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Awa-jinja is a place of pilgrimage for the more superstitious fishers of Shinchi-machi, a coastal town in Fukushima, who come here to lower their heads and ask the Shinto gods to look kindly on them as they prepare to steer their boats into the vast Pacific Ocean.
‘They won’t buy it’:…
Rishi Sunak’s global summit on the safety of artificial intelligence this autumn will be hosted at Bletchley Park, the home of top-secret codebreakers during the second world war.
The first major gathering on the technology will bring together governments, leading AI firms and experts to discuss how its risks can be mitigated through…
SHANGHAI, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Chinese food delivery giant Meituan (3690.HK) on Thursday posted a bigger-than-expected 33.4% rise in second-quarter revenue, defying a slowing Chinese economy, though executives warned of headwinds for its core business in the quarter ahead.
Meituan, which offers an app that provides services such as bike-sharing, ticket-booking and maps,…
The stock market darling on everyone’s lips is Nvidia, which makes the processing chips that power everything from home computers to industrial machinery to cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology.
On Thursday, the company stunned Wall Street with results that blew the roof off analysts’ expectations, reporting $13.5bn in quarterly profits, $2bn higher than pundits…
Mobile spin-off Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade is officially titled Assassin’s Creed: Jade, and it has received a brand new gameplay trailer and beta period during Gamescom.
Assassin’s Creed: Jade will be set in 215 BC in ancient China, and based on the gameplay trailer looks like it’ll bring all the key parts of an…
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Last week junior doctors took part in a fifth round of strikes. Today NHS consultants have begun the first of two days on strike for the first time in over a decade. As the staffing crisis escalates, the government maintains that we can’t afford to pay health workers…
North Korea says that its second attempt to launch a spy satellite has ended in a failure, citing ‘an error in the emergency blasting system during the third-stage flight’. Photograph:
North Korea’s second attempt to place a spy satellite in orbit failed on Thursday after the rocket booster experienced a problem with its third…
Dow Jones futures climbed slightly Thursday morning while S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures rose solidly as NVDA stock jumped on results. The Nvidia (NVDA) earnings report has huge implications for other chip and AI stocks, as well as the nascent market rally attempt.
Dow Jones Futures Rise: Hot Nvidia Earnings…
LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) – More than a dozen of the world’s biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union’s sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency this month.
Across the EU, a host of internet giants – including Meta’s (META.O)
Japan has begun discharging more than 1m tonnes of tainted water into the Pacific Ocean from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, news agency Kyodo has reported, a move that has sparked protests and import bans from China and Hong Kong, and anger in nearby fishing communities.
Japan begins releasing…
