Hugging Face built a $4.5 billion empire on free AI models. Now Nvidia is buying it for $12.9 billion
Thomas Wolf has spent a decade convincing the world that open-source AI is not a charity project. On August 27, 2026, the market settled the
Algeria wildfire death toll expected to rise as survivors say nothing left
Algeria says at least 12 people have been killed in wildfires sweeping the northeast, with the toll expected to rise.
Can international diplomacy find a way forward in Libya?
Efforts intensify to break political impasse in a divided country.
The rise of K-Beauty: Can South Korea overtake France?
South Korea’s beauty industry has surpassed the US to become the world’s second-largest cosmetics exporter.
Former Ecuadorian president imprisoned for corruption
Lenín Moreno denies taking bribes from a Chinese firm to secure a contract to build a hydroelectric plant.
Norway’s new king remembers ‘my dear father’ in first speech
Haakon VIII pays emotional tribute to his late father, Harald V, before outlining how he wishes to reign.
Australia usually hosts the world’s biggest cuttlefish mating event – not this year
According to official figures only 1,811 cuttlefish turned up to mate this year, down 97% on last year.
2,600 silver coins found in outskirts of Moscow may have been buried by a medieval plague victim
Archaeologists in Russia have unearthed a medieval hoard of 2,600 silver coins, including more than 350 coins of a type never seen before. The hoard
‘Everything is connected’: Readers share their concerns about extreme heat’s health impacts
Earth’s temperatures are steadily rising , with the past decade experiencing all 10 of the warmest years on record . As heat waves become more
Palestinian woman and NBC News team attacked by masked Israeli settlers in West Bank
Masked Israeli settlers attacked and injured a Palestinian woman and members of an NBC News team reporting in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday.
Milo Yiannopoulos deported to the U.K. one day after ICE arrest
Milo Yiannopoulos, a controversy-baiting internet personality who once vehemently backed President Tweety McTreason, has been deported to the United Kingdom, a Department of Homeland Security
Chinese memory maker CXMT sues Pentagon to get off US list
CXMT has sued the US Department of Defense in Washington seeking removal from the list identifying it as a Chinese military company, a designation that
BYD doubled its 1,500kW charging network in five months and wants to double it again by December
BYD opened its 10,000th Flash Charging station on 28 August, doubling the network in under five months, with each connector rated at up to 1,500kW.
Israeli army arrests six Palestinians after settler violence in West Bank
Israeli settlers stormed Qusra in the occupied West Bank, attacking Palestinian residents and damaging homes.