SoftBank’s CEO isn’t the only one with questions about Elon Musk’s orbital data center hype Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers.  Masayoshi Son, the founder and CEO of Softbank, argued at a recent shareholder meeting that building data centers in space won’t do much to cut costs and will take too long when “in the battle for AI, the next few years will be...

Mission accomplished? The 2003 boast that haunts today's Iran conflictGordon CoreraSecurity AnalystBBCOn 9 April 2003 a statue of the leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was pulled down in the centre of Baghdad. The metal plaque at the base of the statue was torn off and the statue's marble plinth attacked with a sledgehammer. Iraqi civilians initially tried to pull it down, scaling the statue to...

Norway's crown princess on lung transplant waiting list, palace saysGetty ImagesNorway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on a waiting list for a lung transplant, the country's royal household has said.Mette-Marit, who suffers from an incurable lung disease, has suspended official duties and will have the operation as soon as a donor becomes available, it said.The princess, who...

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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo: More die as WHO warns that numbers will rise furtherAFP via Getty ImagesAuthorities say 51 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in DR CongoThe World Health Organization (WHO) says there have now been 600 suspected cases of Ebola and 139 suspected deaths, with numbers expected to rise further given the time taken to detect the virus.Fifty-one cases have now been...