A South Korean tech firm’s disastrous IPO offered the latest signal of investor skittishness about the AI trade, even as stock markets appeared to have recovered from a bearish run. Elice Group shares plunged 30% on their debut, and new analysis showed investors were upping their purchases of credit default ...
Month: October 2026
UK to deploy fighter jets to protect Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacksUK to deploy fighter jets to protect Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks
RAF Typhoon fighters will fly defensive missions over cities and infrastructure, in extension of UK support for Riyadh RAF Typhoon fighters are to protect Saudi Arabia from attack by Yemen’s Houthis, flying defensive missions over the country’s cities and critical infrastructure, as western allies step up their intervention in the ...
Fleeing the frontline: Yemeni families cross Red Sea to Djibouti as Houthi conflict ragesFleeing the frontline: Yemeni families cross Red Sea to Djibouti as Houthi conflict rages
Their overland routes to safety blocked off, several thousand people have boarded boats to escape gunfire, bombing and a dire humanitarian situation Abubaker Saeed was fishing in the Red Sea off Yemen’s coast last month when he noticed explosions in the distance. His mind turned immediately to his wife and ...
Scientists Discover A Strange Particle Explains the Origin of RealityScientists Discover A Strange Particle Explains the Origin of Reality
Scientists have discovered that an exotic particle that existed at the birth of the universe might solve one of the biggest mysteries in cosmology and help explain reality as we know it, according to a new study in Physical Review Letters. Our modern universe is dominated by matter, but it ...
Zelensky prepares for Oslo talks with US envoys as Rubio denies withholding intelligenceZelensky prepares for Oslo talks with US envoys as Rubio denies withholding intelligence
The US secretary of state rejects accusations Ukrainians were dying because the US was withholding intelligence. ...
Man charged with attack on Australian MP as suspect’s father says she is family friendMan charged with attack on Australian MP as suspect’s father says she is family friend
Brendan Nugent’s family say they have known Helen Haines, who remains in a critical condition, for more than 20 years. ...
Suspect arrested after historic town hall set alight during disorder – French mediaSuspect arrested after historic town hall set alight during disorder – French media
The spire of the clock tower at Limoges city hall dramatically collapsed as it was engulfed in flames on Saturday. ...
‘The last bastion is gone’: the US right idolised Orbán’s Hungary. Can they recover now he has fallen?‘The last bastion is gone’: the US right idolised Orbán’s Hungary. Can they recover now he has fallen?
Over the past decade, Hungary has been a beacon for the ‘postliberal’ right, with pro-Trump thinkers making regular pilgrimages to Budapest. Now Orbán is gone, how will the movement adapt? A longer version of this article first appeared in The Drift Espresso Embassy, a third-wave coffee shop in Budapest’s diplomatic ...
‘Gay men keep my ego going – they message me all the time!’ Ed Gamble on Traitors, true love, weight loss and people-pleasing‘Gay men keep my ego going – they message me all the time!’ Ed Gamble on Traitors, true love, weight loss and people-pleasing
As a Traitors obsessive, Gamble is in his element hosting its hugely popular companion show, Uncloaked. He discusses keeping the show’s secrets, edgelord comics and how he became known as a ‘mega wife guy’ Ed Gamble does not like seeing himself on screen. “I know a lot of comics who ...
Don’t be fooled. The AI that was supposed to save us time is doing just the opposite | Gaby HinsliffDon’t be fooled. The AI that was supposed to save us time is doing just the opposite | Gaby Hinsliff
The government says it can transform the state with AI, but it is no match for the resulting stream of machine-generated slop. And we all pay the cost Another morning, another avalanche of emails. Even after a guilty cull, my inbox is sitting at well over 7,000, but lately I’ve ...