EU aims for seven AI gigafactories with 10 billion plan in race with U.S., China
European Commission said it aims to attract at least 20 billion in private investments for the projects; the total was increased from five planned gigafactories to seven following strong interest from EU countries
Science quiz: Works that won the Fields Medal
Test your Fields Medal IQ with this quiz. Can you name these math genuises?
When is heavy rainfall a cloudburst, and when is it not? | Explained
Last week, the IMD rejected reports that Assam and Nagaland had experienced cloudbursts over the preceding few days and that they were responsible for the Upper Assam floods
WhatsApp rolls out web calls, waiting rooms and call transfer features
These new features will also allow WhatsApp users to run calls and meetings similar to users of rival video call platforms
OpenAI's rogue agent compromised a customer at a second tech firm, executive says
Modal said the customer had published an unauthenticated endpoint that allowed anyone on the internet to use their sandboxes for code execution
Andromeda Galaxy entering middle age
The Andromedas star formation rate has been steadily dropping, especially over the last 40 million years
Comet which makes appearance once in 5.5 years now visible in Bengaluru sky
The comet has been becoming brighter during June and July, and it will continue to be observable through late July and the first half of August, with peak visibility occurring around August 2 and 3
Anthropic rolls out Opus 5 AI model in efficiency upgrade
Open-weight models allow users to download, run and customise the virtual brains of an AI, unlike proprietary models
South Korea's SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics sign $950 billion partnership with U.S. big tech
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will pursue memory chip supply partnership with U.S. big tech companies
Nvidia in talks with OpenAI to guarantee $250 billion financing for data centre: Report
OpenAI, which has been in advanced talks for several weeks to lease the site, is among the companies showing the strongest interest in the project, per the report
