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US Government shutdown live updates
The shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history, surpassing the previous record on Tuesday night. The Senate is not currently scheduled to vote on a House-passed measure to reopen the government today, after it failed to advance for the 14th time on Tuesday.President Trump pressured Republican senators to bring an end to the government
Nvidia, Deutsche Telekom strike €1B partnership
Nvidia is playing fast and loose with its war chest as it looks to build on its momentum as the chief benefactor of the AI boom. The company on Tuesday signed a €1 billion ($1.15 billion) partnership with Deutsche Telekom to set up an “AI factory” in Munich that aims to boost Germany’s AI computing
WhatsApp is launching a new app for Apple Watch
WhatsApp is launching a new app for Apple Watch, so you can stay on top of chats without pulling out your iPhone. WhatsApp for Apple Watch will be available for any Apple Watch Series 4 or later running watchOS 10 or later. This launch is just the start, and we’ll keep improving WhatsApp for Apple
Amazon Underwater Cable Installation
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will lay a new subsea cable across the ocean floor, connecting Maryland and Ireland. Amazon is already working on the cable, dubbed Fastnet, which should be up and running in 2028, David Selby, Director of Global Network Planning and Acquisition at AWS,Fastnet promises to be a “state-of-the-art” fiber optic cable system,
COVID-19 is spreading again
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month — global cases increased by more than 19,000 last month compared with the previous month, according to data posted on the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 dashboard. But the real number of infections is much higher than that, researchers say, because countries are less focused on
Microsoft inks $9.7B deal with Australia’s IREN for AI cloud capacity
Microsoft is leaving no stone unturned in its quest to secure more compute capacity for meeting its customers’ heavy demand for AI services. Last month, Microsoft signed a deal with Nscale for approximately 200,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs to three data centers in Europe and one in the U.S. Similar to competitors like CoreWeave, IREN started
ukraine-pokrovsk-russia-fighting
Fighting for control of the strategic hub of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine is intensifying, with the Russian Defense Ministry claiming to have eliminated a group of Ukrainian special forces sent to help defend the area. In recent weeks, Russian units have begun penetrating Pokrovsk itself and have closed in on the last resupply routes used
Samia Suluhu Hassan landslide victory
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the country’s disputed election with more than 97% of the vote, according to official results announced early Saturday, in a rare landslide victory in the region. Hassan appeared at an event in the administrative capital, Dodoma, to receive the winner’s certificate from electoral authorities. In remarks afterward, she said
Asian-Pacific trade
Facing deepening fractures in the global trade order, Asia-Pacific leaders adopted a joint declaration that emphasised the need for resilience and shared benefits in trade at the end of the annual APEC summit on Saturday. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, hosted by South Korea this year, unfolded under the shadow of rising geopolitical tensions and
War Crimes in Sudan
The war has plunged Sudan into hell, turning it into the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. More than 150,000 people have been killed across the country, while men and children have been forced to watch the horrific rape of wives, mothers, and daughters. In El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, the Rapid Support