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Zhipu AI shares jump as viral Ox Alpha model revealed as GLM-5.3-Flash on Chinese chips
China’s Zhipu AI has launched its latest open-weight model, GLM-5.3-Flash – previously code-named Ox Alpha – saying that the system ran entirely on a cluster of 100,000 domestically produced chips during a high-profile stealth trial. The announcement followed a week of heavy traffic on artificial intelligence model marketplace OpenRouter and agent platform OpenCode, where the model processed 62 tr...
How Shenzhen can win the ‘AI for science’ race
The next big competition in artificial intelligence is over science. The question is shifting from who has the largest model to who can use AI to shorten the discovery cycle: forming a hypothesis, running simulations, designing an experiment, operating equipment, collecting results and learning from them. The United States made that shift explicit. The Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission aims t...
Apollo 15’s Genesis Rock, found in 1971, revealed a piece of the Moon’s 4-billion-year-old crust
Apollo 15 astronauts discovered an unusually bright rock near Spur Crater on the Moon. This sample, known as the Genesis Rock, is an anorthosite and about four billion years old. Scientists believe it represents a piece of the Moon's primordial crust. Its mineral composition offers valuable clues about early lunar geological history. This ancient sample continues to aid understanding of the Mo...
Polka dots, infinity rooms and phallic sculptures: Yayoi Kusama’s art in pictures
“She continued to paint until her final days, never setting aside her brush, and continued exploration of forever love and eternal soul.” Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died aged 97.
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Australian platypuses rescued during drought quickly rebuilt their home ranges after returning to the wild
Following a five-month recovery from severe drought conditions, platypuses were reintroduced to their original habitats. In an eighteen-month study, researchers tracked their activities as they reintegrated into the wild. The animals displayed quick adaptation, rediscovering their typical movement patterns and preferred foraging spots, thereby emphasizing the importance of effective conservation e...
Norway's King Harald in 'extremely serious' condition, palace confirms
The 89-year-old monarch has been in hospital in Oslo since 17 August with a blood disorder as senior royals cancel their engagements.
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, known for her polka dot art, has died aged 97.
Albanese vows refugee intake won’t be slashed after earlier reports of Coalition-level cut
Prime minister intervenes after reports Tony Burke was planning to cut intake of 20,000 arrivals by a thirdFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has guaranteed Australia’s annual refugee intake will not be cut next financial year, shutting down plans for the arrivals quota to drop by one-third to Coalition-...
Why did Elon Musk get Ukraine’s Order of Freedom honour?
Elon Musk has been awarded Ukraine's Order of Freedom for his exceptional contributions through Starlink. This prestigious recognition underscores his significant impact on safeguarding human rights and liberty. Following the invasion, Starlink emerged as a vital communication link for Ukraine. However, Musk's decisions have also stirred political tensions, as he limited Starlink's accessibility f...
UK urged to help free British-Egyptian ‘arrested in Cairo over sister’s activism’
Lawyers claim Eman el-Shazly, from Birmingham, was detained in effort to silence her sister, a critic of Sisi regimeThe UK Foreign Office has been asked to intervene to secure the release of a British-Egyptian woman who it is claimed has been arrested in Cairo because of her sister’s political activism.Eman el-Shazly, a 45-year-old based in Birmingham, was arrested on 16 August while visiting Egyp...
Ukraine’s drone attacks have left Russia desperately scrambling for oil imports
The once world-leading producer of crude oil has plunged into an energy crisis as Kyiv targets its refineriesA sanctioned shadow fleet tanker carries oil from Nato member Turkey to a Russian Baltic port. A deal is signed for Russian oil to be processed in Kazakhstan. Fuel cargoes arrive from India via Egypt. The Kremlin pressures allies to sell it badly needed fuel.The data points may be diverse, ...
Lightning bolt strikes Mecca’s clock tower
Lightning bolt strikes Mecca’s clock tower
What China can do to secure trade routes in its coming high-seas struggle with US
China should forge a national consensus on “regaining mastery of the oceans” and direct overseas investment returns into defence spending to brace for sea-power competition with the US, according to a prominent Chinese academic. Di Dongsheng, associate dean of Renmin University’s school of international studies in Beijing, warned on Tuesday that as economic ties between the United States, the domi...
World-first: AI guides live brain surgery in the UK to save patient's sight
A British man has become the first patient in the world to undergo brain surgery guided live by artificial intelligence, in an operation that saved his sight.
Yayoi Kusama, Japan’s ‘queen of polka dots’, dies at 97
Kusama turned her hallucinations into works that ranged from polka dot paintings to 'Infinity Mirror Rooms'.
‘If you harm my project, I’ll harm you’: former NSW official tells Icac about fugitive developer’s call
Former building commissioner David Chandler told inquiry of clashes with ‘loud and overbearing’ developer Jean NassifGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA fugitive Sydney developer allegedly warned the then-New South Wales building commissioner that he would “harm” him if he got in the way of his projects which were being inspected for defects, the corruption watchdog has he...
Collapsed glacier likely caused devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, scientists say
Preliminary investigations by scientists have pointed to a collapsed glacier as the cause, highlighting the issue of rapidly melting Himalayan ice.
Ben Shapiro’s anti-Muslim film is nothing new
Shapiro’s film recycles decades-old anti-Muslim tropes to portray critics of Israel’s genocide in Gaza as extremists.
What we know about deadly Nepal-Tibet floods
Hundreds have died in flooding and landslides on the border of Nepal and Tibet.
Russian driver arrested after two killed in France car ramming, officials say
The suspect, lawfully residing in France, was not known to intelligence services and had never been convicted of a crime, according to authorities.
Driver rams pedestrians outside Caen station in France, killing two
In Caen, France, a 26-year-old man deliberately drove into a group of pedestrians, killing two and injuring several others. He fled before being arrested later that evening in Ouistreham.
9/11: Trial for alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed set for June 2028
The US used Guantanamo, an isolated naval base, to hold militants captured during the "War on Terror" that followed the September 11 attacks in a bid to keep the defendants from claiming rights under US law.
MIT built AI system to map extreme events that have never happened before
MIT engineers have developed an AI-based machine-learning method that can create realistic scenarios for extreme weather events that have never been recorded. The system can generate maps showing the possible size, intensity and duration of rare storms. Using weather statistics and spatial data, it can model events that are more extreme than those in the training data. Researchers say the method c...
Game of Drones: Deep strikes into Russia keeping Ukraine 'in this game'
Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Peter Zalmayev, Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative. He argues that Ukraine’s expanding long-range strike campaign has helped Ukraine “stay in this game” by raising the economic, military and social costs of Russia’s invasion and, crucially, by bringing the consequences of a distant war increasingly into Russian life. As Ukraine braces for another brutal wi...
Pauline Hanson adds to confusion over One Nation’s immigration policy – as it happened
This blog is now closedNepal flash flood disaster – live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says Dfat officials are ready to provide consular assistance to Australians in Nepal, after the devastating flooding in the country.A local tourism official said they believed 34 Australians were missing in the area, among hundreds of fore...
Car rams pedestrians in northern France, killing 1 and injuring 10 before driver is arrested
Authorities say a driver has deliberately rammed a car into a group of people in northern France, killing at least one person and injuring others
