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Frightening scene unfolds on iconic sky ride as child falls down onto boardwalk
A two-year-old girl fell from Casino Pier’s Sky Ride, a chairlift-style attraction in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, on Monday evening, while her aunt and a three-year-old boy were also aboard. The incident, which happened before the ride began moving, sent the toddler tumbling roughly 10-12 feet onto a boardwalk platform and then onto the sand…
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Disabled New Mexico widower mauled to death by a bear in his own home
A disabled widower in Crystal, New Mexico, was mauled to death by a bear that broke into his home while his stepson was briefly out running an errand, in what is reported to be the first fatal bear attack in the state since 2001. Benjamin Halona, 67, had limited mobility after a recent seizure and…
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The Cybercab is Tesla’s ‘fork in the road’ moment
Tesla is set to “launch” its Cybercab robotaxi in Austin, Texas, in what could prove a defining moment for the company. The Cybercab is a small, two-seater vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals, relying on cameras and AI to drive itself, and its rollout is being framed by CEO Elon Musk and other executives…
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Defence, rates and Big Tech scrutiny dominate as Netflix unveils FTX drama
Badenoch demands 3% defence spending amid Russian threat fears, Huw Pill urges an interest rate rise over Middle East inflation risks, and Apple faces a £2bn App Tracking lawsuit; elsewhere, Bartiromo exits Fox and Netflix reveals The Altruists and a Ravenloft series.
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Utilities are racing to link up with fusion startups, with Realta Fusion the latest to benefit
Fusion startup Realta Fusion has struck a deal with Madison Gas and Electric to explore building one of the first grid-connected fusion power plants in the United States, in Wisconsin. The agreement is part of a wider trend of utilities partnering with fusion companies, reflecting both growing confidence in fusion’s technical progress and utilities’ concern…
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Raffaele Annecchino, Former President and CEO of Paramount International, Dies at 55
Raffaele Annecchino, the former President and CEO of Paramount International, has died of acute meningitis at the age of 55, prompting tributes from across the media industry. Over more than 25 years at Paramount/ViacomCBS he rose from an early sales role in Madrid to lead the company’s international operations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa,…
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Data centres are booming in Australia – but at what cost?
Australia has rapidly become a global hotspot for data centre construction, drawn by the AI boom that followed the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, but the expansion is fuelling growing tension between economic ambition and local liveability. Residents in suburbs such as Lane Cove in Sydney are reporting constant humming and jet-engine-like noise from nearby…
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ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini offline in rare concurrent outage
Cloud-based AI services from OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and Google all suffered significant service interruptions within the same few-hour window on Thursday morning, an overlap that is highly unusual since these major frontier models rarely go down simultaneously. The near-concurrent failures briefly degraded access to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Gemini, drawing attention to how much users…
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Inside the GOP panic over Trump’s ‘worst-case scenario’: Republicans say president is stuck in a ‘bubble’ as one unlikely issue threatens to sink them in the midterms
President Donald Trump has dismissed growing backlash against data centres, telling critics on social media that communities opposing them risk becoming “backwards and poor” and warning against killing the “Golden Goose” of AI investment. The remarks, made after Fox News aired residents’ complaints about noise and pollution from facilities in Virginia, alarmed Republican strategists who…
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Cubs reliever Trent Thornton suffers epic dugout meltdown after being removed from game
Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Trent Thornton lost his temper in the dugout after being pulled mid-inning during a 9-5 defeat to the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field on Wednesday night. The outburst came as the Cubs battled through a tight National League Central series against their divisional rivals, though Thornton’s frustration did not end up…