Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps says it has targeted an airbase in Jordan hosting US forces, as well as Kuwait and Bahrain, in response to US strikes Trump launches strikes against Iran after downing of US army helicopter Welcome to our live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. Iran ...
China tech on display at World CupChina tech on display at World Cup
China’s soccer team didn’t qualify for the FIFA men’s World Cup, which kicks off this week, but its tech is front and center at the tournament. Qingdao-based Hisense is the official display partner for the video assistant referee systems, while Lenovo, as FIFA’s “Official Technology Partner,” is deploying servers in ...
The case for space data centersThe case for space data centers
Building data centers in space could be cost-effective by around 2040, analysis suggested. Launch costs mean orbital compute is roughly four times the price of terrestrial, SemiAnalysis wrote, and its purported advantages such as easy cooling and constant solar power are overstated. But by the early 2030s, space data centers ...
India still waiting for US trade dealIndia still waiting for US trade deal
A US probe into India’s trade practices is holding up the countries’ long-awaited trade deal as New Delhi’s economic woes pile up. India is pushing the US for preferential tariffs, but the countries’ relationship has worsened during Donald Trump’s second term, compounding New Delhi’s challenges: The Iran war has driven ...
Jockeying starts for a Trump intelligence job that may be takenJockeying starts for a Trump intelligence job that may be taken
The News President Donald Trump hasn’t committed to naming a permanent director of national intelligence to quell bipartisan outrage over his interim choice, but there’s already a quiet competition among more conventional hopefuls in case he wants to fill the job. Trump shocked Washington when he announced last week that ...
China’s $300 billion plan to build more data centersChina’s $300 billion plan to build more data centers
China is looking to spend nearly $300 billion over the next five years to build more data centers across the country, as Beijing strives to gain ground on the US in the AI race. The government wants to construct a network of “computing hubs,” Bloomberg reported. “The primary beneficiary of ...
This LA neighborhood is choked by smog. The solution: a network of sensors on offices, homes and bagsThis LA neighborhood is choked by smog. The solution: a network of sensors on offices, homes and bags
Pacoima is hemmed in by highways and heavy industry, and its residents are fighting pollution with hyperlocal air quality monitoring Jose Luis Salas looks up at the ladder. “Are you ready?” he asks Shance Taylor, an environmental project manager who’s holding a white container, about the size of a shoebox, ...
Think Musk the billionaire was bad? Brace yourself for Musk the trillionaire | Arwa MahdawiThink Musk the billionaire was bad? Brace yourself for Musk the trillionaire | Arwa Mahdawi
Becoming the world’s first trillionaire is only going to supercharge this sense of impunity and bring us one step closer to full-blown oligarchy “Whoever said ‘money can’t buy happiness’ really knew what they were talking about,” Elon Musk wrote in February on Twitter/X, the social network he bought for $44bn. ...
Inside Myanmar, rebels are losing ground as military forces men into armyInside Myanmar, rebels are losing ground as military forces men into army
The BBC travels with rebels to frontline positions in Myanmar to see how the war is unfolding. ...
US striking Iran in response to downing of helicopter, military saysUS striking Iran in response to downing of helicopter, military says
President Donald Trump earlier accused Iran of shooting down the US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond. ...