Syrian Arab Republic President Abu Mohammed al-Julani arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for historic talks with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman. This is the first official trip abroad by Julani since he took power on December 8, following the collapse of the Assad regime. The visit marks a significant shift … Read more
A blockbuster trade shook the NBA market on Friday, sending shockwaves throughout the league and impacting fantasy basketball prospects. De’Aaron Fox has been traded from the Bulls to the Spurs in a multiteam deal that also includes Zach LaVine going to the Kings and the Bulls acquiring several role players. Fox’s arrival in San Antonio … Read more
China’s factory activity slowed in January due to declining export orders ahead of additional US tariffs that are set to come into effect on Tuesday. The Caixin/S&P Global manufacturing purchasing manager’s index came in at 50.1, missing expectations and Reuters’ forecast of 50.5. The slowdown was partly due to a decline in overseas demand for … Read more
Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, is adopting AI chatbots to boost productivity and creativity in his daily tasks. He uses these chatbots to generate initial drafts of documents, including talks and presentations. Huang shares that he provides a basic outline and PDFs of his previous talks to the chatbots, which then produce a first draft. He … Read more
NVIDIA has launched its GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards, built on the Blackwell architecture, to power generative AI content creation and accelerate creative performance. These GPUs feature fifth-generation Tensor Cores with support for FP4, reducing VRAM requirements while doubling performance. The RTX 5090 GPU boasts 32GB of ultra-fast GDDR7 memory and a … Read more
The European Space Agency (ESA) is closely monitoring near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a very small chance of impacting Earth in 2032. The asteroid’s trajectory makes it difficult to accurately determine its orbit. Estimated to be between 40 meters and 100 meters wide, 2024 YR4 poses a potential threat to our planet. If an … Read more
Heritable Agriculture, a startup born from Alphabet’s moonshot factory X, has officially launched as an independent company aiming to improve crop yields, nutrition, and resilience through its cutting-edge AI-driven biotechnology platform. With investment from top venture capital firms FTW Ventures, Mythos Ventures, and SVG Ventures, Heritable is poised to address one of the world’s most … Read more
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, has faced criticism over its underperformance in recent years. The company’s former CEO, Bob Smith, was seen as ineffective by employees and led the company down a path of litigation, delays, and lack of productivity. This led to concerns about Bezos’ $2 billion annual investment in the … Read more
Greece’s Santorini Island Experiencing Seismic Activity Mild seismic activity has reactivated the volcano on Greece’s island of Santorini for the second time in recent memory. The 2011 eruption and a catastrophic blast around 1600 BC have left locals on edge. However, Stavros Meletlidis, an expert from Spain’s Instituto Geografico Nacional, believes there is little cause … Read more
Apple is set to release the iPhone SE 4 in April, with early leaks suggesting a single rear camera and an A18 chip. Meanwhile, the Nothing Phone (3a) is expected to arrive on March 4 with a 6.8-inch FHD+ AMOLED screen, Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SoC, and a triple rear camera setup. A rumored Galaxy … Read more