When the AI startup Factory had just 30 employees, chief executive Matan Grinberg made an unusual investment in his workforce. Instead of spending on flashy office perks, he bought a $3,000 Eight Sleep mattress cover for every employee. Grinberg said better rest translates into better performance and compared engineers to professional athletes who need proper…
A 24-year-old Brampton man accused of smuggling migrants across Canada-US border is facing multiple criminal charges after an RCMP officer was injured while attempting to stop his vehicle in Quebec’s Montérégie region.The accused, Chetan Kumar, was arrested following an incident earlier this month after authorities launched a search operation near Noyan, close to the international…
In the summer of 2022, Sri Lanka became a symbol of economic collapse.Fuel stations ran dry. Long queues stretched for kilometres. Power cuts lasted for hours. Inflation surged, foreign exchange reserves evaporated and the country defaulted on its external debt for the first time in its history.The crisis triggered political upheaval, culminating in the resignation…
A UK-based businessman has launched a £1 million-plus legal battle against Britain’s largest water company, claiming a devastating moorland wildfire destroyed prized grouse breeding grounds, killed wildlife and wiped out years of conservation work on his Lancashire estate.David Livesey, the former chief executive of estate agency group Connells, is seeking £1,034,600 in damages from United…
Plotinus (Image: Wikipedia) There was once a philosopher who refused to let anyone paint his portrait. He would not even tell people the date of his birthday. The reason was strange and striking. He was almost embarrassed to have a body at all, and saw no point in celebrating the day it arrived. His name…
China on Wednesday condemned Taiwan’s launch of a website encouraging Chinese citizens to share intelligence with Taipei and warned that it would take ‘resolute countermeasures’, accusing the island’s authorities of fuelling cross-strait tensions.The warning followed the launch of an online platform by Taiwan’s National Security Bureau (NSB) on Sunday. The website is designed to provide…
A tiny robot no bigger than a baseball has quietly rewritten the rules of moon exploration. In January 2024, Japan’s space agency JAXA successfully deployed a transforming rover named SORA-Q onto the lunar surface, where it switched from a closed sphere into a two-wheeled vehicle and rolled across the regolith on its own. Built with…
Saudi Arabia and Portugal have signed an agreement granting mutual visa exemptions for holders of diplomatic and special passports, marking a new step in strengthening relations between the two countries.The agreement was signed in Lisbon on Tuesday by Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Portugal’s Minister of State and Foreign Affairs…
Image: Left/Nobel Prize Org/Right/Canva She was always fascinated by mathematics, logic puzzles and the thrill of solving difficult problems while Andrea Ghez was growing up in Chicago. What began as a curiosity about how things worked eventually led her to ask one of astronomy’s biggest questions: what lies at the centre of our galaxy? Unknown…
Humanity has already sent five spacecraft on trajectories that will eventually carry them beyond the Solar System, demonstrating that technologically advanced civilisations can launch interstellar probes. That raises an intriguing possibility. Could another civilisation have done the same and sent robotic explorers to our cosmic neighbourhood? According to a new study by astronomer T. Joseph…