Wednesday 13 May 2026 - 11:00
Wednesday 13 May 2026 - 10:45
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and billionaire Elon Musk are set to appear before a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to seek approval of a settlement linked to Musk’s delayed disclosure of his investment in Twitter. The agreement concerns allegations that Musk waited too long in 2022 to reveal that he had acquired a significant......
Travel patterns across Europe are being reshaped as the Iran conflict and wider regional instability push passengers to rethink summer plans. Many travelers are not cancelling trips but adjusting them, choosing closer destinations, shorter stays, and more flexible bookings. Rail travel is gaining ground as aviation costs and uncertainty rise......
Panasonic Holdings announced a three year investment program worth 500 billion yen aimed at accelerating its expansion into artificial intelligence infrastructure, even as the Japanese conglomerate reported a sharp decline in annual earnings driven by restructuring costs and weaker electric vehicle demand. The company said it intends to capitalize......
Anduril Industries announced a major financial milestone after securing 5 billion dollars in a new investment round that doubled the company’s valuation to 61 billion dollars. The California-based defense technology company said the funding round was led by major venture capital firms Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. The investment......
Sam Altman testified Tuesday in federal court in Oakland, California, rejecting accusations from Elon Musk that he abandoned OpenAI’s original nonprofit mission. Altman told jurors that Musk himself pushed for long term control over the artificial intelligence company and supported turning the organization into a commercial operation......
NASA has unveiled a new collection of images captured by the Mars rover Perseverance, including a sweeping panorama of a region known as Arbot and the rover’s sixth selfie since landing on the Red Planet in 2021. The visuals were taken during the rover’s farthest westward journey beyond the rim of Jezero Crater and provide scientists......
The United States has announced the opening of discussions with Cuba after President Donald Trump stated that Havana had requested assistance from Washington. The announcement marks a potential shift in a relationship that has remained tense for decades, although no details have been provided on the scope or timing of the talks. The US president......
African policymakers, researchers and mining experts are intensifying calls for local transformation of critical raw materials as global competition for strategic minerals accelerates. During a conference held in Rabat by the Policy Center for the New South and the Geology and Sustainable Mining Institute, participants examined the challenges......
Investors are urging Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to avoid escalating technology and trade tensions during this week’s summit in Beijing, as global markets continue to rally around artificial intelligence. The two leaders are expected to meet on May 14 and 15 in what marks Trump’s first official visit to China since 2017. Market......
Employees at Amazon have reportedly used internal artificial intelligence tools to automate unnecessary tasks in order to artificially increase their token consumption metrics, reflecting a broader Silicon Valley trend known as “tokenmaxxing.” The practice has emerged as companies intensify pressure on staff to demonstrate heavy......
Hermes Agent from Nous Research has become the most widely used open source AI agent on OpenRouter, surpassing longtime leader OpenClaw after a rapid surge in developer adoption and token usage. Public application rankings on OpenRouter showed on May 10 that Hermes Agent was processing roughly 224 billion tokens per day, compared with 186......
Climate models are rapidly converging toward the emergence of a powerful El Niño event later this year, as ocean temperatures across the equatorial Pacific accelerate beyond earlier forecasts. Updated projections from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts now place the probability of a Super El Niño forming by......
Grok, the chatbot developed by xAI, recorded a sharp decline in global adoption during 2026 as competition in the generative artificial intelligence market intensified. Monthly downloads dropped to around 8.3 million in April, down from more than 20 million in January, representing a fall of nearly 60 percent. Active usage also weakened, with......
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At the Heart of the 2026 World Cup
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GITEX Africa: The New Frontiers Of African Innovation
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Les Impériales Week 2026: Under the Theme “Daba or Never”
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Iran under the lens
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AFCON 2025: Morocco at the heart of African football
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