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Former US President Barack Obama has clarified his position on extraterrestrial life, saying there is no evidence that aliens have come into contact with Earth after his comments on a podcast went viral. President Obama made headlines over the weekend after appearing to acknowledge the existence of aliens in an interview with American podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen. Toward the end of the interview, which covered a variety of serious issues, including the killing of protesters by immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota, Cohen posed a series of “lightning rounds” of questions, starting with “Are aliens real?” “They’re real, but I’ve…

Keep it, reform it, or remove it? We are nearing a crossroads for VAR and there is a huge debate going on about how we move forward.Chris Kavanagh and his team’s disastrous officiating in Newcastle’s 3-1 FA Cup fourth-round win at Aston Villa was a perfect illustration of why it is so divisive. Had VAR not been used, the litany of “obvious mistakes” by the Villa Park refereeing team would normally have been seen as an argument in favor of the technology. And this was not the only game where the referee was criticized. However, the conclusion that this is…

There’s been a bunch of exciting research-focused AI labs popping up in recent months, and Flapping Airplanes is one of the most interesting. Propelled by its young and curious founders, Flapping Airplanes is focused on finding less data-hungry ways to train AI. It’s a potential game-changer for the economics and capabilities of AI models — and with $180 million in seed funding, they’ll have plenty of runway to figure it out. Last week, I spoke with the lab’s three co-founders — brothers Ben and Asher Spector, and Aidan Smith — about why this is an exciting moment to start a…

Another week of “could have been worse” victories on Wall Street as traders weather one mini-crash in one sector after another and investors try to take sustenance from the relative outperformance of the majority of stocks. The S&P 500 was mostly flat last week, ending at levels first reached 112 calendar days ago, but at that moment in late October, the market was excitedly pricing in a positive backdrop of economic upturn spurred by the Federal Reserve’s “insurance” rate cuts and buoyed by an AI investment boom that promised more creation than destruction. .SPX 6M Mountain S&P 500, 6 Months…

Sky Sports columnist Laura Hunter breaks down the big talking points from the latest Women’s Super League fixtures and explores the key stories at the heart of the women’s game.Is the noise around Chelsea justified?Much has been written about Chelsea’s plight in recent weeks. In my opinion, much of that is warranted. This is a club that cheers when they lift a title or admire a trophy. When things don’t go well, you need the humility to accept criticism. I think the “Chelsea crisis” is an exaggeration, given their wide range of positions. Much of their suffering has to do…

Will Jacks’ late score once again proved crucial as England secured a nervy 24-run victory over debutant Italy in Kolkata, clinching a spot in the Super 8s of the T20 World Cup.Jacks (53 no off 22 balls) was reduced to 107-5 in 13 overs at Eden Gardens, but England knocked six final overs to reach his first T20I fifty, taking his team to 202-7. The Surrey all-rounder scored 18 runs from the final over in England’s opening game win over Nepal by four runs, but the team was once again indebted to him after three of their top five batsmen,…

Aiming to attract more AI investment to the country, India is hosting a four-day AI Impact Summit this week, which will be attended by executives from leading AI labs and big techs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and Cloudflare, as well as heads of state. The event, which is expected to attract 250,000 people, will be attended by Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani, and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday. Key updates on…

China focuses on large-scale language models in the field of artificial intelligence.Black DubFX | iStock | Getty ImagesChina’s rapid advances in AI threaten to undermine America’s dominance in the market, with one analyst warning that a technology shock is just beginning. Rory Green, chief China economist and head of Asia research at TS Lombard, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Monday that China has broken the U.S.’s “supposed monopoly” on technology and AI. “I think the China technology shock is just beginning,” Green said in a conversation with CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick and Ben Boulos. “It’s not just AI, Deep Seek,…

tel aviv — The Israeli government is in the process of registering the occupied West Bank territory as state land, a move the Palestinians denounce as “de facto annexation.” For the first time since Israel occupied the territory in 1967, the government will create a system to formally register large tracts of land as a state. Israel’s Foreign Ministry defended the move as an “administrative measure” that “brings order” to land registration. But government ministers have made it clear that the aim is to increase Israeli settlements and strengthen Israel’s control over the land. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalal Smotrich said…

Fractal Analytics, India’s first IPO company, had a not-so-strong first day on the public market as enthusiasm for technology collided with nervous investors recovering from a steep slide in India’s software stocks. Fractal was listed on Monday at Rs 876 per share, below the issue price of Rs 900, but fell further in afternoon trade. The stock price fell 7% from the issue price to close at 873.70 rupees, giving the company a market capitalization of approximately 148.1 billion rupees (approximately $1.6 billion). This price represents a step down from Fractal’s recent private market highs. In July 2025, the company…