Israel foreign minister visits Somaliland after recognising its sovereignty

Israel’s foreign minister has held talks with Somaliland’s president on his first visit to the breakaway region since Israel controversially recognised it as an independent country. Gideon Saar said Israel was determined to advance relations with Somaliland “with momentum”, while President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi hailed his visit as a “big day”. Last month Israel became … Read more

A year ago, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang said the ‘ChatGPT moment’ for robotics was around the corner. Now he says it’s ‘nearly here.’ But is it?

At last year’s CES, Nvidia-watchers had plenty to celebrate at CES this week, with news that the company’s latest GPU, Vera Rubin, is now fully in production. Those powerful AI chips—the picks and shovels of the AI boom—are, after all, what helped make Nvidia the world’s most valuable company. But in his keynote address, CEO … Read more

‘Industry’ Takes on the Age Verification Wars

When they decided to take on age verification in their latest season, Industry cocreators Konrad Kay and Mickey Down didn’t anticipate the issue would become such a political football. “It was in the ether of British politics, but it wasn’t front and center when we started writing the scripts or shooting it, and then it … Read more

European allies back Denmark over Trump’s threat to annex Greenland

‘We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security,’ Trump says Six European allies have rallied to support Denmark following renewed insistence by the US that it must have control over Greenland. “Greenland belongs to its people, and only Denmark and Greenland can decide on matters concerning their relations,” the leaders of the UK, France, … Read more

Air traffic still runs on floppy discs in places, so the FAA just picked 2 companies for a $26 billion radar overhaul

The federal government has picked two companies to replace 612 radar systems nationwide that date back to the 1980s as part of a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the nation’s air traffic control system. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that contractors RTX and Spanish firm Indra will replace the radar systems by the summer of … Read more