A Guardian investigation reveals an apparent discrepancy between Microsoft's stated AI capacity and the number of advanced AI chips actually operational in its global datacentres amid a massive infrastructure expansion.
In 1958, 25 caribou calves were introduced to Adak Island as an emergency military food supply. After the base closed in 1994, hunting ceased, causing the herd to surge to 2,750 by 2005 and severely damaging local ecosystems.
Victoria Police is recruiting hundreds of former officers as reservists to fill administrative roles, aiming to address chronic staffing shortages and a 10 per cent jump in adult crime.
Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim admits shortcomings in his administration, citing higher living costs despite 6% economic growth, and signals no rush for snap elections after recent state poll losses.
Hong Kong authorities conducted a counterterrorism drill and crowd flow test at the Huanggang border crossing, involving about 5,000 civil servants to prepare for the port's opening.
Midlife women in Australia are increasingly turning to alcohol to cope with perimenopause symptoms like anxiety and poor sleep, despite warnings that it worsens their condition and accelerates alcohol-related harm.
Introduced to Newfoundland in 1878 for meat, a booming moose population of roughly 110,000 is severely overbrowsing local forests, prompting ongoing management and hunting quotas.
Chinese AI lab Z.ai released GLM-5.3, a 743-billion parameter coding model focused on token efficiency and high performance across benchmarks.
The Hundred concluded its sixth season with ticket sales dropping by just over 5% to 550,000, following the ECB's sale of team stakes to private owners and significant brand overhauls.
Tether announced that KPMG issued an unqualified opinion on its 2025 financial statements, marking its first full audit by a Big Four accounting firm and showing reserves exceeding liabilities by $6.814 billion as of December 31, 2025.
Europe's data protection supervisor warned Thursday that a European Commission plan to expand Europol's data processing powers poses serious privacy risks, potentially retaining data on people with no criminal links.
Three men convicted of murder in Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma are scheduled for execution on Thursday, marking a rare triple execution day that highlights a broader surge in US capital punishment driven by state actions and federal support.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her role at the end of the month to spend time with her family, US President Donald Trump announced.
Despite national approval ratings hitting an historic low of 32% amid a costly war with Iran and soaring inflation, voters in the working-class Appalachian community of Kingsport, Tennessee, remain steadfastly loyal to Donald Trump, driven by deep-rooted conservative values and local defense manufacturing ties.
Bitcoin fell below $63,500 as markets digested US inflation data that met expectations. While cooling CPI data bolstered rate-cut hopes, analysts warn of weakening support levels near $63,000.
DeepSeek quietly released the finished version of its flagship DeepSeek-V4-Pro model on Wednesday, updating the model weights while keeping the pricing structure unchanged at around $0.435 and $0.87 per million tokens.
As the Saudi Pro League kicks off its fourth season, the focus shifts toward younger players, local talent development, and sustainability rather than record-breaking signings like Mohamed Salah, with Cristiano Ronaldo eyeing his 1,000th career goal.
Google's Gemini app has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users, becoming one of the company's fastest-growing products and matching ChatGPT's milestone.
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg defended his proposal to lower net overseas migration to 180,000 annually to address housing shortages during a National Press Club address, while Coalition colleagues declined to endorse the specific target.
Heathrow lost its status as Europe's busiest airport to Istanbul after recording 7.86 million passengers in July compared to Istanbul Airport's 8.15 million, impacted by regional conflict affecting Middle East routes.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino faces growing pressure as the heads of UEFA, CONCACAF, and AFC published an open letter criticizing his governance, unilateral actions, and scrapped commercial plans, though he retains support from CAF and other nations.
Tokyo's oldest geisha, Ikuko, 86, uses a hologram of herself to perform in a mall, highlighting the dwindling geisha population in Japan and efforts to preserve the tradition through modern adaptations.
14,819 people crossed the English Channel in small boats from Jan-Aug 2026, a 43% decrease from 2025. These crossings, largely for asylum, now dominate UK's detected illegal entries since 2020.
Cryptographic proof-of-reserves verify customer balances and exchange wallet control, but they fail to account for hidden liabilities, corporate structures, and overall solvency.
