Asia AI data center provider Firmus on Monday announced a fresh $505 million raise led by Coatue at a $5. 5 billion post-money valuation. With this round, Firmus has raised $1. 35 billion in six months, it says. The Singapore-based data center company previously raised AU$330 million (approximately $215 million) …

government is warning that Iran-backed hackers are escalating their tactics by targeting American critical infrastructure systems with the aim of causing disruption. In a joint advisory published Tuesday, the FBI, the National Security Agency, the U. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the U. Department of Energy collectively warned …

It takes just a skim of Eclipse’s recent investments to see where this venture firm’s interests lie — and where it is headed. The Palo Alto-based VC, which saw its median deal size explode over the past several years, has poured an increasing amount of money into the “physical world. …

Arcee, a tiny 26-person U. startup that built a massive, 400B-parameter open source LLM on a $20 million shoestring budget, has released its new reasoning model. Arcee calls the model Trinity Large Thinking — and it’s the most capable open-weight model “ever released by a non-Chinese company,” claims CEO Mark …

Kanye West controversies - how did we get here? Arguably one of the most influential artists and producers of his generation, Kanye West - now known as Ye - set a new bar for hip-hop production in the 2000s and 2010s. He got his start by creating beats for stars …

'World holds its breath' and 'No Kan do' In a late edition, the Daily Telegraph leads on US President Donald Trump's "11th-hour Iran truce" after he announced a two-week ceasefire in return for Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The report says the talks that led to a deal were …

Has Artemis II shown we can land on the Moon again? Nasa's Artemis II mission has passed every major test since its launch on 1 April, with its rocket, spacecraft and crew performing better than engineers had dared to hope for. The mission's first six days have shown that the …

'He stalked me, but I was the one arrested' Jodie Morrow had just finished an early shift at her cafe job in December 2020 when she noticed missed calls from the police on her phone. She knew this would have something to do with Ezra Garfield, the man who she …

A 21-year-old man has been fatally stabbed at a popular north London beauty spot, the Metropolitan Police has said. Officers were called to reports of a fight at the Primrose Hill viewpoint at 18:41 BST on Tuesday. Despite the efforts of paramedics from the London Ambulance Service the victim died …

Ben Roberts-Smith - Australia's most-decorated living soldier - will remain behind bars after his lawyers did not seek bail over charges of alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. Roberts-Smith, 47, was arrested at Sydney Airport on Tuesday and charged with five counts of the war crime of murder before being transferred …