1. A Technological Leap In a historic shift, Wimbledon has fully embraced Electronic Line Calling (ELC) in 2025, replacing its iconic army of line judges with a network of automated cameras, sensors, and pre-recorded calls. The elegant, human-driven decisions that lasted 147 years have now been retired in favour of precision, consistency, and fewer officials…
McLaren has been the dominant force in Formula 1 this season, but Red Bull Racing and Mercedes were both offered a glimmer of hope at the Canadian Grand Prix when the two teams combined to box McLaren out of the podium picture. Now they’ll look to build on that momentum after an off week at…
KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday signed a decree putting his war-torn country on track to leave the anti-landmine Ottawa Convention, according to a document published on his website. The treaty bans signatories from acquiring, producing, stockpiling or using anti-personnel mines, which are designed to be buried or hidden on the ground. They often…
1. The Breakthrough A pioneering biological computer called CL1 has been unveiled near Cambridge—an unprecedented hybrid system merging 200,000 lab-grown human brain cells with silicon circuitry. Developed by Australian startup Cortical Labs with the UK firm bit.bio, this innovation marks one of the first functional and commercial synthetic biological intelligence machines . 2. How It…
Overview Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has raised alarms: Iran could resume enriching uranium “in a matter of months”, despite recent military attacks by the U.S. and Israel. While critical infrastructure has been hit, Grossi emphasizes that damage is “severe but not total”, and Iran still retains the key…
GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes and gunfire killed at least 14 people including three children in the war-stricken Palestinian territory on Sunday. Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that 13 people died in air strikes at four locations around the Gaza Strip, and another from Israeli fire near an…
Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang started selling shares this week for the first time since September © Ann Wang/Reuters Nvidia insiders have sold more than $1bn of the company’s stock over the past 12 months including a recent surge in trading as they cash in on investors’ enthusiasm for artificial intelligence. More than $500mn of the…
Rafael Grossi raises concern over Iran’s stockpile of 60 percent enriched uranium, just below weapons grade. Iran may be able to restart uranium enrichment in a matter of months despite a wave of attacks by the United States and Israel that targeted its nuclear infrastructure, according to the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog,…
BHUBANESWAR: A sudden crowd surge at a Hindu festival in India’s coastal state of Odisha on Sunday triggered a stampede that killed at least three people and injured several others, local government officials said. Thousands of devotees had gathered near Gundicha temple in the city of Puri for celebrations of an annual Hindu chariot festival….
Rafael Grossi says he hopes negotiations can still happen in the future, despite Iran cutting ties with the IAEA Iran has the capacity to start enriching uranium again – for a possible bomb – in “a matter of months”, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has said. Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic…
