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Located 700 kilometers (440 miles) east of Madagascar, Réunion Island is the product of a long-lived mantle hotspot on the floor of the Indian Ocean. The island first emerged above the ocean’s surface about 2 million years ago. It remains active today, with frequent eruptions from Piton de la Fournaise, a shield volcano on the island’s eastern side. Since the 17th century, the volcano has had more than 150 documented eruptions. The most recent began within the Enclos Fouqué caldera on February 13, 2026, with the opening of four fissures that fueled sustained lava fountains reaching 10 to 50 meters…

Microsoft AI, the tech giant’s research lab, announced the release of three foundational AI models on Thursday that can generate text, voice, and images. The release signals Microsoft’s continued push to build out its own stack of multimodal AI models — and compete with rival AI labs — even though it remains tied to OpenAI. MAI-Transcribe-1 transcribes speech across 25 different languages into text and is 2.5 times faster than Microsoft’s Azure Fast offering, according to a company press release. MAI-Voice-1 is an audio-generating model. This voice model allows users to generate 60 seconds of audio in one second and…

Who benefits from artificial intelligence? This basic question, which has been especially salient during the AI surge of the last few years, was front and center at a conference at MIT on Wednesday, as speakers and audience members grappled with the many dimensions of AI’s impact.In one of the conferences’s keynote talks, journalist Karen Hao ’15 called for an altered trajectory of AI development, including a move away from the massive scale-up of data use, data centers, and models being used to develop tools under the rubric of “artificial general intelligence.”“This scale is unnecessary,” said Hao, who has become a…

Tucked away, in the greater Serengeti ecosystem, lies a slice of pure safari magic. Right at the banks of the Grumeti river you’ll find the stunning andBeyond Grumeti Serengeti River Lodge, a 10-suite luxury safari retreat that is widely regarded as one of the finest in Tanzania. Reason enough to check it out and see if the rumours are true. The welcome The welcome starts even before you make eye contact, as you’ll hear the staff sing when you’re still driving towards the entrance. Once you step out of the vehicle, warm smiles, cold towels and a welcome drink all…

United Airlines is updating its iOS and Android mobile apps with several new features, including estimated security wait times to give travelers a better idea of when they should arrive at the airport. The move comes as the ongoing partial government shutdown has left TSA checkpoints understaffed. In the “Travel” section of the United mobile app, travelers can now view security wait times for the airline’s U.S. hub airports in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. Users will see estimated wait times for specific lanes, including standard security and TSA PreCheck, throughout terminals serving…

A new immigration model is set to change how migrants qualify for permanent residence in the UK.The new system, known as Earned Settlement, is expected to be implemented this month, and will tie eligibility for settlement in the UK with what migrants “earn” through work and contributions, rather than how long they’ve lived in the country.Following reforms to the Skilled Worker Visa last summer, which saw a significant decline in applications in the last year, these changes are expected to impact both international workers and businesses that rely on them.For companies with international employees, this new system could mean higher…

Wallet in Telegram, a third-party wallet integrated directly into the Telegram app, is rolling out perpetual futures support with Lighter, a perpetuals decentralized exchange.Launching Thursday, perpetual futures are available to Telegram users through an integrated custodial solution, Crypto Wallet, the platform said in an announcement seen by Cointelegraph. The integration allows users to open long and short positions with up to 50× leverage across more than 50 assets, including crypto assets such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Toncoin (TON), as well as tokenized commodities and stocks.“Perpetual trading has traditionally been intimidating for retail users,” said Andrew Rogozov, CEO of The Open Platform,…

Behrad Mohammadi, 31, and Kyle O’Brien, 22, were the key figures in a supply operation in West Sussex. Phone evidence showed how they were offering bulk supplies and officers carried out joint warrants at their addresses as part of an operation called Tripod. During the warrants, completed in October last year, more than a kilogram of cocaine and a kilogram of cannabis were found in O’Brien’s address, as well as thousands of nitrous oxide cylinders. Both men were charged with offences and at Portsmouth Crown Court on March 26 Mohammadi and O’Brien appeared for sentencing. The court was told how…

From enhancing international business logistics to freeing up more hospital beds to helping farmers, MIT Professor Dimitris Bertsimas SM ’87, PhD ’88 summarized how his work in operations research has helped drive real-world improvements, while delivering the 54th annual James R. Killian Faculty Achievement Award Lecture at MIT on Thursday, March 19.Bertsimas also described how artificial intelligence is now being used in some of his scholarly projects and as a tool in MIT Open Learning efforts, which he currently directs — another facet of a highly productive and lauded career over four decades at the Institute. The Killian Award is…

Newsletter platform Beehiiv is introducing native podcast hosting, the company told TechCrunch. With this move, creators can now host, distribute, and monetize their podcast directly on Beehiiv. Users will be able to publish an episode, share it with subscribers, and track their analytics all on the platform. “Podcasting was an obvious move,” Beehiiv co-founder and CEO Tyler Denk told TechCrunch in an email. “Fundamentally, newsletters and podcasts have massive overlap. Both are typically episodic, long-form content, distributed to an owned audience, monetized via sponsorship. Our roadmap is heavily driven by our customers. They’ve told us that they really want to…