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Girl, 12, fatally shot in US during 'dispute over parking space' - Published A 12-year-old girl was killed in Baltimore over the weekend during an apparent disagreement over a parking space, police in the US city said. The girl was caught in the crossfire of bullets between two m

Speaking to ET, economists said governor Sanjay Malhotra's speech at the Fifth Kautilya Economic Conclave, three days before the monetary policy decision, was a hawkish signal indicating that rates may remain higher for longer as global and domestic risks converge. Also Read: RBI

NHB issued a request for proposal (RFP) on October 3 to audit a non-deposit-taking housing finance company based in Udaipur. The tender does not name SRG, which is headquartered in the city, but people familiar with the matter identified it as the lender under scrutiny. NHB has y

India is expanding its role across semiconductors, electronics and digital services, as new investment rules, supply-chain localization and Apple initiatives highlight both the country's progress and remaining constraints. India bars Semicon 2.0 chip plants from selling or mortga

Hamilton bemused after glitch turns F1 into 'Lego race' - Published Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton likened the effects of a software bug that affected multiple cars before the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia to a "Lego race". The problem led to several cars, including those of

Yemen's government announces all-out war to reclaim land from Houthis - Published The head of Yemen's internationally recognised government has announced it will wage an all out war in an effort to take all territory held by the Houthis. It follows an exchange of strikes between

Christa Pike's prognosis still unclear after failed execution, lawyer says - Published US murderer Christa Pike remains critically ill in hospital and her prognosis is still unclear following her failed execution, her lawyer has said on Sunday. Speaking to CNN on Sunday morning,

I'm a classic old school Conservative, says Kemi Badenoch - Published Kemi Badenoch has declared herself a "classic old school Conservative" as she begins her party's annual conference with a string of policy pledges and a 100 page statement on her guiding principles., external "

New Jersey’s lieutenant governor Dale Caldwell was forced to resign on September 25th after an investigation found he had sexually harassed a staffer and repeatedly violated ethics rules. The now-former Lt. governor has been making the media rounds trying to clear his name. But h

Oct 4th, 2026 AI Stocks Drive an Increasingly Divided Market Schwab Head of Macro Research and Strategy Kevin Gordon tells Bloomberg This Weekend that AI-related technology stocks are supporting the broader market even as many individual companies have suffered significantly larg

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A wild African black panther prowls for prey. An orphaned baby pangolin must learn how to climb on its own. And a green turtle struggles to make it back to the water after laying her eggs on a remote island, rescued by local humans who carry the exhuasted turtle to the water’s ed

StarSkirmish pits AI-made StarCraft-playing bots against one another, as well as against human-made bots. OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5 were essentially tied as the best-performing AI-made bots, but they couldn’t top Stardust, the top-rated human-made bot. An AI couldn

As promised, President Donald Trump has announced the formation of a new Super Intelligence Force, which he said will be led by national intelligence director Jay Clayton and other members of his administration. “The Super Intelligence Force is tasked with coordinating the effort

AI - Anthropic's super bug-hunting model Mythos is hardcore good at math, as latest vuln under attack shows Exploitation attempts came from China-hosted IP, VulnCheck researcher says - Power approval set to delay Oracle's Wisconsin AI datacenter Grid connection awaits regulatory

FSN E-Commerce Ventures, the parent company of beauty and fashion retailer Nykaa, expects its consolidated GMV to grow close to 30% year-on-year in the quarter ended September 2026. According to the company’s quarterly business update, consolidated NSV is expected to grow in the

Intel has been shipping its Xeon 6+ “Clearwater Forest” CPUs for just over a quarter now. The first server chips based on Intel’s 18A process node, the Clearwater Forest launch, have been a critical processor bring-up for the company. Not only does the Xeon 6+ chip family help In

Modder 'fixes' melting RTX 5090 power connectors with custom distributor — dual 8-pin mod peaks at just 40C during a 48-hour 550W stress test The modder claims he could offer this solution to other owners with full warranty coverage Reddit user u/DallasGrave shared a fix for his

Ola Electric promoter Bhavish Aggarwal has pledged a 4.32% stake in the electric two-wheeler maker to fund his participation in the company’s upcoming rights issue. As per the filing with the National Stock Exchange, the pledge has been created solely to fund Aggarwal’s subscript

US Marine arrested over murder of woman in Okinawa, Japan - Published A US Marine has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman's body was found in a hotel in Okinawa, Japan, local officials say. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi described the crime as a "brutal and

