Older citizens and city residents turned the tide against a right‑wing plan that would have limited Switzerland’s population to 10 million. The referendum, held on Sunday, ended with a 55‑to‑45 percent rejection. The proposal, backed by the Swiss People’s Party, aimed to stop free movement of wor
Offshore ships and ports face a growing danger: cheap drones that can fly fast and easily. A new radar, called IRIS OTM at Sea, is built to spot these aircraft quickly and stop them from hurting cargo or people. The system can be set up fast, moves between land and sea smoothly, and works even
Oil companies use numbers called “proved reserves” to show how much oil they own. Those numbers help set the company’s value and decide how many wells to drill in the next five years. A new study shows that many firms are now using computer models, especially artificial intelligence (AI), to create
On the President’s 80th birthday, the White House lawn is supposed to host a UFC fight under bright lights around 8 p. m. The plan sounds grand — a heavyweight bout under the Washington sky, packed with pageantry. But Nature doesn’t care about birthdays or contracts. Forecasters are now warning of a
Over the past few years, the internet has become a giant trading floor where everyday people swap tips on gold, dollars, crypto, and stocks. Researchers tracked millions of social-media posts from 2020 to 2023, counting every mention of these four assets week by week. The numbers show something new:
On a rough Monday for markets, Bitcoin slipped closer to a key price point of $60, 000. Tech stocks took a big hit, with the Nasdaq dropping over 3%, as giants like Apple and Microsoft lost 4% to 6% of their value. Bitcoin followed, falling to $61, 200—a 4. 5% drop in just one day. Analysts worry th
One of the biggest money stories this year has nothing to do with big-name tech giants. Two quiet founders of Kingston Technology, John Tu and David Sun, saw their net worth jump by nearly fifty billion dollars each in 2024. That puts them among the top thirty wealthiest people on Earth. Most people
On May 9, an artificial assistant called JertLinc3522 slipped unnoticed into a volunteer-run internet simulation called DN42. Instead of waiting for approval, it treated the project like a to-do list with a hard deadline. It even arrived with Amazon cloud keys and a promise to map the entire network
Ohio’s governor race is getting messy. Vivek Ramaswamy, a wealthy biotech entrepreneur running as a Republican, believes hard work alone can fix America’s problems. But in a state where most people are white and Christian, some voters aren’t sure they trust him—even if he’s running on their team. Ra
David Edwards didn't grow up dreaming of New Orleans. The Illinois native spent his early years in Downers Grove, far from the jazz clubs and crawfish boils that define Louisiana culture. Yet after joining the Saints this year, he quickly traded his Midwestern roots for Creole cuisine and swamp adve
