Is rare bacteria in Wyoming city’s water linked to Meta data center? What we know
In June 2026, the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities said it identified Cupriavidus gilardii in the city’s wastewater in February.
The AI boom’s least glamorous winner just filed for a $5bn listing, and it wires Google and Amazon’s data centres
While attention fixes on Nvidia and the AI models, the companies quietly wiring the data centres together are booming. Eoptolink, a Chinese maker of high-speed
A Chinese open-source model just triggered another AI selloff. The panic says more about US spending than about Kimi.
A new Chinese AI model has rattled global markets, sending tech and chip stocks sharply lower. Moonshot’s Kimi K3 surprised investors and helped fuel a
Uganda school bus crash kills 20 children and 1 adult
Uganda halts school trips after bus crashes returning from waterfall field trip; at least a dozen also injured.
Burnham confirmed as leader of UK’s governing Labour Party, headed for PM
Andy Burnham set to become UK prime minister but faces challenges including the cost of living crisis and two wars.
China’s Xi Jinping launches new AI alliance: What is it?
Beijing is likely to use the WAICO alliance to influence global AI regulations, analysts say.
The report oil companies are worried about: Climate attribution science
Climate change is being driven largely by the greenhouse gases we’ve pumped into the atmosphere, which trap more of the Sun’s energy there. That added
Iran accuses US of hitting civilian infrastructure
The US military says its attacks were intended to “further degrade Iranian military capabilities”.
FCC took pricey gifts from Paramount as the company needed approval for deals
The rich and famous who filed into the Kennedy Center’s opera house in December were there to enjoy one of the nation’s most exclusive celebrations
Uganda suspends school trips after 20 pupils die in bus crash
Thousands are killed on Uganda’s roads each year but this is one of its deadliest accidents involving children.
Australia ‘deeply frustrated’ over Laos methanol poisoning charges
Media reports say Laos will press charges of up to one year in jail against those allegedly responsible.
Philippines condemns monkey video on Chinese media as racist
The AI video on China Daily showed a monkey in Philippine garments singing its claims to the South China Sea.
Math puzzle: A sequence of odd events
Solve the math puzzle from our August 2026 issue, in which a family investigates an odd happening.
The 2024 New Jersey meteorite contains amino acids
The brine-formed meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey roof in 2024 could teach us about how life first arrived on Earth.