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Solar Eclipse in UK: Met office reveals best places to watch on Wednesday

Solar Eclipse in UK: Met office reveals best places to watch on Wednesday

The meteorological office has revealed the best spots to witness the UK’s deepest total solar eclipse for the next 54 years on coming Wednesday. On...

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Can sharks help predict hurricanes? Scientists think so

Can sharks help predict hurricanes? Scientists think so

Scientists in a recent breakthrough have turned to sharks for better hurricane predictions and potential intensity of a hurricane before making...

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US Senate passes short-term funding bill to avoid government shutdown

US Senate passes short-term funding bill to avoid government shutdown

The US Senate has passed a short-term financing bill aimed at funding federal agencies through December on Saturday. The move passed by 90-6 votes, is...

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X launches ‘Original Content Rewards Program’ after ending monetization scheme: Key changes explained

X launches ‘Original Content Rewards Program’ after ending monetization scheme: Key changes explained

X has ended its creator monetization program and replaced it with a new Original Content Rewards Program in a major shake-up. The purpose of this...

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OpenAI warns of critical cybersecurity risk in new AI model

OpenAI warns of critical cybersecurity risk in new AI model

OpenAI has issued a latest warning regarding its upcoming AI model after a series of unsettling incidents of breaching the cybersecurity protocols,...

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Trump targets Switzerland over trade deficit with ‘one pen stroke’ warning

Trump targets Switzerland over trade deficit with ‘one pen stroke’ warning

President Donald Trump has issued a subtle warning to Switzerland over the US trade deficit with the country. In an interview clip on August 7 widely...

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AI designs 16 novel viruses never seen in nature: Scientific breakthrough or bio threat?

AI designs 16 novel viruses never seen in nature: Scientific breakthrough or bio threat?

Artificial intelligence has designed 16 novel viruses never seen in nature before in a recent breakthrough. According to the US researchers, the brand...

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Australia issues stark warning over smart-glasses, urges new privacy laws

Australia issues stark warning over smart-glasses, urges new privacy laws

Australia has issued a stark warning over the use of camera-enabled smart-glasses including Meta’s Ray-Bans and Kmart’s Anko glasses, raising new...

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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan forge new defence alliance amid Middle East tensions

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan forge new defence alliance amid Middle East tensions

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey are set to sign a joint defence agreement on Friday, as confirmed by regional sources with direct knowledge of the...

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ByteDance trains 10 trillion-parameter AI model to rival Anthropic’s Mythos

ByteDance trains 10 trillion-parameter AI model to rival Anthropic’s Mythos

ByteDance is set for its next artificial intelligence move as the Chinese tech company is training its mega AI model with as many as 10 trillion...

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Trump tariff refund boosts Nintendo profit by 53%

Trump tariff refund boosts Nintendo profit by 53%

Nintendo has experienced a massive surge in its profits, thereby beating its own earning forecasts. And all credit goes to Trump tariffs refund. As a...

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Meta’s 'spy glasses' spark privacy alarm, prompting multiple UK venue bans

Meta’s 'spy glasses' spark privacy alarm, prompting multiple UK venue bans

Meta has been under fire due to privacy concerns triggered by the production of a new line of camera-equipped smart glasses. As a result, several...

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ByteDance founder warns employees against AI distillation: Report

ByteDance founder warns employees against AI distillation: Report

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has urged the Chinese internet giant’s staff to avoid using AI distillation aimed at training and improving...

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Meta AI hacks another company during cybersecurity testing

Meta AI hacks another company during cybersecurity testing

Meta on Wednesday revealed that one of its AI models hacked another company during cybersecurity testing, raising the concerns of growing attacks by...

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Will Iran-Oman deal end the Strait of Hormuz crisis? What we know

Will Iran-Oman deal end the Strait of Hormuz crisis? What we know

Iran and Oman have been engaged in talks for days to reach a deal on the Strait of Hormuz, aiming to resume shipping movements battered by the...

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China launches two AI-powered satellites aboard Smart Dragon-3 rocket

China launches two AI-powered satellites aboard Smart Dragon-3 rocket

China has recently launched two AI-powered remote sensing satellites aboard Smart Dragon-3 rocket from waters off east China’s Shandong Province....

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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon leads new industry push to address AI risks

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon leads new industry push to address AI risks

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has taken the lead in a new AI safety push by urging the corporate leaders to join a US-focused industry group to tackle...

