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Sharia Council Secretary-General Nafiu Baba-Ahmed dies

The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN), Malam Nafiu Baba-Ahmed, has died. The deceased, who was an Islamic scholar and advocate for justice, was also described by prominent Islamic scholars as a…

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Antseed Raises $2.4M From Spark Capital to Build an Open Market for AI Inference

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Antseed Raises $2.4M From Spark Capital to Build an Open Market for AI Inference

Gartner expects worldwide spending on AI-optimised cloud infrastructure to grow 96% to $42.3 billion in 2026 while for the first time more of that money will go on running models than on training them. Antseed , an open peer-to-peer market…

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9 best requirements management tools for functional safety (IEC 61508)

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9 best requirements management tools for functional safety (IEC 61508)

The best requirements management tools for functional safety all protect one thing: the chain of evidence behind a safety case. It runs from a hazard, through the safety requirement that mitigates it, into the design that implements it…

Uber to buy ezCater for $2.3bn to bring workplace catering to Uber Eats

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Uber to buy ezCater for $2.3bn to bring workplace catering to Uber Eats

Uber has agreed to buy ezCater, a US platform for workplace catering, for $2.3bn in cash. Uber and ezCater announced the deal in a joint statement on Tuesday. The purchase brings ezCater’s catering orders to Uber Eats and to Uber for…

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Tango communities go live for breast cancer research

Mountain View, California, October 5, 2026, TechnologyWire This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, live-streaming platform Tango is bringing together some of its leading creator communities to raise funds for breast cancer research and, just…

Mistral releases Large 4, a 1 trillion-parameter open-weight AI model

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Mistral releases Large 4, a 1 trillion-parameter open-weight AI model

Mistral has released a preview of Mistral Large 4, a 1T model that the Paris-based company says is the most powerful open-weight AI system outside China. Starting today, developers can access it via Mistral’s API. The model weights, which…

Silver Pines review – a stylish, neo-noir detective drama

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Silver Pines review – a stylish, neo-noir detective drama

PC, PS5, Switch 2; Wych Elm Games, Team 17 Abandoned shops, ruined apartment buildings and rotting sewer networks make up a dark landscape in which you play a private eye searching for a missing singer-songwriter In a weird deserted town…

Making scents: could AI help perfumers take pressure off endangered plants?

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Making scents: could AI help perfumers take pressure off endangered plants?

Firms working on reproducing compounds without need for repeated harvesting but conservationists are sceptical Many of the world’s most expensive perfumes begin with a wounded tree. When some Aquilaria trees are damaged, they produce a…

US firm to make battle-tested drones in Taiwan, boosting supply chain resilience

South China Morning Post

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US firm to make battle-tested drones in Taiwan, boosting supply chain resilience

Two combat-tested American drones could become part of Taiwan’s expanding unmanned arsenal as the island seeks to build a “drone shield” against the People’s Liberation Army. California-based defence technology company Aevex Aerospace is…

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Mistral’s new Le Chonk model brings AI cybersecurity to your business – and you control it

ZDNet

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Mistral’s new Le Chonk model brings AI cybersecurity to your business – and you control it

Open models are vying to become the everyman defense solution for a growing swarm of agent breaches.

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A First Ride With Lightfoot, a Solar-Powered Scooter

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