third UFC fight against Max Holloway in 2027
Star fighter wants another chance to take on Holloway after he sustained a knee injury at UFC 329 on July 11.
Ukraine’s ‘volunteer army’ helps rebuild what Russia destroys
Made up of mostly locals and some foreign visitors, a large group of volunteers step in to fix war damage.
Meet the teenagers calling for action on violence against women and girls
Disappointed and disheartened by news stories about women being attacked and killed, four teenagers decided watching the news wasn’t enough.
‘Things need to change’: The campaign for women’s minister
Eimear, Pearse, Aoísha and Devyn from Ballycastle want to see a change in how women are protected in NI.
Confronting gang members at the heart of Ecuador’s drug battle
Orla Guerin speaks to a gang leader about violence, drugs and infiltrating the police.