In a blend of engineering and entertainment, China has launched a new soccer league featuring fully autonomous humanoid robots. The event, held in Beijing and led by Booster Robotics, involved four university teams programming AI-powered players to compete in small-sided matches without human control or remote operation. Each team used the T1 model developed by Booster Robotics, designed to mimic...

Brazilian authorities are investigating a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of hundreds of millions of reais from financial institutions connected to the country’s Central Bank. The breach, described by officials as the largest digital heist in Brazil’s history, targeted C&M Software, a company that provides banking infrastructure services to smaller institutions using the Pix instant payment system. The attack...

Microsoft has unveiled a new artificial intelligence tool capable of outperforming experienced doctors when diagnosing complex medical conditions. The system, developed by the company’s AI division under the leadership of Mustafa Suleyman, was tested using over 300 real-world case studies from the New England Journal of Medicine. When paired with OpenAI’s advanced model “o3,” the AI tool successfully diagnosed...

Communities across Texas and New Mexico are grappling with immense loss and destruction following a series of deadly flash floods that began over the Fourth of July weekend. In Kerr County, Texas alone, more than 100 people have been confirmed dead, including over two dozen children attending Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer camp. Meanwhile, in Ruidoso, New Mexico,...

Major General Mikhail Gudkov, one of Russia’s top naval officers, was killed on July 2 during a Ukrainian missile strike that targeted a Russian command post near the border town of Korenevo in Kursk Oblast. The incident marks the latest in a series of Ukrainian strikes against high-ranking Russian military personnel. Gudkov was reportedly inspecting frontline positions near the Sumy...

McDonald’s is moving ahead with plans to open 10 new locations in Ukraine this year, a step that highlights the continued recovery of the country’s economy despite the ongoing conflict with Russia. The expansion will bring the total number of McDonald’s restaurants in Ukraine to nearly 120—more than were operating before Russia’s full-scale invasion in early 2022. The fast-food chain...

Qantas is responding to a major data breach that affected up to six million customers after cybercriminals accessed a third-party system used by one of its contact centers. The breach, discovered earlier this week, led to unauthorized access to customer names, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, and frequent flyer membership numbers. Credit card details, passwords, and passport...

The landscape of global drug trafficking is shifting as internal conflict within the Sinaloa cartel leads to an alliance with its long-time adversary, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The development, first detailed in reports by the DEA and The New York Times, points to a deepening crisis within Mexico's dominant criminal network, one that could impact trafficking patterns...

The Group of Seven (G7) nations announced an agreement that would allow U.S. multinational corporations to be excluded from certain provisions of the 2021 global minimum tax framework. This move, confirmed in a joint statement released by Canada on Saturday, comes as part of a broader understanding to bring stability to international tax arrangements. The agreement introduces a “side-by-side” framework...

Each year on July 4th, Americans across the country gather for parades, cookouts, and fireworks displays, united by a shared sense of celebration. This national holiday marks the date in 1776 when the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, a moment that launched the United States on its journey toward self-rule. Over time, the day has grown into...