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Mahnoor Cheema, has an IQ of 161 - one point higher than the famous theoretical physicist and has received an unconditional offer to study medicine at the University of Oxford.

China launched the World Humanoid Robot Games on Friday. The three-day event will see 280 teams from 16 countries compete in football, track and field, and table tennis alongside robot-specific challenges including medicine sorting and cleaning services. The event also features 192 university teams and 88 private enterprise teams from the U.S., Germany, Brazil and other nations as well as Chinese companies Unitree and Fourier among participants. Beijing municipal government serves as an organizing body. The Chinese robotics sector has received over $20 billion in government subsidies in the past year with Beijing planning a one trillion yuan ($137 billion) fund for AI and robotics startups. A previous Beijing humanoid robot marathon saw several competitors emit smoke and fail to complete the course.

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From the 'forgotten army' to horrific prisoner of war camps that gave victims nightmares, these are the stories of those who fought and survived Japanese forces during the Second World War.

Thomas Skinner has always traded on his working class roots, whether it be his love of fry-ups at his favourite café or his famous 'Bosh' catchphrase.

Motorola has joined forces with Swarovski on a modern version of the Razr that is encrusted with crystals.

UK health chiefs have issued an urgent warning after three people were diagnosed with 'sloth fever' in Britain.

TeejeeTech takes Trixie, adds considerably more polish, yet comes in lighter

Teejeetech turns its attention from Ubuntu to its progenitor. The result is a refined and attractive spin of Debian with Xfce.…

Online Services price changes start November 1, aligning with Microsoft.com rates and eliminating programmatic discounts

Microsoft is updating its pricing approach for Online Services in Enterprise Agreements in the name of consistency and transparency, but could leave some customers paying more.…

Marley Jaxx, 34, and her husband, Steve J. Larsen, 37, from Boise, Idaho, charged guests up to $1,000 to attend their wedding to cover the cost of their do-and made $132,550 in profit

A video showed the playful mammal dancing across the water but marine experts have now urged tourists to stay away from the playful animals following further reports of injuries.

Residents in parts of Essex, Kent, Suffolk, London and Cambridgeshire reported hearing a 'loud bang' just before midday on Friday.

Princess Anne, often hailed as the hardest-working royal, is equally celebrated for her commitment to rewearing and repurposing her favourite pieces.

The late singer's first records were found when Dame Vera's daughter donated her mother's record collection to the British Library after she moved out of her home in East Sussex.

The 16-year-old boy was arrested in Huddersfield after police were called to a flat in Sheepridge Road on Monday night at 11.36pm after a report that a girl was unresponsive.

Somebody built a very sick network in the bowels of a hospital

On Call  Few make it to Friday without some end-of-week blues, which The Register always treats with a fresh dose of On Call – the reader-contributed column that recounts your stories of tech support contusions.…

This is the shocking moment a speeding jet ski comes dangerously close to mowing down beachgoers.

Epping Forest District Council is seeking an injunction stopping asylum seekers from living in a hotel

An anonymous reader shares a report: Manufacturer to the stars Foxconn is building so many AI servers that they're now bringing in more cash than consumer electronics -- even counting the colossal quantity of iPhones it creates for Apple. The Taiwanese company revealed the shift in its Thursday announcement of Q2 results, which saw revenue grow 16% to NT$1.79 trillion ($59.73 billion) and operating profit rise 27% to NT$56.6 billion ($1.9 billion). CEO Kathy Yang told investors the company's Cloud and Networking Products division delivered 41% of total revenue, up nine percent compared to Q2 2024, and surpassing the company's Smart Consumer Electronics unit for the first time. The latter business includes Foxconn's work for Apple.

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Police are worried about her

John Healey outlined how British troops could help 'secure the safe skies, safe seas and build the strength of the Ukrainian forces' in the event of a peace deal.