Nvidia to invest $3 billion in Meta as social media giant plans to raise $95 billion for AI infrastructure expansion

Nvidia and Meta expand their AI partnership as Nvidia plans a $3 billion investment in Meta. (REUTERS)

Nvidia will invest $3 billion in Meta. The chipmaker announced the investment on Tuesday, October 27, as Meta increases its spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. Nvidia and Meta expand their AI partnership as Nvidia plans a $3 billion investment in Meta. (REUTERS) Meta plans to raise $95 billion to fund AI investments. The social … Read more

H-1B visa crackdown: Cloudera breaks silence as US bars tech giant from sponsoring Green Cards: We don't discriminate

Cloudera agreed to pay $2 million and accept a two-year suspension from the PERM program after the Justice Department alleged discriminatory hiring practices against U.S. workers. (Representational Image)

A software enterprise headquartered in Santa Clara consented to remit $2 million in compensation and accept a two-year exclusion from a program facilitating permanent residency acquisition for international workers, pursuant to an agreement negotiated with the Trump administration. Cloudera agreed to pay $2 million and accept a two-year suspension from the PERM program after the … Read more

Two runners completed the London Marathon inside one giant inflatable elephant in 4:15:40; they set a world record while raising money for type 1 diabetes

Two runners completed the London Marathon inside one giant inflatable elephant in 4:15:40; they set a world record while raising money for type 1 diabetes

Two runners from Looe have set a world record after completing the London Marathon inside a giant inflatable elephant. Jo Robinson and Emma Langstaff finished the race in 4:15:40, recording the fastest marathon time ever recorded in a two-person inflatable costume. As members of the Looe Pioneers running club, they took on the challenge to … Read more

Two giant pandas, emblems of China soft diplomacy, arrive in US

Two giant pandas, emblems of China soft diplomacy, arrive in US

Two giant pandas sent by China arrived in the United States on Sunday, Beijing and the Atlanta zoo said, after a leaders’ summit that was heavy on symbolism and light on major breakthroughs. Two giant pandas, emblems of China soft diplomacy, arrive in US The bears’ transfer had already been agreed but the departure was … Read more

Pakistan goes bananas over giant gorillas dancing to Bollywood songs

Pakistan goes bananas over giant gorillas dancing to Bollywood songs

Clips of these larger-than-life performers have been spreading rapidly online (Photo: AFP) Pakistanis are going bananas over a trend that has crossed the Indian border: Giant gorillas, dancing to Bollywood music.Clips of these larger-than-life performers have been spreading rapidly online, turning them into the surprise stars of weddings, birthdays and other festivities.In the videos, guests … Read more

Panda diplomacy: Xi announces 2 giant pandas for Atlanta zoo in US

Panda diplomacy: Xi announces 2 giant pandas for Atlanta zoo in US

Xi announces 2 ‘envoys of friendship’ for US Chinese President Xi Jinping brought a softer touch to his meeting with US President Donald Trump and other White House officials on Thursday, announcing that two giant pandas would soon head to Atlanta as an “envoy of friendship”.The announcement was the latest development in a new panda … Read more

Two giant dams changed Europe’s second-longest river. Decades later, scientists found the Danube Delta was being starved of sediment

Two giant dams changed Europe’s second-longest river. Decades later, scientists found the Danube Delta was being starved of sediment

The Danube does not arrive at the Black Sea as it once did. For thousands of years, the river carried enormous quantities of sediment towards its delta, steadily building and reshaping the low-lying landscape where river channels meet lagoons and the sea. That process changed after large-scale engineering works altered the river upstream. Following the … Read more

A man climbed inside a giant Roman storage jar around 1,600 years ago and never came out; archaeologists think they know what he was hiding from

A man climbed inside a giant Roman storage jar around 1,600 years ago and never came out; archaeologists think they know what he was hiding from

More than 1,600 years ago, as fire engulfed a Roman settlement in what is now Bulgaria, a young man appears to have made a desperate decision: he climbed inside a huge storage jar and hid. He never came out. Archaeologists uncovered his remains inside the vessel during excavations at the ancient Roman colony of Deultum … Read more

Racketeering conspiracy trial against Chinese tech giant Huawei begins in New York

Racketeering conspiracy trial against Chinese tech giant Huawei begins in New York

NEW YORK — A racketeering conspiracy trial of Huawei Technologies began in New York on Wednesday with federal prosecutors accusing the Chinese tech company of a litany of crimes, including stealing technology from American companies, abusing the U.S. financial system and helping Iran snoop on its citizens. Racketeering conspiracy trial against Chinese tech giant Huawei … Read more

This Chilean community catches fog in giant nets and turns coastal mist into water; the unusual idea now harvests up to 650,000 litres a year in a drought-hit region

This Chilean community catches fog in giant nets and turns coastal mist into water; the unusual idea now harvests up to 650,000 litres a year in a drought-hit region

A drought-hit community in northern Chile has found an unusual source of water in something that usually passes unnoticed. On the hills above Peña Blanca, in the Coquimbo region, giant mesh nets are positioned to intercept coastal fog, locally known as camanchaca, as it moves inland from the Pacific. Tiny droplets suspended in the fog … Read more