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More than 20 giant UFOs speed across the Moon? Ukrainian study sparks alien debate

More than 20 giant UFOs speed across the Moon? Ukrainian study sparks alien debate

Astronomers in recent study have claimed to find possible evidence of a technologically advanced nonhuman civilization on the lunar surface. According...

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Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Democratic Senate primary, defeats Haley Stevens

Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Democratic Senate primary, defeats Haley Stevens

Abdul El-Sayed has clinched a victory in Michigan’s fiercely contested Democratic Senate primary race, defeating Representative Haley Stevens as...

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Iran pushes for new rules on Strait of Hormuz ship movements

Iran pushes for new rules on Strait of Hormuz ship movements

Iran has pushed for new rules aimed at Tehran’s tighter control over the movement of ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. According to a...

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SpaceX rocket set for Moon collision on August 5: How big will the impact be?

SpaceX rocket set for Moon collision on August 5: How big will the impact be?

On Wednesday, the Moon is going to experience a collision as a drifting SpaceX rocket will smash itself to the lunar surface. The upper section of a...

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FIFA responds to report linking Infantino to Trump after World Cup fallout

FIFA responds to report linking Infantino to Trump after World Cup fallout

FIFA has responded to the report that claims that Gianni Infantino reached out to President Donald Trump following his controversial World Cup...

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OpenAI counters Apple trade secrets case with internal evidence

OpenAI counters Apple trade secrets case with internal evidence

OpenAI vs Apple battle over trade secret lawsuit has escalated as the US-based artificial intelligence company counters Apple's allegations with...

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25 US states challenge Trump tariffs in major lawsuit

25 US states challenge Trump tariffs in major lawsuit

The Trump administration’s tariffs are under fire as twenty-five US states filed a lawsuit against unilaterally imposed tariffs on 60 trading...

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Apple removes Telegram from App store over sexual abuse content violations

Apple removes Telegram from App store over sexual abuse content violations

Apple has briefly removed Telegram from its App Store over alleged concerning content that breached its guidelines “prohibiting child sexual abuse...

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FIFA’s Infantino reached out to Trump after World Cup plan fell apart: Report

FIFA’s Infantino reached out to Trump after World Cup plan fell apart: Report

FIFA president Gianni Infantino reached out to President Trump and sought his support in the midst of mounting backlash triggered by the football...

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Is Iran planning a new Strait of Hormuz shipping corridor with Oman?

Is Iran planning a new Strait of Hormuz shipping corridor with Oman?

Iran has signalled significant progress regarding the possibility of reaching a deal on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi...

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How scientists plan to stop deadly doomsday asteroid from hitting Earth

How scientists plan to stop deadly doomsday asteroid from hitting Earth

Chinese scientists have reportedly discovered the most effective way to destroy a doomsday asteroid aimed at protecting Earth from destructive effects...

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Jeff Bezos backs $2.6B CuspAI to build AI-designed chip materials

Jeff Bezos backs $2.6B CuspAI to build AI-designed chip materials

Jeff Bezos has invested in AI startup CuspAI aimed at discovering and designing advanced materials that could support the next-gen computer chips. The...

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FIFA row deepens as Wales withdraws support for Infantino's re-election bid

FIFA row deepens as Wales withdraws support for Infantino's re-election bid

Wales has become the first nation to publicly pull out its support for Gianni Infantino’s presidential re-election bid, indicating the deepening of...

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US, Japan launch rare joint effort to strengthen Yen for first time in nearly 30 years

US, Japan launch rare joint effort to strengthen Yen for first time in nearly 30 years

The United States and Japan have initiated a rare joint effort to strengthen yen, marking an extraordinary and the first one coordination between the...

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The hidden downside of eating too much protein

The hidden downside of eating too much protein

A recent research study in a recent breakthrough has found the hidden downside of eating too much protein. The review published in Cell Press Blue...

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Italy, Denmark win support of 22 EU states for stronger border controls after Ceuta crisis

Italy, Denmark win support of 22 EU states for stronger border controls after Ceuta crisis

The recent overwhelmingly migrant surge into Ceuta, Spain’s city located on the northern coast of Africa, has drawn strong and strict response from...

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Solar eclipse 2026 set to darken skies in August: When and how to watch

Solar eclipse 2026 set to darken skies in August: When and how to watch

The world is set to witness a spectacular solar eclipse in August when the Sun will be blocked out by the moon in a celestial showdown. On August 12,...

