Meta forming new AI lab helmed by Scale AI CEO Alex Wang, report says

Meta forming new AI lab helmed by Scale AI CEO Alex Wang, report says

Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, arrives for a meeting with international investors in IA at the Elysee Palace as part of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, France, Feb. 10, 2025.  Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Meta is forming a new artificial intelligence research lab and bringing on Alexandr Wang, the founder and … Read more

How uncommon earth minerals may give China the higher hand in U.S. commerce talks

How uncommon earth minerals may give China the higher hand in U.S. commerce talks

“China has already approved a certain number of compliant applications and will continue to strengthen the approval process for compliant applications,” it said in a statement. Despite Beijing’s offer of dialogue, experts say China is unlikely to completely remove the restrictions and is “flexing its muscles.” That was clear to members of the foreign business … Read more

Christian Brueckner timeline: Each clue that nailed paedo as prime Madeleine McCann suspect

Christian Brueckner timeline: Each clue that nailed paedo as prime Madeleine McCann suspect

Christian Brueckner has been the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann since 2020, and investigators are in a ‘race against time’ to charge the convicted sex offender 15:30, 10 Jun 2025Updated 15:40, 10 Jun 2025 Christian Brueckner is currently in prison for the rape of a 72-year-old(Image: Phil Harris) Currently serving a seven-year … Read more

Canada joins allies in sanctioning 2 Israeli ministers for Gaza feedback – Nationwide

Canada joins allies in sanctioning 2 Israeli ministers for Gaza feedback – Nationwide

Canada, alongside four other countries, is formally sanctioning two Israeli ministers for comments they say are “incitements of violence against Palestinian communities.” The sanctions were announced by the foreign ministers of Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Norway on Tuesday in a joint statement. Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister … Read more

No less than 3 killed throughout Ukraine as Russia continues air bombardment

No less than 3 killed throughout Ukraine as Russia continues air bombardment

Russia launched one of its largest airstrikes on Kyiv in over three years of war and struck a maternity ward in the southern city of Odesa in attacks that killed at least three people, officials said on Tuesday. The overnight strikes followed Russia’s biggest drone assault of the war on Ukraine on Monday and were … Read more

World Financial institution cuts 2025 development outlook to 2.3% as commerce tariffs weigh

World Financial institution cuts 2025 development outlook to 2.3% as commerce tariffs weigh

Cargo shipping containers are loaded with cranes on container ships at the Burchardkai container terminal at the harbour of Hamburg, northern Germany, on June 3, 2025. Fabian Bimmer | Afp | Getty Images The World Bank sharply cut its global economic growth projections Tuesday, citing disruption from trade uncertainty in particular. It now expects the … Read more

Taylor Swift information restraining order towards alleged stalker, says he ‘makes me concern for my security’

Taylor Swift information restraining order towards alleged stalker, says he ‘makes me concern for my security’

Taylor Swift filed a restraining order against a 45-year-old man she says has been showing up to her Los Angeles homes for almost a year and claiming to be in a relationship with her. The megastar filed the request for protection on Friday, claiming that Brian Jason Wagner, of Henderson, Colorado, has been harassing and … Read more

Shocked fisherman catches uncommon ‘vampire fish’ which appears like Males in Black monster

Shocked fisherman catches uncommon ‘vampire fish’ which appears like Males in Black monster

An angler was startled to find he had caught a weird vampire-like creature when he went night fishing – Stefan Scheer caught a rare and protected sea lamprey near his home city Sea lampreys strip the flesh off their prey(Image: Jam Press/Stefan Scheer) A fisherman was left stunned after they reeled in a weird ‘Men … Read more

Online game actors, firms attain tentative deal to finish practically year-long strike over AI

Online game actors, firms attain tentative deal to finish practically year-long strike over AI

The union for Hollywood’s video game performers has reached a tentative contract with several video game companies, which may bring an end to an almost year-long strike tied to the use of artificial intelligence. Members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists went on strike in July 2024 after negotiations with game … Read more

Apple WWDC underwhelms on AI, software program greatest facelift in decade

Apple WWDC underwhelms on AI, software program greatest facelift in decade

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, June 9, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple‘s annual developer conference on Monday lacked the splashy announcement that fans are used to seeing at WWDC. There … Read more