Google’s Suncatcher satellite runs AI in orbit and sends a haiku home
Google’s prototype data centre satellite has run an AI model in orbit and sent its answer back to Earth. The onboard Gemma 4 model wrote
Judge rejects xAI’s bid to dismiss NAACP lawsuit over its gas turbines
A federal judge in Mississippi has refused to throw out the NAACP’s Clean Air Act lawsuit against xAI. The case is over the gas turbines
Photos: Thousands join India’s opposition rally against election chief
Protesters march in New Delhi demanding the election chief quit over voter roll changes seen as favouring Modi’s party.
Why is Morocco celebrating the defeat of a UN resolution on Western Sahara?
Mandate expires for UN mission tasked to monitor 1991 truce and hold a referendum in the disputed territory.
Israel election: When will government be formed, who will lead it?
President Herzog must tap candidate to form new government by November 11, with fraught negotiations likely to follow.
Hubble and Webb spot something ghostly happening in the Cat’s Head Nebula
In space, nobody can hear you scream — or meow, for that matter. This was as true for Félicette — the stray Parisian tuxedo cat
How do summers differ between Earth’s hemispheres?
Each year, Earth’s Northern and Southern hemispheres cycle through four seasons, including summer. Given that the hemispheres are symmetric about the equator, you may think
Shops looted as German cost-of-living protests turn violent
The protests in cities across Germany – including Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt – came on the same day hundreds of thousands also protested in France.
‘My husband poisoned me but after what I saw in the afterlife I no longer fear death’
Ana Christina claims her husband tried to murder her by poisoning her dinner, triggering a near-death experience in which she says she encountered deceased relatives
Trump claims ‘voter fraud’ in election race where two candidates share same name
Federal authorities are carrying out a criminal investigation into a candidate in this Tuesday’s US senate election who shares his name with the Republican incumbent
Salesforce to buy Rune in its most significant national security deal
Salesforce has agreed to buy Rune Technologies. The US startup’s AI software helps the military plan supplies near the front line. Salesforce announced the deal
Google in talks to join Trump’s Golden Dome programme, Bloomberg reports
Alphabet’s Google is in talks with the US Defense Department to help protect the data behind Golden Dome, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Sana Pashankar and
Thousands rally in New Delhi to demand India’s election chief resign
Hundreds of police, some carrying batons and shields, are deployed around the rally site.
Mediators continue US-Iran negotiations amid war rhetoric: What we know
Trump says latest talks ‘going fine’; Iranian leaders say they favour diplomacy but are ready to respond to US attacks.