A UN-backed report finds coordinated air quality and climate measures yield $15 in benefits per dollar spent, preventing millions of premature deaths and accelerating emissions cuts by 2050.
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk urged an immediate ceasefire in Sudan’s fourth-year war, citing rising civilian casualties from drone strikes and foreign interference.
CoinGate explains how merchants should choose their settlement currency when accepting crypto payments, advising most businesses to settle in fiat to avoid unnecessary exposure while outlining when stablecoins or crypto...
Google and Cathay Pacific will test AI-driven contrail avoidance on Asia-Pacific flights, aiming to reduce aviation’s climate impact by adjusting flight altitudes.
Hyundai Motor secured three titles at the 2026 What Car? Electric Car Awards, including Best Electric Performance Car for IONIQ 6 N, alongside honors for used hybrid models TUCSON Plug-in Hybrid and SANTA FE.
BitRobot crowdsources real-world robotics data through a network of contributors, addressing the scarcity of embodied AI training data by gamifying robot control and deploying wearable devices like RoboCap.
Hyundai Motor Company will serve as the Official Automotive Partner of the UEFA Champions League from the 2026/27 season through 2030/31, extending its long-standing support for European football.
The New Zealand Government announced a $5 million investment to fund six regional tourism campaigns aimed at attracting more international visitors to regional areas during spring 2026 and early summer 2027.
BMW M Team WRT’s two BMW M Hybrid V8s finished eighth and twelfth at the Lone Star Le Mans in Austin, ending a strong first half of the FIA WEC season. The team retained its lead in the drivers’ standings after Toyota’s...
New Zealand opens a $27 million acute mental health facility in Greymouth, replacing a 40-year-old unit to provide modern, therapeutic care with seven beds and community-designed spaces.
Google DeepMind has selected 16 Asia-Pacific organizations to join its AI for the Planet accelerator, providing mentorship and AI tools to advance environmental solutions in biodiversity, agriculture, and carbon...
OpenAI, WAN-IFRA, and AIRPPU launched a joint initiative to bolster Ukraine’s independent news sector through AI training and pilot projects, addressing sustainability amid conflict.
AI firms face a shifting competitive landscape as data scarcity reshapes training strategies, pushing companies to secure proprietary datasets and adapt infrastructure for post-training and retrieval workflows.
Microsoft integrates advanced models into Copilot, enabling it to autonomously complete multi-step tasks across tools like spreadsheets and presentations, shifting work from production to oversight.
The UN highlights the need for international police cooperation to combat cross-border crime, citing organised crime’s role in global homicides and the role of UN Police in strengthening law enforcement amid weakened...
A UN-backed reservoir in South Sudan’s Terekeka county aims to ease tensions between farmers and cattle herders by providing a reliable water source, reducing competition over scarce resources and encouraging displaced...
German company Isar Aerospace successfully launched its Spectrum rocket to orbit from Andøya Spaceport in Norway, marking Europe’s first commercial orbital launch by a private firm.
UN agencies are assisting European countries adapting to rising wildfire risks as climate change shifts fire patterns northward, with over 600,000 hectares burned in the EU by August 2026.
Central Park in New York is adapting to climate change through new planting strategies, composting, water recycling, and electrified equipment to maintain its cooling and ecological functions amid rising temperatures...
AWS has introduced user-managed setup for SharePoint, OneDrive, and Confluence data sources in Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base, simplifying authentication and reducing setup time.
Snowflake introduces CoCo, an AI coding agent tailored for data engineers, emphasizing repeatable workflows over one-off prompts and outlining best practices for production use.
Amazon EC2 now allows AMI owners to restrict compatible instance types, preventing launches on unsupported configurations automatically.
Xbox Insiders can test an unreleased build of Wreck Runners ahead of the September Update, offering feedback on gameplay and localization in multiple languages.
GitHub Copilot’s HydraFusion highlights a shift from selecting single AI models to orchestrating multiple specialized models for workflow tasks, emphasizing efficiency and cost over raw model performance.
Amazon ECS now allows users to define when a rolling service deployment is considered successful using Early Success Criteria, enabling faster deployments and reduced blocking of dependent operations.
NASA will host a virtual webinar on October 2 tailored for blind and low-vision audiences to discuss the RS-25 engine and Artemis missions, featuring audio-described content and accessibility-focused discussions.
AWS MCP Server now offers serverless diagnostics for AWS Lambda functions, enabling AI coding agents to troubleshoot issues and analyze connected resources with reduced API calls.
Razer introduces the Clio X, a wireless speaker head cushion that attaches to gaming chairs to deliver rear surround sound without a headset, featuring THX Spatial Audio and HyperSpeed wireless.
Google has released Lyria 3.5, an updated music generation model, now accessible in the Gemini app and API. The model enhances vocal expression and musical complexity for higher-quality track creation.
Google’s Finance Engineering team automated Spanner migrations using Antigravity CLI to refactor dual-write logic across dozens of DAOs without downtime, reducing manual effort and maintaining data parity.