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The authorities in Singapore have charged three men with fraud, allegedly in connection with the shipment of Nvidia GPUs into China in violation of US export controls.…

Michelle Trachtenberg passed away this week at her home in NYC. She was slated to appear at a SXSW event in Austin, Texas on March 12.

Fees will be increased and so will most railcards - for the first time in 12 years - with some going up by almost 17 per cent, from £30 to £35.

Free speech org criticized constitution and made hard-to-sustain accusations of possible censorship

Membership of InternetNZ, the administrator of New Zealand's .NZ country code top-level domain, has more than tripled in a week after the org's review of its constitution was criticized by a free speech advocacy organization.…

To its most die-hard fans, University Challenge has given the world three cult icons: Bamber Gascoigne, Jeremy Paxman, and a man named Dave Garda.

Hellscape. That is the US military codename for the defence of Taiwan. Tens of thousands of autopilot kamikaze drones will first turn the skies black and then the land and seas blood-red.

A ground crew lady working for airline Norwegian applied a passport rule to a member of the family that doesn't exist.

Alphabet's X division has developed a silicon photonic chip for its Taara project, which transmits internet via laser beams instead of fiber optic cables. The system delivers 20Gbps through "light bridges" that establish line-of-sight connections between transceiver units. The second-generation technology miniaturizes previous mechanical components -- including gimbals, mirrors, and lenses -- into solid-state circuitry the size of a fingernail. This chip enables a single laser transmitter to potentially pair with multiple receptors, significantly reducing costs from the current ~$30,000 per bridge setup. Taara has already demonstrated real-world viability by connecting Brazzaville and Kinshasa across the Congo River, providing the latter with five-fold cheaper internet access, and supplementing bandwidth at Coachella 2024. Project leader Mahesh Krishnaswamy claims Taara can deliver "10, if not 100 times more bandwidth" than Starlink in dense areas. X's Astro Teller suggests this technology could form the foundation for 7G networks as radio frequency bands become increasingly congested. Taara will soon "graduate" from X and seek external funding, with Alphabet maintaining a significant stake. Further reading: Official blog post.

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Oksana Markarova, the nation's ambassador to the United States held her hands as the two presidents erupted in a shouting match in the Oval Office in the White House .

Speaking at the Metro Pride Awards on Wednesday, the Texas singer, 57, who is married to chef Bryn Williams, 47, discussed the 'out of order' comments.

Morgan Dorsett, from Shropshire, died at the scene after she was attacked by what was believed to be an XL Bully-type dog at the flat in Hartcliffe, south Bristol, on February 26.

The Prince of Wales, 42, has taken a tour of Dorset today as he announces a new Homewards project which aims to build more homes.

The sci-fi series, fronted by Ncuti Gatwa as the fifteenth Time Lord, is gearing up to screen the episode to coincide with the competition.

Jennifer Till explained why she never wanted to have children, and how she used to have dreams of her unborn babies during an appearance on the Sherri show.

Criminal justice experts now believe there may be a link between watching extreme violence online and carrying it out in real life, despite these claims being dismissed in the past.

The singer, 32, is set to dominate the BRIT Awards on Saturday night, leading the nominations with six nods, including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year. 

It was one of three such items stolen from St Andrew's Church, in Little Steeping, Lincolnshire.

Gregg stepped away from MasterChef in the wake of a number of allegations that he had indulged in sexist banter and harassed contestants.

Autodesk said it would cut 1,350 employees, or about 9% of its workforce, as part of a pivot to the cloud and artificial intelligence. Fast Company reports: Companies across sectors such as architecture, engineering, construction, and product design are making extensive use of Autodesk's 3D design solutions, with the software maker's artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities further driving spending on its products. Autodesk saw a 23% jump in total billings to $2.11 billion in the fourth quarter ended January 31. The company's international operations have particularly shown strength, while analysts have also noted that the company was outpacing peers in the manufacturing sector, driven by the performance of its "Fusion" design software.

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Claudia Lawrence, 36, seemingly vanished into thin air on a March night in 2009. Multiple men were arrested and a lake was emptied in the search for her body. Yet Claudia has never been found.