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- Taiwan’s chipmaking giant TSMC to invest $1B in Anthropic, OpenAI
Latest example of the AI boom’s circular financing comes as AI trade wobbles.
Technology · DigiTechNepal · - Trump admin loses fight to spy on random journalists’ LinkedIn DMs
Confidential sources “lifeblood” of free press, court rules in LinkedIn fight.
Technology · DigiTechNepal · - Russia-Ukraine talks turn to post-war security but end without breakthrough
Talks in Abu Dhabi centred around Europe's security framework, with US envoys due to meet Putin and Zelensky on Thursday.
World · DigiNepal International · - Spain sees widespread disruption in first general strike for 14 years
Protests are also expected in the biggest cities less than three weeks before Spaniards vote in parliamentary elections.
World · DigiNepal International · - Centaurus A in the spotlight: Plasma simulations reproduce black hole jets' mysterious bright edges
Around 12 million light-years away, the supermassive black hole of the galaxy Centaurus A is hurling two enormous plasma jets into space at nearly the speed of light. These so-called jets are brighter at their edges…
Science & future · DigiSciFiNepal · - Big Walk used AI to fix a bug. Now the indie gaming world is having a reckoning.
Any amount of AI coding is too much for many Indie Game Festival judges.
Technology · DigiTechNepal · - Russia’s ambassador to the US dies ‘suddenly’, foreign ministry says
Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, has died “suddenly” at the age of 66 after just one and a half years in the job, Moscow’s foreign ministry announced on Wednesday. The ministry called…
World · DigiNepal International · - Argon on Uranus and Neptune may reveal more about their origins than their interiors
Measurements of an argon isotope could help scientists understand whether the interiors of Uranus and Neptune, our solar system's so-called ice giants, are dominated by ice or rock. New research led by Southwest…
Science & future · DigiSciFiNepal · - Apple is shuttering its 28-year-old online community forum
Apple has already made the forum read-only.
Technology · DigiTechNepal · - IBM to offer access to a dual-processor quantum system in 2027
The company plans on linking two 520-qubit chips before next year is over.
Technology · DigiTechNepal · - Russia-Ukraine talks in UAE secure major prisoner exchange deal
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a major prisoner exchange following two days of US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi
World · DigiNepal International · - Palestinian American activist refused UK entry for Gaza fundraiser
A Palestinian American activist has been refused entry to the UK to attend his charity’s annual Gaza fundraiser.
World · DigiNepal International · - Israeli army kills Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Kamal Abdel-Malek in Gaza
Abdel-Malek, the captain and goalkeeper of Gaza Sports Club, recently played in the Thousand Martyrs Cup final.
World · DigiNepal International · - Is Jensen Huang’s bad behavior more commonplace than it seems?
“There are a lot of senior people in the industry that know this is happening, and are effectively condoning it,” an investment intel consultant said.
Technology · DigiTechNepal · - OpenAI’s quarterly revenue reportedly crosses $10B for the first time
Sales of $10B represents an almost 50% jump from revenue of $6.7 billion the company recorded in the second quarter.
Technology · DigiTechNepal · - COP31 leaders try out new sales pitch for climate action: do it for the economy
Consumer price pressures from fuel to food were a major driver in the US midterm elections that handed control of Congress to Democrats, and are an important vulnerability for leaders across Europe, Asia and elsewhere.
Nepal & the world · DigiForeignNepal · - Israel is ‘disrupting entire ecosystems’, including Lebanon’s wheat crop
Lebanese wheat production hit by war as farmlands face severe destruction in the south and Bekaa Valley.
World · DigiNepal International · - Russia bans two French lawmakers, two journalists in tit-for-tat move
Kremlin spokeswoman says ban responds to the expulsion of a Russian commentator who used to head RT France.
World · DigiNepal International · - Trump wanted little Kei trucks for America, Toyota makes it happen
Does this herald the start of a small car revolution, or is it a meaningless distraction?
Technology · DigiTechNepal · - Can Tehran survive a ‘zero oil’ budget, if US blockade on Iran persists?
The government is defiant and planning for the worst, but a US siege is expected to make most Iranians poorer.
World · DigiNepal International · - Siri co-founder backs Helix for its voice ID tech
Helix said that its voice ID tech can run on an iPhone 13
Technology · DigiTechNepal · - Databricks’ new AI agent tells CEO Ali Ghodsi the unvarnished truth
At 12,000 employees, AI Ghodsi is the first to admit that he can't know everyone and that they are unlikely to confess the things that go wrong to him. But he doesn't need them to. He uses Databricks' newly revised…
Technology · DigiTechNepal · - Kidnapper, 74, escapes from house arrest in Argentina by abseiling from balcony
Leonardo Bertulazzi, a former member of the Marxist guerrilla group the Red Brigades, was about to be extradited to his home country of Italy.