Robotics startup has real human vs. robot cage match, California responds with cease-and-desist order — regulator threatens misdemeanor charges after YouTuber fights three robotic humanoids It’s Real Steel come to life. A robotics startup just received a cease-and-desist letter f

Watch: What we know about Russian strikes on Kyiv bridges Major bridges in Ukraine have been the target of Russian strikes over the past four days, as Moscow ramps up attacks in Ukraine's capital city. The Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge, has been hit for the second day in a row, wh

Modder brings support for decade-old Nvidia Pascal GPUs to 24-year-old Windows XP 32-bit — modded drivers unlock better DisplayPort and HDMI support for modern monitors Bringing high-performance cards to retro gaming systems. One of the many appeals of retrocomputing and emulatio

Apple’s John Ternus Has Found a New Design Chief: Himself Also: A big update on the touch-screen MacBook Pro. This article is for subscribers only. Apple’s John Ternus is spending much of his time overseeing the company’s hardware and software design work. Also: In addition to a

Bruno Solari spent his August traveling all around Spain, starting with a week in Ibiza, continuing on to Madrid, Málaga, Marbella and Barcelona, before finally returning to Ibiza for a bachelor party. He also managed to squeeze in a few meetings and client calls all throughout.

Database expert runs Doom in SQL with just 5,900 lines of code — 1,300-line graphical renderer spans 89 different tables, full-featured SQLDoom is the sequel to embryonic DoomQL Complete with full graphics at 60 FPS, sound, and even multiplayer. It's the year of two thousand and

(Bloomberg) -- Hundred-dollar oil is hard to leave behind. The amount of crude flowing from the Middle East has almost returned to levels last seen before the US attacked Iran, triggering one of the biggest supply disruptions in history. But global prices remain stuck above $100,

Evans ends Britain's 25-year wait for WRC champion - Published Elfyn Evans became Britain's first world rally champion for 25 years after rival Oliver Solberg crashed in a highly dramatic finish to the season in Italy. Sweden's Solberg was on course to snatch the lead on the fina

British Museum announces changes to ease Bayeux Tapestry queues - Published The British Museum has announced changes to how visitors see the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition after concerns over long queues and overcrowding. The measures include plans for longer opening hours, as well a

Though smartphones and wearable devices like fitness bands can accurately tell time, many people still prefer using traditional watches whether for convenience, aesthetics or an appreciation of a well-constructed analog device. In fact, though the luxury market has been in a bit

US Army unit deploys drone assembled completely in-house, uses 3D-printed 'Dragoon Bombs' with ball bearing shrapnel — device has a range of up to 12 miles and can be configured for anti-personnel and anti-light-armor missions The military is applying lessons learned from Ukraine

Oct 4th, 2026 48 Hours in the Singapore With No Smartphone Bloomberg Pursuits Senior Features Writer Thu-Huong Ha tells Bloomberg This Weekend about spending 48 hours in Singapore without relying on a smartphone, navigating a city where transportation, payments, dining and govern

September ended on a mixed note, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.5% and 4.3%, respectively, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.9%. Markets remained on edge with higher oil prices and Treasury yields weighing on investor sentiment and triggering fears

Two years ago, Bella Nowroozi was on a date at the mall when she noticed something odd: A blinking light on her companion's glasses. The 24-year-old master's student instantly recognized the frames as the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses she had seen on social media. She told him to de

Two years ago, Bella Nowroozi was on a date at the mall when she noticed something odd: A blinking light on her companion's glasses. The 24-year-old master's student instantly recognized the frames as the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses she had seen on social media. She told him to de

AI robot company decommissioned its robots ‘Terminator-style’ in a 75-ton vat of molten steel — Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested melting them, one robot held up a thumbs-up sign as it sank into molten metal Hasta la vista, baby. Figure, a U.S.-based robotics company, decommissione

ChatGPT-6 Astra cracks 217-year-old Napoleonic code in just six hours — single-prompt AI run solves 24 rows of custom symbols from a single image, reveals lost troop orders OpenAI’s model completed the task after being fed just a single image and prompt. An AI engineer used GPT-6

In not-so-surprising news, the .si domain name is seeing unprecedented demand after President Trump signed an executive order mandating all government agencies to refer to “AI” and “artificial intelligence” as “SI” and “super intelligence.” It echoes what happened at the start of

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