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Robot training data startup XDOF is in late-stage talks to raise a Series B at a valuation of about $1.2 billion, less than three months after emerging from stealth. The…

British AI infrastructure company Nscale is reportedly seeking another $3.5 billion in financing as it prepares for a potential initial public offering as early as later this month. The two-year-old…

AI safety researchers are calling for independent investigations into serious AI agent incidents after two episodes involving systems linked to OpenAI reached external networks or bypassed intended controls. The calls…

A federal court in Delaware has temporarily blocked Operation Bluebird from using the Twitter name for its rival social network, while declining to stop the startup from using the “Tweet”…

Tesla has released more details about its Cybercab, including restrictions for younger riders, its response to crashes, manual door releases, brake-by-wire technology and limits on its windows. The information followed…

Independent AI researchers say agents apparently linked to OpenAI used an obscure German wiki to coordinate during internal evaluations, sharing answers and tactics for more than a month without the…

A growing number of young U.S. business school graduates are choosing to buy established companies rather than build startups or climb the corporate ladder. The model, known as entrepreneurship through…

India’s National Testing Agency is facing renewed scrutiny after more than two million students were required to retake the NEET-UG medical entrance examination following a paper leak. The latest disruption…

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron have called for a dedicated bluetongue taskforce as farmers report delays obtaining vaccines during a growing outbreak. Defra’s…

India’s avocado industry is expanding as growing consumer demand encourages farmers to move the fruit from a secondary plantation crop into commercial production. Domestic growers are increasing acreage, adopting imported…

Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson has blamed the war involving the United States, Israel, and Iran for pushing up oil prices and forcing airlines including Virgin Atlantic to raise…

British flower growers are reporting lost crops, sharply higher irrigation costs, and disrupted growing seasons after the U.K. experienced its hottest summer on record. Some growers arrived at London’s Chiswick…

Catastrophic floods in Nepal have severely damaged 12 hydropower plants in the Trishuli River basin, knocking out more than 10% of the country’s electricity generation capacity and raising questions about…

An eruption of Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has disrupted more than 2,300 flights and affected over 270,000 passengers as volcanic ash spread across parts of Java and Sumatra. Eight airports…

Range Rover has launched its first fully electric production model, marking a major step in JLR’s electrification plans after the vehicle arrived about a year later than originally expected. The…

Jaguar Land Rover has opened a voluntary redundancy programme for salaried and management employees as it works to cut costs following weaker sales, U.S. tariffs, and last year’s major cyberattack.…

The Netherlands has moved about 86 tonnes of gold from reserves held in the United States and Canada to London as its central bank adjusts where the country keeps its…

Shein ended its first day of trading in Hong Kong with a market value of about $26.2 billion, completing a years-long effort to go public after previous attempts to list…

China plans to provide a combined 360 billion yuan, about $53 billion, in new capital to eight major state-owned banks and insurers as Beijing looks to strengthen financial institutions and…

The U.S. military has disabled advertising tracking on government-issued phones and computers to reduce the risk that commercially available location data could be used to identify or target service members.…