Seher Asaf and Kathryn Armstrong BBC News New Zealand has relaxed its visa requirements to attract so-called “digital nomads” – people who travel while working remotely – in an attempt to boost tourism. Under the new rules, visitors can carry out remote working for a foreign employer while holidaying in the country for up to
Congo’s government on Monday accused Rwanda of an incursion into the North Kivu province in the east of the country, hours after the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels claimed control over the provincial capital, Goma. “The government continues to work to prevent carnage and loss of life in light of Rwanda’s clear intentions,” government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya said
President Trump is facing accusations of supporting ethnic cleansing in Gaza after saying he wants to “clean out the whole thing.” Trump made the remark while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday. President Donald Trump: “I’d like Egypt to take people, and I’d like Jordan to take people. I could — I
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Chinese AI lab DeepSeek might be getting the bulk of the tech industry’s attention this week. But one of its top domestic rivals, Alibaba, isn’t sitting idly by. Alibaba’s Qwen team on Monday released a new family of AI models, Qwen2.5-VL, that can perform a number of text and image analysis tasks. The models can
Researchers at Cornell University on Monday showcased a pair of bio-inspired robotics running on a hydraulic fluid-powered battery. The redox flow battery (RFB) also mimics biological functions, as it releases electrolytic fluids, which dissolve to create energy through chemical reaction. The first two robots on display are a modular worm and a jellyfish, designed by
The average family of four in the U.S. reportedly spends more than $1,100 a month on groceries, and they’re not being extravagant. Food costs increased about 2.5% in 2024 from the previous year. A family’s grocery bills often end there, but many states and jurisdictions tack a sales tax on these purchases as well. Their
Key Takeaways Nuclear power providers Vistra and Constellation Energy were among the worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 Monday as investors questioned whether AI will require the huge amounts of computing power and electricity once expected. An open-source AI model from Chinese startup DeepSeek has been found to perform nearly as well as models from
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AT&T’s Subscriber Momentum And De-Risked Fundamentals Drive Optimism: Goldman Sachs Analyst Goldman Sachs analyst James Schneider maintained a Buy rating on AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) with a price target of $28. Schneider expects the stock to trade modestly higher following in-line results in light of a solid quarter with strong underlying subscriber metrics. The analyst noted