Hardwood, the project Gunnar Morling kick-started handling of Parquet files in Java, reached version 1. Its multi-threaded approach and zero mandatory external dependencies promise a simpler, more ...

OpenAI’s first custom AI chip Jalapeño was unveiled today in partnership with Broadcom, claiming roughly 50% lower inference ...

Israeli strikes in eastern Lebanon and near the southern city of Tyre killed eight people, the Lebanese health ministry said Thursday as the Israeli army said one of its soldiers was killed combat.

Armed conflict in eastern Ukraine erupted in early 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The previous year, protests in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s ...

At the end of 2025, there were 41.6 million refugees globally, including refugees under UNHCR’s mandate, people in a refugee-like situation, other people in need of international protection and ...