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AP — Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has soared this year to its highest level in a decade, as the country remains one of the world’s major suppliers of illegal drugs, according to a United Nations study. This growth cements Myanmar’s position as the world’s major known source of illicit opium, especially after a sharp decline in production in Afghanistan after the ruling Taliban imposed a ban after taking over Afghanistan in 2021. The area under opium cultivation has expanded by 17% since 2024 to 53,100 hectares (131,212 acres), the most since 2015, according to the 2025 Myanmar Opium Survey…

Arsenal re-extended their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 2-0 win over Brentford at the Emirates Stadium with goals from Mikel Merino and Bukayo Saka.Stand-in striker Merino followed up his equalizer against Chelsea with a header, making it his second successive game, this time taking the lead in the 11th minute from Ben White’s cross. However, Arsenal were made to strive for victory by a tenacious visiting team and almost leveled the scores in the first half with David Raya’s brilliant effort from Kevin Shade’s header over the bar, before Saka finally added a second…

Can any company, large or small, really reverse the dominance of Nvidia’s AI chips? Probably not. But if you can peel away some of it yourself, you could make hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said this week. As expected, the company announced its next-generation AI chip, Trainium3, an AI chip that competes with Nvidia, at the AWS re:Invent conference. This is 4x faster and consumes less power than the current Trainium2. Jassy reveals some trivia about Trainium today in a post on X, showing why the company is so bullish on the chip. He…

Aerial view of sunrise over Osaka city, JapanFrank Lee | Moments | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets were mixed on Thursday as Wall Street took profits as the latest jobs report raised hopes that the US Federal Reserve could cut interest rates next week.Payroll processor ADP reported that while private companies cut 32,000 jobs in November, they added 47,000 jobs in October, well below the 40,000 increase expected by economists compiled by Dow Jones.According to the CME FedWatch tool, the market has priced in an 89% chance of a rate cut at the Federal Reserve’s meeting on December 9-10, which is significantly…

Amazon Web Services’ annual technology conference, AWS re:Invent, wrapped up today with a ton of product news, keynotes, and the requisite customer success stories. The obvious topic is enterprise AI. This year is all about upgrades that allow customers to further customize their AI agents, including one that AWS claims can learn from users and work independently for days. AWS re:Invent 2025, which runs through December 5, kicked off with a keynote address from AWS CEO Matt Garman. He embraced the idea that AI agents could unlock the “true value” of AI. “AI assistants are starting to be replaced by…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attended an event promoting enterprise AI on February 3, 2025 in Tokyo. Kim Kyung Hoon | ReutersOpenAI has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Neptune, a startup that builds monitoring and debugging tools used by artificial intelligence companies to train models. Neptune and OpenAI collaborated on metrics dashboards to help teams building foundational models. Neptune CEO Piotr Niedźwiedź said in a blog post that the acquisition will bring the two companies “even closer together.” Niedźwiedź said the company plans to reduce its external services in the coming months. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.“Neptune…

The move is another effort by the Trump administration to tighten control over the Federal Reserve, which has historically been out of touch with day-to-day politics.Published December 3, 2025December 3, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said he will push for a new requirement for Federal Reserve regional bank presidents to reside in the District for at least three years before taking office, potentially giving the White House more power over the independent agency.”There’s a disconnect with the Federal Reserve framework,” Bessent said in comments at the New York Times’ Dealbook Summit on Wednesday,…

Rory McIlroy says the country is “starved” for top-level golf and is delighted to be back at the Crown Australian Open. McIlroy leads the 108th Royal Melbourne tournament, with Golf Australia opting to scrap the men’s and women’s tournaments introduced three years ago and return to the traditional format. The DP World Tour currently co-sanctions the Australian Open, with McIlroy aiming for his first win Down Under in 12 years and his second Stonehaven Cup. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Matt Fitzpatrick defeated Rory McIlroy on the playoff hole to win the DP World Tour Championship…

Laura Modiano, Head of EMEA Startups at OpenAI, spoke at the Sifted Summit on Wednesday, October 8th.Null Photo | Null Photo | Getty ImagesOpenAI’s artificial intelligence ChatGPT is back online after the chatbot briefly went down for some users on Tuesday. According to an update on OpenAI’s status page, the company previously said it was “experiencing issues” including “increased ChatGPT error rates.” On Tuesday night, OpenAI announced that these issues have been resolved.”Earlier today, some users temporarily encountered issues using ChatGPT due to a routing misconfiguration,” OpenAI said in a statement to CNBC. “It’s already fixed. About 3,000 people reported…

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff delivers the keynote address at the beginning of the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on October 14, 2025.Jessica Christian | San Francisco Chronicle | Getty Imagessales force reported better-than-expected earnings on Wednesday, and its fourth-quarter earnings outlook beat Wall Street expectations. Shares rose 2% in extended trading. Here’s how the company performed compared to the LSEG consensus:Earnings per share: $3.25 adjusted vs. $2.86 expected Revenue: $10.26 billion vs. $10.27 billion expectedSales for the third quarter of the fiscal year ended Oct. 31 increased 8.6% from the same period last year, according to the announcement. Net income…