How nuclear batteries could speed the race to fusion power Fusion power has always been a bit of a contradiction. The fusion part is actually kind of easy — an undergrad recently built a simple fusion device in his bedroom, for example — but getting electricity out of the reaction isn’t. “A fusion reactor that makes power — and there’s plenty of those, they already exist,” Daniel...

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners in Iva Valley, EnuguCentre for memoriesA statue commemorating the killing of the coal miners was erected in the centre of EnuguA Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country.The colonial...

Danish PM calls snap election with Greenland issue centre-stageEPATrump's plans to seize control of Greenland have dominated Danish politicsDanish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has announced early elections - hailing the next four years as "decisive" for her country."We as Danes and as Europeans will really have to stand on our own feet," Frederiksen told parliament. "We need to define our...

Russia blames Ukrainian naval drones as tanker sinks in MediterraneanSerhii Sternenko/XUnverified footage of the blaze was shared by an adviser to Ukraine's defence ministerA Russian LNG gas tanker has sunk in the Mediterranean between Libya and Malta after it was hit by explosions and a fire, Libyan port officials have said.Russia has accused Ukraine of targeting the Arctic Metagaz with...

Mistral bets on ‘build-your-own AI’ as it takes on OpenAI, Anthropic in the enterprise Most enterprise AI projects fail not because companies lack the technology, but because the models they’re using don’t understand their business. The models are often trained on the internet, rather than decades of internal documents, workflows, and institutional knowledge.  That gap is where Mistral,...