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Temasek’s participation comes after the Kuwait Investment Authority joined earlier in JunePublished Thu, Jun 12, 2025 · 11:24 PM[SINGAPORE] Temasek has joined a consortium backed by Microsoft, BlackRock and tech investment company MGX to invest and expand artificial intelligence infrastructure, according to BlackRock’s investor day presentation slides on Thursday (Jun 12).The Singapore state investment company has joined AI Infrastructure Partnership, a group that also includes BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners, the slides showed.AIP, formed in September with a goal to initially invest more than US$30 billion in AI-related projects, is one of the world’s largest efforts to invest in data centres…

After the model has been trained, companies can set system prompts, or guidelines, for how the model should behave to minimize sycophantic behavior. However, working out the best response means delving into the subtleties of how people communicate with one another, such as determining when a direct response is better than a more hedged one. “[I]s it for the model to not give egregious, unsolicited compliments to the user?” Joanne Jang, head of model behavior at OpenAI, said in a Reddit post. “Or, if the user starts with a really bad writing draft, can the model still tell them it’s…

As Mexico prepares to defend its title at the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, head coach Javier Aguirre has unveiled a 26-man squad that combines seasoned veterans with promising newcomers. The team aims to continue its dominance in the region, building on its record nine Gold Cup titles. Below is the full list including each player’s position, club affiliation, and international experience.Mauricio Pochettino Names Final USMNT Gold Cup Roster | SOTU 2025 Mexico Gold Cup RosterGoalkeepersÁngel Malagón (Club América)Raul Rangel (CD Guadalajara)Francisco Guillermo Ochoa (Salernitana)DefendersJorge Sanchez (Cruz Azul)Cesar Montes (FC Lokomotiv Moscow)Johan Vasquez (Genoa FC)Gilberto Mora (Xolos de Tijuana)Jesus Orozco (Cruz Azul)Luis…

AMSTERDAM :BE Semiconductor Industries (Besi) raised its long-term financial targets ahead of its investor day on Thursday and said it expects to see the benefits of customers adopting its advanced chip stacking tools.The Dutch firm makes the world’s most accurate hybrid bonding tool, a critical chip technology allowing multiple chips to be bonded directly on top of each other.AI chip designers Nvidia and Broadcom are looking to adopt a TSMC process using hybrid bonding, Besi’s Senior Vice President Technology Chris Scanlan said at the event, potentially increasing demand for Besi’s tool. Intel and AMD, are also expanding their use of…

[SINGAPORE] While the US and China seemed to have avoided a devastating economic conflict with a framework agreement on Wednesday (Jun 11) after two days of intense negotiations, damage to the world’s richest trading relationship has already been done. Based on figures from Trade Data Monitor, Chinese shipments to the US in May plummeted 34.4 per cent year on year to US$28.8 billion – the steepest decline since pandemic disruptions began in February 2020, as Beijing rerouted trade flows.Meanwhile, Chinese imports from the US in May fell 17.9 per cent to US$10.8 billion, suggesting a “collapsing” trading relationship between the…

iOS 26 updates the Share Sheet Apple just gave the Share Sheet in iOS 26 a much-needed cleanup, and your thumbs will be thankful. Apple has refined the iPhone share sheet in iOS 26, showing fewer actions up front to make the interface feel lighter and easier to use. Instead of hitting you with every possible option right away, it now presents a short, focused list tailored to what you’re most likely to use. You can still swipe up or tap “More” to reveal everything else. Nothing has been removed. But the default view feels calmer, less like a filing cabinet dumped…

NEW YORK — Toy robots that teach children to code. Sneakers made in America. Mold-resistant kitchen gadgets. The three items are among new products that have gotten stuck in the pipeline due to President Donald Trump’s unpredictable trade policies, according to the brand founders behind the stalled items. They say that instead of fostering U.S. innovation, Trump’s tariffs are stifling it with extra costs and unexpected work. At Learning Resources in Vernon Hills, Illinois, Made Plus in Annapolis, Maryland, and Dorai Home in Salt Lake City, research and development have taken a backseat to recalculating budgets, negotiating with vendors and…

WASHINGTON — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air. “Prairie dogs are on the menu for just about every predator you can think of”— golden eagles, red-tailed hawks, foxes, badgers, even large snakes — said Andy Boyce, a research ecologist in Montana at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.Those predators will also snack on grassland nesting birds like the long-billed curlew.To protect themselves, the curlews eavesdrop on the alarms coming from prairie dog colonies,…

Cuts to federal spending on Medicaid could affect hundreds of rural hospitals in many states that have elected Republican senators and voted for President Trump, Senate Democrats warned Thursday, citing a list they commissioned of rural hospitals in financial distress.”If Republicans plan to pass drastic cuts to Medicaid and Medicare and effectively repeal the Affordable Care Act, communities should know exactly what they stand to lose,” Sen. Ed Markey, the top Democrat in the Senate’s health committee, said in a statement.The warning from Senate Democrats, outlined in a letter sent to President Trump and Republican congressional leaders, comes as senators…

China will “always honour its commitments” when it comes to negotiating trade disagreements with the US, according to a spokesperson for the Chinese government.But when pushed by Sky News, he refrained from confirming what those commitments are. The reluctance is at odds with President Trump, who declared on his Truth Social account on Wednesday that “our deal with China is done”, while also claiming that China has agreed to supply rare earth metals to the US “upfront”, and to a 55% tariff rate on its goods.The comments follow high-stakes talks between delegations from the two countries in London aimed at…