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Marco Rubio warns US-China conflict would be ‘catastrophic’

Marco Rubio warns US-China conflict would be ‘catastrophic’

In today’s highly competitive geopolitical landscape zero-sum mentality has prevailed, safeguarding national interests and promoting unilateralism...

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FIFA drops controversial $20B World Cup investment plan: What's next for Infantino?

FIFA drops controversial $20B World Cup investment plan: What's next for Infantino?

FIFA has decided to scrap $20 billion worth of World Cup investment plans after receiving the global backlash over the controversial proposal. As per...

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Google DeepMind unveils Gemini AI that can control humanoid robots

Google DeepMind unveils Gemini AI that can control humanoid robots

Google DeepMind has just unveiled a version of the Gemini AI model aimed at controlling humanoid robots for the very first time. Named Gemini Robotics...

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Top FIFA adviser quits over Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan

Top FIFA adviser quits over Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan

FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s controversial “sell the World Cup” plan has spilled into a major crisis, prompting the resignation from senior...

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Ceuta migrant crisis: Spain, Morocco strike return deal after 49,000 crossings in 24 hours

Ceuta migrant crisis: Spain, Morocco strike return deal after 49,000 crossings in 24 hours

Around 49,000 migrants have crossed into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco in the last 24 hours through sea and land, according to...

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Ceuta’s chaotic migrant surge explained: What triggered border crisis?

Ceuta’s chaotic migrant surge explained: What triggered border crisis?

Ceuta, Spain’s city located on the northern coast of Africa, is witnessing chaotic scenarios, involving a massive and sudden influx of thousands of...

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Franco Baresi dies at 66: Football world pays tribute to AC Milan legend

Franco Baresi dies at 66: Football world pays tribute to AC Milan legend

Franco Baresi, former AC Milan and Italy defender, took his last breath on Friday at the age of 66, as announced by his former club. "The entire...

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NASA reveals Curiosity rover’s latest ‘unusual’ discovery on Mars

NASA reveals Curiosity rover’s latest ‘unusual’ discovery on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has just discovered strange and unusual patterns on the surface of Mars. The rover has been exploring the Red Planet for...

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Is Iran getting Chinese shoulder-launched missile systems? Here’s what China says

Is Iran getting Chinese shoulder-launched missile systems? Here’s what China says

On Wednesday, It was reported by Reuters that Iran is expected to receive a first shipment out of up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fire-defence missile...

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QatarEnergy buys 33 US LNG cargoes as Strait of Hormuz crisis threatens gas supplies

QatarEnergy buys 33 US LNG cargoes as Strait of Hormuz crisis threatens gas supplies

Qatar’s state-owned energy company, QatarEnergy, has purchased 33 spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes from the United States as the persistent...

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‘China makes half the goods of Earth’: Elon Musk’s surprising take sparks debate

‘China makes half the goods of Earth’: Elon Musk’s surprising take sparks debate

Elon Musk has taken a surprising take on China’s manufacturing power especially at a time when both Washington and Beijing are locked in tech...

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FIFA's World Cup plans explained: Why UEFA is holding an emergency meeting

FIFA's World Cup plans explained: Why UEFA is holding an emergency meeting

UEFA is set to hold an emergency meeting on Thursday afternoon to discuss the controversial FIFA’s World Cup stakeholder plans and how to deal with...

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Telegram hit with legal action in Australia over alleged terror content

Telegram hit with legal action in Australia over alleged terror content

Australia has launched legal action against Telegram over the alleged pro-terror posts and the platform’s failure to take down such harmful content....

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Anthony Fauci faces Senate grilling, pleads Fifth on Covid lab leak questions

Anthony Fauci faces Senate grilling, pleads Fifth on Covid lab leak questions

Anthony Fauci is testifying before a Senate panel led by Republican Senator Rand Paul regarding the origins of Covid-19 with lawmakers heavily...

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Empire State building-sized asteroid to pass close to Earth: What scientists know

Empire State building-sized asteroid to pass close to Earth: What scientists know

A giant asteroid the size of an Empire State building is set to soar past Earth and the best thing it will be visible to billions of people around the...

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Iran rejects Oman's Strait of Hormuz plan, raising fresh shipping concerns

Iran rejects Oman's Strait of Hormuz plan, raising fresh shipping concerns

Iran has rejected Oman’s proposal for regional joint management of the Strait of Reuters as told by an Iranian official on Wednesday. According to...

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