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Nvidia showcases AI chips as it shrugs off DeepSeek
Nvidia showcases AI chips as it shrugs off DeepSeek
by  AFP

Nvidia chief Jensen Huang is expected to showcase cutting-edge chips for artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing on Tuesday, shrugging off talk of China's DeepSeek disrupting the market. The CEO is also likely to talk up a leap to quantum computing.

Starbucks ordered to pay $50m for hot tea spill
Starbucks ordered to pay $50m for hot tea spill
by  AFP

Starbucks has been ordered to pay $50 million to a customer who was burned when hot tea spilled on his lap at a California drive-through. The case is redolent of a 1994 landmark legal action against McDonald's in New Mexico, when 79-year-old Stella Liebeck was awarded over $2.8 million after spilling hot coffee on herself.

Talks on divisive deep-sea mining resume in Jamaica
Talks on divisive deep-sea mining resume in Jamaica
by  AFP

Several countries united with campaign groups Monday to call for caution in regulating the divisive practice of deep-sea mining at a meeting on the issue in Jamaica. Members of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) are meeting in Kingston to thrash out the first mining code on deep-sea extraction that has faced accusations of imperiling marine ecosystems.

Hong Kong property tycoon Lee Shau-kee dies aged 97
Hong Kong property tycoon Lee Shau-kee dies aged 97
by  AFP

Hong Kong's second-richest man Lee Shau-kee has died aged 97, the property tycoon's firm Henderson Land Development announced Monday. Lee died peacefully on Monday evening in the company of his family, Henderson said in a press release.