China’s AI and chip firms are handing out shares to keep their engineers
Chinese chip companies are running unusually broad equity schemes to keep engineers, with Cambricon covering 85.3% of its workforce and AMEC more than 97%. Europe’s
Canada to match US tariffs “dollar for dollar,” PM Carney says
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will match new US tariffs “dollar for dollar.”
Carney: Canada will enact retaliatory US tariffs starting September 8
The prime minister spoke hours after the US imposed 50 percent tariffs on nearly $20bn worth of Canadian goods.
Israel, Turkiye and the new regional reordering
In Syria, Israel is not only at odds with Turkiye but also with the regional and international consensus.
Archaeologists unearth a medieval nobleman buried with his horse and dog in a rare wooden tomb in Russia
Archaeologists in Russia have unearthed a rare wooden tomb containing the remains of an elite man who was buried with a horse and a dog.
Watch: Moment humanoid robot beats Usain Bolt’s 100m record
The robot ran the distance in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.
US military newspaper editor voices censorship fears after being fired
Erik Slavin believes he was fired for saying in an interview that “in a hypothetical situation, censorship would be a red line”.
Fourteen killed in strike on Myanmar monastery
A rescue worker said the site had been struck twice as civilians gathered for a meditation retreat.
Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses
Our leading hypothesis for how our memories are stored is that when you learn something, the connections among neurons involved get stronger and physically larger
Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US
Pause for a moment and listen. What do you hear? Chances are, somewhere in the background, is the ever-present hum of a road. More than
The company that just opened America’s newest battery plant says solid-state cars are a decade away
LG Energy Solution says the unsolved problem in solid-state batteries is making large cells at scale, and expects the technology to reach smartphones roughly a
Betting brands are off Premier League shirts. Enterprise software moved in
Premier League clubs are playing this season without gambling brands on the front of matchday shirts, forcing eight of the 20 to find new partners
Walk-In “Human Fridges” are Japan’s newest heatwave weapon
Designed to stop heatstroke in its tracks, the “Do Hiemon Box” delivers rapid, targeted cooling during extreme weather.
Did DOGE cuts make America’s food safety problem worse?
The US has recorded more than 160 food recalls this year, as a Cyclospora outbreak has sickened nearly 11,000 people.