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Last year was a breakout year for artificial intelligence, and no company benefited from the trend quite like chipmaker Nvidia. Earnings released on Wednesday show Nvidia’s profits grew to nearly $12.3 billion in the three months ended January 28 — up from $1.4 billion in the year-ago quarter, a gain of 769% year-over-year and even stronger growth than Wall Street analysts had expected. That result helped bring the company’s full-year profits up more than 580% from the year earlier. Nvidia also posted fourth quarter revenue gains of 265% year-over-year, also exceeding analyst projections, as the company continues to ride the wave…

United Airlines said it will resume flights from the United States to Israel beginning in March. United is the first major US airline carrier to resume flights to Israel following the October 7 Hamas terror attack and ensuing war in Gaza. United said there will be some connecting flights from New York and Newark on March 2 and March 4 and the goal is to begin daily non-stop flights on March 6. “United conducted a detailed safety analysis in making this decision, including close work with security experts and government officials in the United States and Israel. We also worked closely with the Air…

Four games that were formerly exclusive to Microsoft will soon be available on rival consoles. Hi-Fi Rush and pirate game Sea of Thieves are coming to Sony’s PS5 only. Meanwhile, narrative adventure game Pentiment and co-op game Grounded will be on PS5 as well as Nintendo Switch. It follows Microsoft’s announcement in February that four Xbox exclusives would soon appear on rival platforms, in what some considered a major change of direction for the industry, Until now, it had not been known what those titles were. Two of the games were revealed on Wednesday in a Nintendo Direct, an online showcase…

Armed groups that have been controlling Tripoli for more than a decade have agreed to leave Libya’s capital. Interior minister Imad Trabelsi – part of the internationally recognised government – said after lengthy negotiations a deal had been struck for regular forces to police Tripoli. He told journalists there would only be emergency police, city officers and criminal investigators in their place. The deal comes after a series of deadly clashes in the city in recent months. Libya has been battered by many armed groups who emerged after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. A series of armed uprisings that…

Can cotton candy give you cancer? Some Indian states think so and have banned the sale of the pink, wispy, sugary-sweet treat. Last week, the southern state of Tamil Nadu implemented the ban after lab tests confirmed the presence of a cancer-causing substance, Rhodamine-B, in samples sent for testing. Earlier this month, the union territory of Puducherry banned the sweet treat while other states have begun testing samples of it. Cotton candy, also called buddi-ka-baal (old woman’s hair) in India because of its appearance, is popular with children the world over. It’s a fixture in amusement parks, fairs and other places of…

Japan’s main stock index has hit an all-time closing high, surpassing the previous record set 34 years ago. The Nikkei 225 rose 2.19% on Thursday to end the trading day at 39,098.68. That topped the previous record closing high of 38,915.87 set on 29 December 1989, the last day of trading that year. Asian technology shares were boosted after US chip giant Nvidia revealed strong earnings, driven by demand for its artificial intelligence processors. Global investors are returning to the benchmark index thanks to strong company earnings, even as the country’s economy has fallen into a recession. The weakness of the…

In the spring of 1920, the House of Commons scheduled a debate on one of the most pressing issues facing the country at that time – who was behind the slew of profane letters being sent to well respected members of a community. For months, Littlehampton, a small seaside town in Sussex, had been alight with rumours over who was sending sweary and scandalous letters. A well-respected, pillar-of-the-community Christian, Edith Swan pointed the finger at Irish foul-mouthed neighbour Rose Gooding. The showdown between the two neighbours is the basis for period comedy drama Wicked Little Letters, starring Olivia Colman as…

If your iPhone gets wet don’t dry it in a bag of rice, Apple has advised. Despite the technique’s popularity, experts have long warned against it, with tests suggesting it doesn’t work. And now the tech giant itself has published guidance telling users it could result in small particles of the grain damaging their devices. The firm said people should instead gently tap out any liquid, with the phone connector facing down, then leave it to dry out. Despite the increasing sophistication of smartphones, popular approaches for fixing them if they have been dropped in water remain rather unsophisticated. Apple has taken the opportunity…

The leader of Boeing’s troubled 737 Max programme is to leave the company, which has been under pressure since a piece of one of its jets blew off during a passenger flight in January. The departure of Ed Clark after nearly 18 years is part of a wider shake-up of the commercial airplane division that Boeing announced on Wednesday. Boeing said the changes were aimed at improving its quality and safety. It comes as the firm prepares to meet with regulators. The company has been facing scrutiny since the incident on the Alaska Airline flight, which did not lead to…

Google is racing to fix its new AI-powered tool for creating pictures, after claims it was over-correcting against the risk of being racist. Users said the firm’s Gemini bot supplied images depicting a variety of genders and ethnicities even when doing so was historically inaccurate. For example, a prompt seeking images of America’s founding fathers turned up women and people of colour. The company said its tool was “missing the mark”. “Gemini’s AI image generation does generate a wide range of people. And that’s generally a good thing because people around the world use it. But it’s missing the mark…