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Sky Elements teamed up with Damoda America in rural Texas to secure two Guinness World Records, launching a total of 71,207 drones within one week.

International politics today feels like a collective sleepwalk into the abyss. Three trends are particularly alarming. Artificial intelligence is globalising and turbocharging old and new threats. Meanwhile, no state is strong enough to impose order. And, as in earlier periods of global crisis, geopolitical blocs are hardening, with international cooperation increasingly portrayed as weakness. Alas,…

A dream matchup for romantics — and, of course, Tampa Bay and Milwaukee fans — the 2026 MLB World Series guarantees a first-time winner of the Commissioner’s Trophy. Not only are the Rays and Brewers two of only five teams yet to win the Major League Baseball title, but they’re also two of the lowest…

UGREEN’s 45W 6-port travel adapter is down to $27.99 on Amazon, returning to its all-time low for your global trips. By •

Earlier this week, I attended a screening of You Can See Everything, the buzzy new documentary about the disgraced former biotech CEO Elizabeth Holmes. 

EV maker Rivian has acquired Third Dimension, a U.K. startup founded by veterans of the gaming and autonomous vehicle industries that uses AI to turn images and videos into lifelike 3D worlds.

“I think I have good news about the nature of neural networks.” With those simple words of optimism, Nick Cammarata, a researcher at the AI startup Goodfire, kicked off a 26,000-word blog post that has knocked the AI world on its head, sparking wild speculation as well as cautious (and not-so-cautious) celebration.

World models are becoming one of the most interesting areas of modern AI research. Instead of simply mapping an input to an output, a world model learns how an environment behaves. It can predict what might happen next, simulate possible outcomes, and help an AI system plan its actions. Although recent systems have brought world…

Holafly has unveiled a new eSIM plan aimed at frequent flyers, which aims to provide not just worldwide mobile internet, but various travel benefits.

Watch every match of the Rugby League World Cup for free as Australia look to claim their fourth consecutive RLWC title. It all begins today as Australia take on New Zealand at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney.