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In 2008, Larry Page demolished two neighbouring Palo Alto homes, expanding his compound to nearly 2 acres; a year later he planned a 6,000-sq-ft eco-house with solar panels and a roof garden

Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page speak to reporters during a 2008 news conference at Google headquarters (Image Credit: AP Photo/ Paul Sakuma) Google co-founder Larry Page’s Palo Alto property plans drew attention in the late 2000s as he began acquiring neighbouring homes and expanding the land around his residence. In 2008, two houses…

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Former NASA specialist claims he has found a way to overcome Earth’s gravity in a ‘major discovery’

A former NASA engineer claims he has found a way to overcome Earth’s gravity, and all ears have perked up. Exodus Propulsion Technologies, a private company co-founded by Charles Buhler, an electrostatics specialist has made the claim, according to a report by Popular Mechanics. With Buhler having worked for NASA and Kennedy Space Centre, his…

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Yemen terrorist group used Claude instead of software engineers to build missile; Anthropic says: We banned the accounts, but they had already…

Claude Code used in place of human software engineers on a missile programme. (Image Credits: EYEPRESS) Anthropic says it has shut down a cell of threat actors based in northern Yemen that used Claude to build guidance software for three weapons programmes running in parallel. The group was working on a guided rocket, a multi-stage…

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‘Air support never came’: How Houthis caught Saudi forces off guard in ‘lightning’ strike

The speed of the offensive has raised questions over the preparedness of Saudi-backed Yemeni forces Yemen’s strategically important Red Sea port of Mocha fell to Iran-backed Houthi fighters in a rapid offensive after forces defending the city appealed for Saudi air support that never arrived, according to CNN.The collapse came after a day of intense…

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European expat who moved to India for work shares an unexpected behavior pattern in most Indians when they introduce themselves: ‘People want to place you…’

The expat said he noticed that conversations could quickly move beyond the usual introductions. (Image: AI-representation) Moving to a new country for work often means adjusting to a different routine, food, language and way of doing things. For one European expat who moved to India, however, one of the more unexpected differences emerged not at…

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In 1978, Apple was destroying its first computers; Steve Jobs sent a letter to an engineer, with $400, asking to return the machine; he declined; 50 years later it may get $800,000 in auction

In 1978, Apple was destroying its first computers; Steve Jobs sent a letter to an engineer, with $400, asking to return the machine; he declined; 50 years later it may get $800,000 in auction Apple spent much of 1977 and 1978 trying to make its first computer disappear. In January 1978, the company’s co-founder Steve…

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Around AD 310, a Roman emperor had a private bath built with three pools, heated floors and a sauna; archaeologists have now uncovered its unusual design

The bath was incorporated directly into the emperor’s palace, with its heating system, bathing areas and sophisticated architecture working together within a relatively compact space. Nearly 1,700 years ago, an emperor could retreat from the demands of the Roman court without leaving his palace. Beneath a monumental tower in what is now eastern Serbia, he…

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