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Climate extremes increasingly ‘normal’ in Britain, Met Office says
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (340+ words) LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) – Britain’s four most recent years are all among its five warmest on record, according to the country’s meteorological office, which said on Wednesday rising temperatures were making once-exceptional weather conditions increasingly ordinary. The Met Office’s annual climate…...
OpenAI’s first hardware device will be a speaker, Bloomberg News reports
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (129+ words) July 14 (Reuters) - OpenAI is planning to release a screenless speaker as its first hardware product, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The news comes just days after Apple sued OpenAI and two former... OpenAI’s first…...
Earthquake of magnitude 6.05 strikes Mindanao, Philippines, GFZ says
8+ hour, 8+ min ago (87+ words) July 14 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.05 earthquake struck Mindanao in the Philippines on Tuesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. (Reporting by Ruchika Khanna... Earthquake of magnitude 6.05 strikes Mindanao, Philippines,…...
German minister warns against unacceptable delays to 10 billion euro satellite project
9+ hour, 55+ min ago (194+ words) BERLIN, July 14 (Reuters) – German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius on Tuesday urged timetable and budget discipline for a planned military satellite project valued at 10 billion euros ($11.45 billion), saying delays were unacceptable given current threats to security. “We cannot afford delays in…...
Factbox-Where authorities are restricting data centres amid AI boom
10+ hour, 52+ min ago (349+ words) July 14 (Reuters) – A growing number of governments, regulators and cities around the world are moving to freeze, restrict or ban new data centre construction, as concerns mount over electricity costs, strained water supplies, land scarcity and the burden on local…...
More than 260,000 evacuated as Typhoon Bavi brings severe floods
20+ hour, 11+ min ago (213+ words) HONG KONG, July 14 (Reuters) – The most powerful storm to strike mainland China this year forced more than 260,000 people to evacuate their homes in northeastern Liaoning province, as Typhoon Bavi brought intense flooding. Heavy rain is expected to persist through Tuesday,…...
Global fusion energy annual investments hit record of nearly $4.5 billion
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (448+ words) WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) – Global investments in fusion energy hit a record of $4.48 billion in the year since last July, according to a survey released on Monday, a milestone driven by hopes the emerging industry can help meet rising demand for…...
FAA closes Starship review ahead of SpaceX’s next test flight this week
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (110+ words) WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Monday closed its review into a SpaceX Starship booster's return failure that occurred during a flight test in May, clearing the way for Elon Musk's space company... FAA closes Starship review ahead…...
Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Lorengau region in Papua New Guinea, USGS says
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (96+ words) July 13 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Lorengau region in Papua New Guinea on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake was at a depth of 47.8 km (29.7 miles), USGS said. (Reporting by Abu Sultan... Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Lorengau region…...
France sends water bombers to tackle wildfire outside Paris
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (360+ words) NOISY-SUR-ECOLE, France, July 13 (Reuters) – More than 400 French firefighters worked through the night to contain a wildfire in the historic Fontainebleau forest south of Paris, and authorities sent two waterbombing planes on Monday to tackle the blaze as a heatwave gripped…...