In her first interview since the incident, Joanna Wietrzyk told the BBC she takes responsibility for it but did not deserve such a severe backlash. ...
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‘Continue your journey’: Key moments of leaked Spain train crash audio‘Continue your journey’: Key moments of leaked Spain train crash audio
Recordings between a control centre and the train drivers appear to show one train was given clearance to move even though another train had stalled on the track. ...
Canada to take equity stake in AI firmCanada to take equity stake in AI firm
Canada is taking an equity stake of up to $1.1 billion in a Toronto-based AI startup, as Washington’s allies intensify efforts to reduce their technological reliance on the US. Ottawa’s push mirrors that of the UK, whose finance minister this week pledged to pursue “a distinctively British approach to AI,” ...
Russia strikes Ukraine amid ceasefire in occupied OleshkyRussia strikes Ukraine amid ceasefire in occupied Oleshky
A Russian drone strike killed at least 14 Ukrainians at a Dnipro train station Thursday, while a US-brokered localized ceasefire in an occupied city held for a third day, highlighting Washington’s uneven progress in ending the nearly five-year war. Both Kyiv and Moscow praised US first lady Melania Trump for ...
Alphabet loses $500 billion in market valueAlphabet loses $500 billion in market value
Alphabet’s shares fell as much as 13% Thursday, erasing more than $500 billion in market value in the worst single-day performance for the Google parent company after it reported slowing search revenue growth. Alphabet’s miss “elevates the fear around AI and agentic taking share from Search and YT and hurting ...
Nvidia chief targeted in alleged spy plotNvidia chief targeted in alleged spy plot
A Chinese businesswoman close to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is suspected of passing intelligence to Beijing, The New York Times reported Thursday, rekindling fears around the security of US industrial secrets amid an intensifying global AI race. The allegations — which Nvidia dismissed Thursday as “investigated and debunked” — come ...
US economy grows faster than expectedUS economy grows faster than expected
The US economy grew faster than expected this summer, new data showed, but the strong economic reading right before next week’s midterm elections is unlikely to cheer Americans worried about rising inflation, analysts said. “Voters don’t vote on GDP,” a Republican strategist told Bloomberg; many are still struggling with surging ...
Netanyahu accused of smearing Arab voters to hold on to powerNetanyahu accused of smearing Arab voters to hold on to power
Prime minister claims Arab Israeli parties used foreign backing to steal elections, in which his coalition lost its majority Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of using smear tactics to cling to power, after he claimed that Arab Israeli parties had used foreign backing to “steal” Tuesday’s election, in which the ...
Exploding heads, mutant aliens and bursting chests: horror’s greatest special effects – ranked!Exploding heads, mutant aliens and bursting chests: horror’s greatest special effects – ranked!
From the beheading in The Omen to the attic scene in The Birds, here’s a countdown of the genre’s most iconic moments – in glorious, old-school pre-CGI style Towards the end of the 20th century, when film-makers’ overreliance on CGI was increasingly making special effects less special, it took the ...
Massive Fanfic Site Archive of Our Own Says It’s Going Down for ‘Up to 4 Weeks’Massive Fanfic Site Archive of Our Own Says It’s Going Down for ‘Up to 4 Weeks’
Archive of Our Own (AO3), a massive repository for fanfiction and creative writing, might be down for as long as a month after going down for “maintenance” on Thursday. The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW), the non-profit organization that runs AO3, posted on its status page early Thursday morning that ...