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About 1,200 people evacuated from coastal wildfire in northern France
PARIS, Aug 12 - About 1,200 people were evacuated from a campsite due to two wildfires near the beach in the north of France, local officials said on Wednesday. The prefecture for the administrative department of Pas-de-Calais, in the country's north and bordering the Strait of Dover, said one of the wildfires was under control
XAI Grok 4.6 Is Near Frontier Capable But 85% Lower Cost
SpaceXAI Grok 4.6 is roughly the same performance as Fable 5 Max at an 85% discount. 80% cheaper for input tokens and 88% cheaper for output tokens. It is pareto dominant. Grok 4.7 will be significantly better as is a much larger model with the Cursor and SpaceX data included in pretraining. Grok 4.6 is
Done Deal: Romero ready for Parma in €7m agreement with Tigre
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - FEBRUARY 07: David Romero of Tigre celebrates after scoring his team's second goal during a Torneo Apertura Mercado Libre 2026 match between River Plate and Tigre at Estadio Más Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti on February 07, 2026 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images) Tigre striker David Romero is
Healthcare industry aligning on AI model cards, and other innovations
As the artificial intelligence policies developed under the Biden Administration come into focus and a new inauguration approaches, one healthcare AI leader says he's optimistic about the future of public-private partnerships in the space. ...
UPF, AI and cultured food – one industry insider’s 2025 wish list
Sitting at the centre of one of the world’s most important food nations, Switzerland, and as head of an organisation that brings together some of the most innovative F&B upstarts from across the globe, places Senn-Jakobsen in a seat of enviable knowledge. She’s headed the four-and-a-half year-old organisation for almost all of its life, having
Construction industry tops latest UK insolvencies league
The construction sector is facing an “opaque” 2025, as increased building costs and mortgage rates hold back its recovery. In light of the latest official statistics on insolvency rates, analysts warned of “further issues to be addressed” before the sector’s business failure rate falls. The Insolvency Service said the construction industry suffered the second largest
Industry Ministry works with investors to keep projects on track
Bandar Alkhorayef, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Bandar Alkhorayef, said that the Saudi industrial sector is witnessing significant progress. The industrial strategy identified 800 projects with total investments estimated at around SAR 1.3 trillion, of which projects worth nearly SAR 500 billion are currently underway. The ministry is working
Industry clamour grows over inheritance tax hike
Construction figures are warning of a “severe and long-lasting impact” from proposed inheritance tax reforms, which are causing a "groundswell of anger" among family-run businesses in the sector. The Home Builders Federation and Builders Merchant Federation are among 32 trade associations that have signed an open letter to chancellor Rachel Reeves warning about the negative
OpenAI’s Chat GPT-4 Is The Best The Industry Has Seen So Far
OpenAI, the company that rose to fame with its state-of-the-art AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT has once again surprised the industry with its latest power-packed model of an AI-based image and text-understanding model known as Chat GPT-4. Although it can take inputs in both textual and visual form, the output will be purely text-based. The latest milestone
Transforming the Industry: How to Digitally and Culturally Make a Change
From unlocking new ways to attract and retain talent to reducing rework that helps minimize construction’s environmental impact, the construction industry is undergoing a big transformation. What does this mean for the industry? Digital and cultural transformations are taking place in the industry, and businesses are using technology and innovative thinking to overcome a range
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About 1,200 people evacuated from coastal wildfire in northern France
PARIS, Aug 12 - About 1,200 people were evacuated from a campsite due to two wildfires near the beach in the north of France, local officials said on Wednesday. The prefecture for the administrative department of Pas-de-Calais, in the country's north and bordering the Strait of Dover, said one of the wildfires was under control
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XAI Grok 4.6 Is Near Frontier Capable But 85% Lower Cost
SpaceXAI Grok 4.6 is roughly the same performance as Fable 5 Max at an 85% discount. 80% cheaper for input tokens and 88% cheaper for output tokens. It is pareto dominant. Grok 4.7 will be significantly better as is a much larger model with the Cursor and SpaceX data included in pretraining. Grok 4.6 is
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Done Deal: Romero ready for Parma in €7m agreement with Tigre
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - FEBRUARY 07: David Romero of Tigre celebrates after scoring his team's second goal during a Torneo Apertura Mercado Libre 2026 match between River Plate and Tigre at Estadio Más Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti on February 07, 2026 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images) Tigre striker David Romero is
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Osun: Don’t turn election into war, Atiku tells FG
Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies and the Tinubu administration against militarising the Osun governorship election or deploying state institutions for partisan advantage. Speaking at the ADC National Youth Leadership Summit in Abuja, Atiku declared that “Osun is a test” of
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Burnham’s devolution drive could ‘push 90,000 jobs out of London’
Wednesday 12 August 2026 5:16 pm Nearly 10,000 jobs are expected to leave the capital by 2031 Roughly 90,000 of London’s white-collar jobs could be pushed into other parts of the country as Andy Burnham accelerates his devolution drive, a top recruitment firm has predicted. Legal, banking and accounting firms could be among those to