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There’s something painfully American about the arc of iRobot, the company that taught your vacuum to navigate around the furniture. Founded in 1990 in Bedford, Massachusetts by MIT roboticist Rodney Brooks and his former students Colin Angle and Helen Greiner, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday, ending a 35-year run that took it from the dreams of AI researchers to your kitchen floor and, finally, to the tender mercies of its Chinese supplier. Brooks, the founding director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab and the robotics field’s resident provocateur, spent the eighties watching insects and…

Sangha Renewables announced the energization of its 19.9-megawatt bitcoin mining facility in Ector County, West Texas today, in partnership with Links Genco and TotalEnergies. The project operates behind-the-meter on a 150-megawatt solar farm, combining renewable energy generation with digital infrastructure to explore new revenue streams for the energy sector. The facility, developed with support from Links Genco, uses bitcoin mining to provide dispatchable industrial demand that aligns with variable renewable output.  Links Genco provided energy structuring and grid compliance services, helping Sangha configure a load profile that complements solar generation while mitigating exposure to transmission constraints and local curtailment, according…

Sunday 14 December 2025 10:25 am  |  Updated:  Sunday 14 December 2025 10:26 am Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email Economic data shows signs of cooling inflation in the UK. The Bank of England is readying to cut interest rates to the lowest level in nearly three years, delivering a bout of “festive news” to borrowers, economists think.The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is widely expected to reduce interest rates from 4% to 3.75% on Thursday.This would bring borrowing costs down to the lowest rate since…

The third oldest underground metro system in the world, after London and Budapest, the Glasgow Subway opened for the first time on 14 December 1896. Currently operated by the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), the railway was constructed over five years by the Glasgow District Subway Company, at a cost of £1.5 million. However, a crash on the Subway’s opening day meant the 6.5 mile route did not reopen until January 1897.   An archive photo from the Glasgow Subway. (Image: Newsquest) The railway was electrified in 1935 in a bid to save costs.  The SPT explains: “Glasgow saw a spectacular…

Both men were charged with unlawfully killing Connor Currie, Lauren Bullock and Morgan BarnardConnor Currie, 16, and 17-year-olds Lauren Bullock and Morgan Barnard died following a crush outside the Greenvale HotelThe owner of a Co Tyrone hotel and a member of security staff today denied charges arising from the deaths of three teenagers.Lauren Bullock and Morgan Barnard, who were both 17, and 16-year old Connor Currie lost their lives following the fatal incident on March 17, 2019.The teenagers were amongst a crowd of young people queuing to enter Greenvale Hotel in Cookstown for a St Patrick’s Day disco when the…

WhatsApp, Meta’s messaging app that millions of Indians rely on daily, is facing a critical moment in India as recent government directions threaten to disrupt how the platform works for everyday users and businesses. Issued late last month and made public earlier this month, the directions ask certain app-based communication services to keep accounts continuously linked to an active SIM card and impose stricter controls on how the apps function across devices. New Delhi says the measures are aimed at curbing rising cyber fraud in India, the world’s most populous nation. Digital advocacy groups, policy experts, and industry groups representing…

This article was supported by One Health Hub. [NAIROBI, SciDevNet] One Health specialists are calling for more coherent and integrated One Health surveillance systems, arguing that linking community-level data across sectors is essential for early detection and response to emerging health threats. One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral approach, which recognises the connections between people, animals, plants, and the environment, and seeks to improve health outcomes through joint action across these sectors. Leading experts in the field of One Health joined a virtual roundtable discussion on Thursday (12 December), organised by SciDev.Net and the agricultural research organisation CABI (the parent…

Location : The M1 northbound between junctions J13 and J14 . Lane Closures : The hard shoulder and lane 1 are closed. Reason : Broken down vehicle. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 00:30 and 00:45 on 15 December 2025. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 00:30 and 00:45 on 15 December 2025. Lanes Closed : There is one of four lanes closed. Source link

Grok, the chatbot built by Elon Musk’s xAI and popularized on his social media platform X, appears to have repeatedly spread misinformation about today’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia. Gizmodo pointed to a number of posts where Grok misidentified the bystander — 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed — who disarmed one of the gunmen, and where it questioned the authenticity of videos and photos capturing al Ahmed’s actions. In one post, the chatbot misidentified the man in a photo as an Israeli hostage, and in another post brought up irrelevant information about the Israeli army’s treatment of Palestinians. In…

On Thursday (December 4), Wealden District Council’s Majors Planning Committee approved a reserved matters application from Coldthorn Ltd, which is connected with plans to build 32 homes on land to the west of Coldthorn Lane. The wider development had secured outline planning permission at appeal in 2023, when an inspector overturned the council’s intiation decision to refuse the scheme. This refusal had been based on concerns around impact on character and appearance of the area and the sustainability of the site. With the principle of development established through the appeal decision, the committee was only being asked to approve the…