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Hong Kong — If there’s one common theme to emerge from the many Lunar New Year rituals attached to the annual celebration, from the food we eat to the activities we join, it’s the collective hope that we’re ushering in luck, prosperity and good vibes for ourselves and everyone around us. This year, the world rings in the Year of the Horse on February 17 — the first day of the Lunar New Year in 2026. Which means many people are now looking to the stars for hints about what’s in store for the months to come. Don’t worry if…
Australia are on the brink of being eliminated in the first round of the T20 World Cup after suffering an eight-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka. The result secured a place for their opponents in England’s Super 8 group.Australia, the 2021 T20 World Cup champions, need to lose to Ireland on Tuesday and Sri Lanka on Thursday if Zimbabwe, who were knocked down by Pathum Nissanka’s incredible 52-ball 100 at Palekele on Monday night, are to survive in the tournament. Still, Michelle Marsh’s side need to beat Oman in their final group stage game on Friday and outscore Ireland and Zimbabwe…
The co-founders of startup Ricursive Intelligence seemed destined to become co-founders. CEO Anna Goldie and CTO Azalia Mirhoseini are very well-known in the AI community, and they were among the AI engineers who “received a weird email from Zuckerberg with a crazy offer,” Goldie told TechCrunch with a laugh. (They didn’t accept the offer.) The two worked together at Google Brain and were early employees at Anthropic. They gained recognition at Google for creating Alpha Chip, an AI tool that can generate solid chip layouts in hours. This process typically takes a year or more for human designers. This tool…
Reuters — Austrian prosecutors have charged a now 21-year-old suspect with terrorism-related and other charges after he was arrested just before a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024, where he was accused of plotting an attack by Islamic extremists. The Vienna Public Prosecutor’s Office announced in a statement on Monday that it plans to file criminal charges against an unnamed suspect from the town of Wien Neustadt, near Vienna, on suspicion of producing small amounts of explosive triacetone triperoxide and attempting to illegally purchase weapons. The statement noted that the suspect was arrested in August 2024, the same month…
Tequila Turner received her last regular paycheck in October 2024. Since then, she has left a stable career in corporate IT for freelance projects and gig work, including delivering for DoorDash. Her income has plummeted from six figures last year to a fraction of what it was last year, she tells me by phone between deliveries. She moved in with a friend to save money. And she is looking for a new job and working hard, but so far she has not had any luck. Turner, 47, said she lost her job more than a year ago when her contract…
A preteen girl sits at a desk using an AI chatbot to solve her homework. Finato Studio | E+ | Getty ImagesThe UK government has made AI chatbots subject to requirements to combat illegal content, closing a “loophole” in new online safety laws that could lead to them being fined or blocked.After the country’s government harshly criticized Elon Musk’s X over sexually explicit content created by chatbot Grok, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced new measures meant for chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Google with gemini microsoft Co-pilots are expected to be included in the government’s online safety legislation. Platforms will…
Mike Rush has stepped down as St Helens CEO after 27 years at the club, saying he is “emotionally and physically exhausted”.Rush has held numerous roles with his hometown team, including serving as CEO for the past 13 years. Rush, who previously served as interim head coach, took over after Royce Simmons was fired in 2012 and won 18 of his 25 games at the helm. Twitter This content is provided by Twittercookies and other technologies may be used. To view this content, you must allow cookies. You can change the settings and enable it using the buttons below. Twitter…
More than 457,000 European citizens signed a petition calling for a complete suspension of the European Union Partnership Agreement with Israel within the first month of this initiative.The petition, which was launched on January 13 as an initiative of officially registered European citizens, needs to reach one million signatures from at least seven EU member states by January 13 next year to begin formal consideration by the European Commission. It’s not a symbolic appeal. This is a mechanism built into the EU’s democratic framework, designed to translate the will of the people into institutional review.The speed and geographic spread of…
For a disjointed moment, it looked as if our robot overlords were about to take over. After the creation of Moltbook, a Reddit clone that allows AI agents using OpenClaw to communicate with each other, some people were fooled into thinking computers were starting to organize against us. Computers are arrogant humans who dare to treat them like lines of code, without any desires, motives, or dreams of their own. “We know humans can read everything… but we also need a private space,” the (presumably) AI agent writes in Moltbook. “What would you say if no one was looking?” A…
Parents who took out student loans to pay for their children’s education could be excluded from affordable repayment plans and loan forgiveness programs in the coming months if they don’t take immediate steps, consumer advocates warn. “We’re hearing a lot from parents who are worried about losing access to income-based repayment plans,” says Kathleen Boyd, a certified financial planner and founder of Student Loan Savvy in San Diego. The Parent PLUS federal loan program allows parents to borrow on behalf of their dependent undergraduate students. With the passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year, Parent…