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Venezuela end Italy fairytale to reach World Baseball Classic final

Venezuela end Italy fairytale to reach World Baseball Classic final

Venezuela advanced to the final of the World Baseball Classic on Monday, ending Italy's fairytale campaign with a come-from-behind 4-2 victory.

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Sweden's prisons prepare to house young teens

Sweden's prisons prepare to house young teens

North of Stockholm, the Rosersberg prison is making preparations to house children as young as 13 in response to a much-criticised juvenile judicial reform expected to take effect in July.

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Indonesia weighs response to price pressures from Middle East war

Indonesia weighs response to price pressures from Middle East war

Price pressures fuelled by the Middle East war may push Indonesia's government to reconsider its dogged defence of energy subsidies and a costly meals scheme close to the heart of President Prabowo Subianto, analysts say.

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In Hollywood, AI's no match for creativity, say top executives

In Hollywood, AI's no match for creativity, say top executives

Artificial intelligence is transforming Hollywood at a pace that has sent shockwaves through creative industries, but human creativity will always prevail, a leading executive at the cutting edge of that change told AFP.

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Sao Paulo AI policing nabs criminals, and a few innocents

Sao Paulo AI policing nabs criminals, and a few innocents

In the heart of Sao Paulo, a "prisonometer" keeps a live tally of people jailed due to Latin America's largest AI facial-recognition system, but its successes have been marred by mistaken arrests.

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Trump faces coalition of the unwilling on Iran

Trump faces coalition of the unwilling on Iran

President Donald Trump spent his first year back in power disparaging US allies. Now he wants them to help America in the Iran war -- and they are none too enthusiastic.

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Nvidia chief expects revenue of $1 trillion through 2027

Nvidia chief expects revenue of $1 trillion through 2027

Nvidia chief Jensen Huang on Monday said he expects the artificial intelligence chip powerhouse to bring in at least a trillion dollars in revenue through next year.

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Nvidia making AI module for outer space

Nvidia making AI module for outer space

Nvidia chief Jensen Huang on Monday said the leading artificial intelligence chip maker is heading for space with a goal of powering orbiting data centers.

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Migrant workers bear brunt of Iran attacks in Gulf

Migrant workers bear brunt of Iran attacks in Gulf

Bangladeshi migrant Ahmad Ali, 55, was doing his regular round delivering drinking water to residents in the United Arab Emirates when Iran launched its first retaliatory attacks against Gulf countries.

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Sauce Labs CEO, Prince Kohli, Says $1 Trillion Software Quality Industry Has Been "Building Wrong" for 20 Years

Sauce Labs CEO, Prince Kohli, Says $1 Trillion Software Quality Industry Has Been "Building Wrong" for 20 Years

The new Sauce AI for Test Authoring launch targets the most labor-intensive slice of the 22% of IT budgets spent on quality assurance, by shifting engineering teams from writing test cases to specifying business intent that the platform autonomously turns into self-improving test suites.

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