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From AI to EVS, demand for semiconductors is exploding, but silicon is reaching its limit. To make more efficient chips, it’s not much more ubiquitous than sand, but the solution may literally be there. Space Forge, a British startup based in Cardiff, Wales, recently raised a series of £22.6 million (approximately $30 million) to create wafer materials in the universe where unique conditions unlock new possibilities. For example, the Welsh startup has won funding for a project that wants to test how BT (formerly British Telecom) can reduce the power consumption of 5G towers by integrating crystal materials grown in…
The UN Nuclear Watch has warned that Tehran is closer to arms-grade enriched uranium as negotiations continue with the US.United Nations nuclear observers say Iran has increased its highly enriched stockpile, which has increased by 50% near weapons-grade uranium in the past three months. A report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday claims that the nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only as nuclear deal negotiations are underway between the US and Iran. As of May 17, Iran had collected 408.6kg (900.8lbs) of uranium, which was enriched to 60%. This is the only nuclear-weapon-free state, according to…
Last week, Google quietly released an app from an AI development platform that allows users to run a wide range of AI models, which are widely available. This app, called Google AI Edge Gallery, is available on Android and will soon be on iOS. Users can find, download and run compatible models to generate images, answer questions, write and edit code. The model runs offline without the need for an internet connection and takes advantage of supported mobile phone processors. AI models running in the cloud are often stronger than local counterparts, but they also have downsides. Some users may…
Meta recently released a new video editing app for creators called Edit. This new app is designed to rival Capcut by Bytedance, the popular short video editing app used by many creators. Meta first shared that he was working on editing in January after the refund-owned capcut was removed from the US app store when the Tiktok ban came into effect instantly. The app can then be returned online and downloaded, but as Tiktok’s future in the US remains uncertain, Meta is ready to take advantage of the future Capcut absence with the new editing app. Create this guide to…
At least 3,018 people have been evacuated and 265 homes have been destroyed by floods in central Nigeria.Local governments have said more than 150 people have been killed and thousands have been evacuated after floods devastated parts of Central Nigeria as rescuers continue to retrieve bodies and search for missing people. The floods hit the country town of Mokuwa in Niger province after heavy rain that began on Wednesday and continued into Thursday. Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) spokesman Ibrahim Oud Hussenyi on Saturday said the death toll rose to 151 after being recovered from around 10 km (6…
The Taliban government follows Pakistan’s move to designate an ambassador to Kabul as tensions between the two countries.Afghanistan welcomes upgrades in diplomatic relations with Pakistan, indicating ease of tensions among its South Asian neighbours. Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dal on Friday said the charges stationed in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul were promoted to the rank of ambassador, with Afghanistan’s Taliban government later announcing the representatives of Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. In the absence of the ambassador, the charges as the mission chief of the embassy will act as the ambassador’s director. “This promotion of diplomatic expression between Afghanistan [and] Pakistan paves the…
May 31, 2025Ravi LakshmananVulnerability / Linux According to the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU), two disclosure flaws have been identified in Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora’s core dump handlers Appport and SystemD-Coredump. When tracked as CVE-2025-5054 and CVE-2025-4598, both vulnerabilities are racial bugs that allow local attackers to gain access to access sensitive information. Tools like Appport and SystemD-Coredump are designed to handle crash reports and core dumps on Linux systems. “These race conditions allow local attackers to exploit the SUID program and gain read access to the resulting core dump,” said Saeed Abbasi, product manager at Qualys…
Gaza is “the most hungry place on the planet,” warning the UN that its entire population is at risk of hunger. A desperate Palestinian is shot dead, starved and kicked out of their homes by Israeli forces. Calling Israel to stop its intentional starvation campaign and allow food to be made to the enclaves, the United Nations on Friday said Palestinians in Gaza are the mission “most stumped in recent history.” “The aid operations we are ready to roll are placed in operational restraint jackets, which have become one of the most hampered aid operations not only in today’s world…
SINGAPORE – Of the many military officials darting across the lobby of Singapore’s Shangri-La Hotel this weekend, there was one major absence. Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun skipped the annual Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier security forum, and Beijing sent a delegation of lower delegates instead. Since 2019, China has not sent a defense minister to a high-level dialogue on regional defense, except in cases where events were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Beijing’s decision came at a time when it raised eyebrows in Singapore and tensions between China and the US. They are the two…
After carrying trucks that had been transported near the Canadian border, they asked to avoid a swarm of insect biting insects.Trucks carrying millions of bees have been overturned in the northwest of the United States, prompting emergency warnings from local governments. The truck was overturned in Whatcom county in Washington on Friday, carrying an active beehive of about 31,751kg (70,000 pounds). “250 million bees are loose,” the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) announced on its official social media page. “Don’t go this area as bees may be fleeing and swarming.” According to the Sheriff’s Office, authorities have sealed parts of…