Japanese emergency services struggled for hours on Tuesday to rescue the driver of a truck that plunged into a massive sinkhole near Tokyo. Authorities in Yashio City, Saitama, received calls around 9:50 am (0050 GMT) saying that a road had caved in and a lorry had fallen. “We have been carrying out a rescue operation
Guy De Launey BBC Balkans correspondent Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic has resigned, following nationwide protests over the deadly collapse of a railway station canopy. Vucevic said he had taken the decision “in order to avoid further complicating things” and so as to “not further raise tensions in society”. Fifteen people died in November when
Two protesters from Just Stop Oil have disrupted a performance of The Tempest, starring Sigourney Weaver in London’s West End. A man and a woman from the environmental campaign group climbed on to the stage at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Monday evening. They launched a confetti canon and a voice called out: “We’ll have
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The true price of developing DeepSeek’s new models remains unknown, however, since one figure quoted in a single research paper may not capture the full picture of its costs. “I don’t believe it’s $6 million, but even if it’s $60 million, it’s a game changer,” says Umesh Padval, managing director of Thomvest Ventures, a company
Quick-commerce startup Zepto has moved its domicile to India from Singapore, joining a growing number of Indian startups that have moved their headquarters home ahead of an IPO in the country. The transition marks the fastest shift of registered headquarters to India by a startup in the country, according to Zepto’s chief financial officer Ramesh
Apple released new software updates on Monday, including iOS 18.3, which automatically opts users into Apple Intelligence, at least for newer devices. Unlike what the tech industry seems to think, or wants to believe, not everyone wants generative AI features enabled by default on their devices. You may want to switch off the new AI
KEY TAKEAWAYS Smithfield Foods and its Chinese parent raised around $522 million from the U.S. pork giant’s initial public offering after pricing shares below their marketed range. The IPO marks a return to a U.S. listing for the Smithfield, Va.-based company, which went private when China’s WH Group acquired it for almost $5 billion in
Key Takeaways The S&P 500 fell 1.5% on Monday, Jan. 27, as a Chinese startup’s cost-efficient and high-performing AI model sent shockwaves through the U.S. tech sector. Shares of companies like power generators and chipmakers that have benefitted from lofty AI expectations tumbled to start the trading week. AT&T stock pushed higher as strong subscriber