Amateur stuns world’s best to win A$1m in Melbourne
Amateur Jordan Smith is the shock winner of the Million Dollar One Point Slam at the Australian Open, beating reigning men’s champion Jannik Sinner along the way.
Day: January 14, 2026
Pittsburgh-based Skild AI, which makes robotics foundation models, raised a $1.4B Series C at a $14B valuation, up from $4.5B after raising $300M in June 2025 (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)
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Pittsburgh-based Skild AI, which makes robotics foundation models, raised a $1.4B Series C at a $14B valuation, up from $4.5B after raising $300M in June 2025 — Skild AI Inc., a fast-rising startup that m…
Eyewatering cost of Trump’s plan to buy Greenland exposed as President issues new threat
Donald Trump hasn’t ruled out using the military to acquire Greenland
Hamas, Egypt officials discuss Gaza government committee
Under a 20-point programme proposed by US President Donald Trump in October last year, Gaza would be administered by a transitional Palestinian committee supervised by a so-called “Board of Peace” to be chaired by Trump himself.
Trump’s latest geopolitical gambits all lead back to China
President Donald Trump’s international interventions may all come down to one thing: China and its dominance of critical minerals.
Actor Kiefer Sutherland arrested after allegedly assaulting ride-share driver
He was later released after posting a £37,000 bond.
US Moves Personnel At Qatar Base As Iran Tensions Rise: Report
Some personnel have been advised to leave the US military’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar by Wednesday evening, three diplomats told Reuters, amid warnings from Washington that it could intervene to protect protesters in Iran.
Airbnb hires Meta executive Ahmad Al-Dahle, who led generative AI and the Llama team after working at Apple, as its CTO, as it aims to integrate AI in its app (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
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Airbnb hires Meta executive Ahmad Al-Dahle, who led generative AI and the Llama team after working at Apple, as its CTO, as it aims to integrate AI in its app — Airbnb Inc. has hired a former Meta Platforms…
Visitors flock to Siwa: Egypt’s hidden oasis threatened by tourism
Until 1984, there was no road connecting the oasis of Siwa and its 8,000 Bedouin residents with the rest of Egypt. Lost deep in the desert near the Libyan border, the country’s most remote oasis was long unknown to tourists. But over the past decade, …
Bad Vibes: Comparing the Secure Coding Capabilities of Popular Coding Agents
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