World · DigiNepal International · - Russia, Ukraine agree on prisoner exchange as talks end without major breakthrough
Russia and Ukraine agreed to a large exchange of prisoners of war, both sides said Wednesday as two days of US mediated talks concluded, but they announced no major breakthrough on ending the conflict that began after…
World · DigiNepal International · - Italy vs France: UEFA Nations League – preview, team news, predictions
Kylian Mbappe 'under treatment' as Group A1 leaders France travel to Italy for a game at the San Siro, Milan.
World · DigiNepal International · - Bennu asteroid analysis suggests unexpected origins for organics in space
Samples from the Bennu asteroid, which is currently more than 200 million miles (322 million kilometers) from Earth, and the Murchison meteorite, which fell to Earth in 1969, both contain molecules that build proteins…
Science & future · DigiSciFiNepal · - Google DeepMind just mathematically verified key parts of Signal
The four-week project hints that AI could make formal verification far more practical.
Technology · DigiTechNepal · - Russia, Ukraine and US start second day of Abu Dhabi peace talks
The new American drive for a deal has galvanized European officials into pushing for a place at the negotiating table to seek an end to Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two.
Nepal & the world · DigiForeignNepal · - How are Chinese infantry units training to survive drone-filled battlefields?
China’s infantry units are adapting to the growing threat from drones, with some brigades introducing compulsory counter-drone training, new equipment and fresh tactics to help soldiers evade aerial surveillance and…
World · DigiNepal International · - Plurai wants to help AI agents work better using the same approach that helped get self-driving cars to roads
Like the end-to-end models trained to drive cars, AI agents are probabilistic systems operating in unpredictable environments.
Technology · DigiTechNepal · - Google in, but Nvidia out as US lines up Apec CEO Summit delegation: source
Representatives from Google and Boeing will be included in the United States’ business delegation at next week’s Apec CEO Summit in Shenzhen, the event organiser has confirmed. But a source familiar with the…
World · DigiNepal International · - Egyptian journalist's retrial adjourned as UN warns of 'assaults on press freedom'
Mada Masr editor-in-chief Lina Attalah is being tried on the charge of "publishing false news" and potentially faces imprisonment.
World · DigiNepal International · - The mystery of how hair knows where to grow may finally be solved
Scientists have discovered that the intricate patterns of hair follicles on mammals may arise from a remarkably simple process involving cells following chemical signals. The findings challenge a long-standing theory…
Science & future · DigiSciFiNepal · - NASA reveals Earth's ozone hole has grown to a size not seen in a decade
The Antarctic ozone hole expanded to its seventh-largest size on record in 2026, driven by unusual weather conditions that pushed it close to its historic maximum. Scientists say international restrictions on…
Science & future · DigiSciFiNepal · - Outcry after Taiwan asks mainland Chinese tourist to sign independence statement
A mainland Chinese tourist was asked to sign a declaration recognising Taiwan as an independent state to obtain an entry permit for the island, sparking controversy over Taipei’s entry requirements. Beijing condemned…
World · DigiNepal International · - Kenya discharges last Ebola patient in major milestone towards virus-free status
The country begins a 42-day countdown to being declared Ebola-free, provided no new cases are recorded.
World · DigiNepal International · - 30 Japanese porn stars denied entry into Hong Kong, forcing adult expo’s cancellation
A large-scale adult entertainment expo billed as Hong Kong’s first has abruptly been cancelled after nearly 30 Japanese adult-video (AV) performers were refused entry upon arrival at Hong Kong International Airport.…
World · DigiNepal International · - Scientists find deadly virus DNA hidden in 1,000-year-old manuscripts
Ancient manuscripts, including the 1,000-year-old York Gospels, have revealed traces of a deadly sheep virus whose history stretches back more than 3,700 years. Scientists discovered that the virus has remained…
Science & future · DigiSciFiNepal · - US citizen, ‘Chinese blood’: top biologist Yuan Junying caught in debate over returnees
A top Chinese-American biologist who left Harvard University to take up a position in China is facing an online backlash amid a growing debate over whether senior returnees are squeezing out the country’s young…
World · DigiNepal International · - Over 300 Italian schools evacuated after receiving same emailed bomb alert
At least 300 schools in Italy were evacuated on Wednesday after receiving the same bomb alert message, the education minister said. The security alert came amid rising concerns in Europe about so-called hybrid warfare…
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