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IBMIBM’s new sub-1 nm chip crams almost 100 billion transistors onto a surface the size of a fingernailIBM has unveiled a new chip design which it says could enable manufacturers to cram 100 billion transistors on a silicon chip the size of a fingernail.The current industry-standard size for chips, measured in a the unit of nanometres – a billionth of a metre and the size of a few atoms – is around two nanometres (nm). But IBM claims its new chip tech is the equivalent of around 0.7nm, which may make it the world’s first known chip technology below 1nm.…
LIVEWorld Cup reaction: Do Scotland deserve to go through?All the latest news and reaction as Scotland remain on the brink of qualifying for the knockouts stages after losing 3-0 to Brazil.
The Dallas Morning News via Getty ImagesThe price of oil has fallen to levels not seen since before the Iran war as traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route gradually resumes.Global benchmark Brent crude briefly fell below $72.48 (£55) a barrel, the price it was at the day before the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran on 28 February, before edging up to $72.63.Energy prices have been on a wild ride since Iran responded to the strikes by effectively closing the strait, a critical waterway for oil and gas shipments.The cost of crude has been moving sharply…
Watch: Families call for a statutory public inquiry after Nottingham reviewThe findings of an inquiry into the largest maternity scandal in NHS history have finally been made public.The numbers are as striking as they are horrific – about 2,500 families involved and the stark figure of 155 babies who may have survived with better care, in addition to 105 who suffered serious injury due to failings.A total of 520 cases of mothers and babies were graded as two or three for harm, with grade two representing “significant concerns” and grade three “major concerns” over care.Grade two represents sub-optimal care in…
AFP via Getty ImagesPeople demonstrate against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the Cinco de Mayo parade in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on 2 May Aliah, a 20-year-old student in Minnesota, expected her new American life to be all about studying and work after fleeing Afghanistan in 2021 and being granted asylum in the US.But earlier this year, when federal immigration enforcement agents flooded the Minneapolis area during Operation Metro Surge, she faced a much different reality. Months after the operation’s official end, its effects still linger.”We’re still a little scared,” Aliah, who has a green card, told the BBC. Like…
Trump describes UK PM frontrunner as ‘the mayor of a town’ and ‘extremely liberal’Donald Trump gives his first public reaction to the prospect of Andy Burnham becoming prime minister.54 mins agoPolitics
Getty ImagesGorebox is a game where “creativity meets unrestrained destruction”, according to its Google Play listingThe Philippines has temporarily blocked gaming app Gorebox after an initial investigation found that a teenage suspect in a rare school shooting had been playing the game.Three students were killed and 20 others wounded after two suspects – aged 15 and 14 – allegedly fired handguns inside a classroom in Tacloban, south-east of Manila, on Monday.Police said the 14-year-old was a player of Gorebox, a game where players can “obliterate anything [they] desire” and “engage in brutal combat with an extensive arsenal of weapons and…
BBC, Getty ImagesNicole Kolster says people in Caracas evacuated to the streets, fearing further aftershocksJournalist Nicole Kolster was at home in Venezuela’s capital city Caracas when her apartment started shaking violently.”I saw the windows moving, and the only thing I could think to do was to get between the front door and a stone wall… to try to protect myself,” she recounts.Two earthquakes hit the city seconds apart on Wednesday, the first at a magnitude of 7.2 and the second at 7.5. Photos show collapsed buildings and people gathered on the streets, but the number of casualties and full extent…
Congress has told Trump to stop Iran war- why does it matter?The White House has asked lawmakers to approve $87.6bn (£66.5bn), mostly for “urgent needs” connected with the US war on Iran, a day after Congress passed a resolution rebuking the military action.The bulk of the funding – $67bn – is for the Defence Department, including $21bn for munitions, $17.3bn for operational costs and $12.1bn for classified programmes, said the White House.The other money is for unrelated measures including $11bn for US farmers and $1.4bn to tackle the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa.But the proposal faces an uphill battle in…
Watch: Moment quake shakes Venezuela, causing widespread damage and evacuationsVideo filmed by BBC reporters and contributors shows the aftermath, as frantic residents evacuate.2 hrs agoLatin America