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FuriosaAI targets up to $500m funding for AI chip expansion

FuriosaAI targets up to $500m funding for AI chip expansion

Source: Yahoo Finance · Published: 2026-01-20 13:19 MSK
January 20, 2026
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Microsoft’s free Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming soon with ads

Microsoft has been testing its ad-supported Xbox Cloud Gaming service over the past few months, as I exclusively revealed in October. Now, the software giant is getting close to testing the free streaming option with Xbox Insiders. Over the weekend, Microsoft updated its Xbox app with loading screens for Xbox Cloud Gaming that mention "1 […]

Source: The Verge · Published: 2026-01-20 13:50 MSK
January 20, 2026
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Source: bbc.com

Aspinall questions crowd at new Saudi tournament

Nathan Aspinall says he feels the crowds attending the Saudi Arabia Darts Masters "weren’t all there of their own accord".

Source: BBC News · Published: 2026-01-20 13:49 MSK
January 20, 2026
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Source: bbc.com

Wage growth slows as number of people employed falls

Official figures show that the pace of private sector wage growth slowed to the lowest rate in five years.

Source: BBC News · Published: 2026-01-20 13:52 MSK
January 20, 2026
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Source: bbc.com

Tory kicked out of party for 'talking to Reform'

Conservative MS James Evans allegedly told a senior Tory he was thinking about defecting.

Source: BBC News · Published: 2026-01-20 13:55 MSK
January 20, 2026
Global News Read full in source
Source: bbc.com

Tory kicked out of party for 'talking to Reform'

Conservative MS James Evans allegedly told a senior Tory he was thinking about defecting.

Source: BBC News · Published: 2026-01-20 13:55 MSK
January 20, 2026
Global News Read full in source

Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL

Sony has announced plans to spin off its TV hardware business, shifting it to a new joint venture with TCL. The two companies have signed a nonbinding agreement for Sony's home entertainment business, with TCL set to hold a 51 percent stake in the new venture and Sony holding 49 percent. With this partnership, TCL […]

Source: The Verge · Published: 2026-01-20 13:58 MSK
January 20, 2026
Global News Read full in source

Spain deploys heavy machinery to recover missing bodies among train crash wreckage

Emergency services in Spain used cranes on Tuesday to gain access to the worst-hit carriages ​in a high-speed train crash as they sought to recover the remains ‍of people still missing in a disaster that has killed at least 41. Spaniards are reeling following the first-ever deadly ​accident on Spain's extensive high-speed rail network, which occurred on Sunday evening near Adamuz ​in Cordoba province, about 360 km (223 miles) south of Madrid.

January 20, 2026
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Over 5,000 homes without power in Kyiv after Russian strikes on energy grid

Russia bombarded Ukraine with more than 300 drones and ballistic and cruise missiles in its latest nighttime attack on the Ukrainian power grid, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday. The attack knocked out heating to more than 5,600 apartment buildings in the capital, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Kyiv.

January 20, 2026
Infrastructure Read full in source

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FuriosaAI targets up to $500m funding for AI chip expansion

FuriosaAI targets up to $500m funding for AI chip expansion

Source: Yahoo Finance · Published: 2026-01-20 13:19 MSK
January 20, 2026
Technology News Continue in source

Microsoft’s free Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming soon with ads

Microsoft has been testing its ad-supported Xbox Cloud Gaming service over the past few months, as I exclusively revealed in October. Now, the software giant is getting close to testing the free streaming option with Xbox Insiders. Over the weekend, Microsoft updated its Xbox app with loading screens for Xbox Cloud Gaming that mention "1 […]

Source: The Verge · Published: 2026-01-20 13:50 MSK
January 20, 2026
Technology News Continue in source
Source: bbc.com

Aspinall questions crowd at new Saudi tournament

Nathan Aspinall says he feels the crowds attending the Saudi Arabia Darts Masters "weren’t all there of their own accord".

Source: BBC News · Published: 2026-01-20 13:49 MSK
January 20, 2026
Global News Continue in source
Source: bbc.com

Wage growth slows as number of people employed falls

Official figures show that the pace of private sector wage growth slowed to the lowest rate in five years.

Source: BBC News · Published: 2026-01-20 13:52 MSK
January 20, 2026
Global News Continue in source
Source: bbc.com

Tory kicked out of party for 'talking to Reform'

Conservative MS James Evans allegedly told a senior Tory he was thinking about defecting.

Source: BBC News · Published: 2026-01-20 13:55 MSK
January 20, 2026
Global News Continue in source
Source: bbc.com

Tory kicked out of party for 'talking to Reform'

Conservative MS James Evans allegedly told a senior Tory he was thinking about defecting.

Source: BBC News · Published: 2026-01-20 13:55 MSK
January 20, 2026
Global News Continue in source

Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL

Sony has announced plans to spin off its TV hardware business, shifting it to a new joint venture with TCL. The two companies have signed a nonbinding agreement for Sony's home entertainment business, with TCL set to hold a 51 percent stake in the new venture and Sony holding 49 percent. With this partnership, TCL […]

Source: The Verge · Published: 2026-01-20 13:58 MSK
January 20, 2026
Global News Continue in source

Spain deploys heavy machinery to recover missing bodies among train crash wreckage

Emergency services in Spain used cranes on Tuesday to gain access to the worst-hit carriages ​in a high-speed train crash as they sought to recover the remains ‍of people still missing in a disaster that has killed at least 41. Spaniards are reeling following the first-ever deadly ​accident on Spain's extensive high-speed rail network, which occurred on Sunday evening near Adamuz ​in Cordoba province, about 360 km (223 miles) south of Madrid.

January 20, 2026
Infrastructure Continue in source

Over 5,000 homes without power in Kyiv after Russian strikes on energy grid

Russia bombarded Ukraine with more than 300 drones and ballistic and cruise missiles in its latest nighttime attack on the Ukrainian power grid, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday. The attack knocked out heating to more than 5,600 apartment buildings in the capital, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Kyiv.

January 20, 2026
Infrastructure Continue in source