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For decades, scientists recognized only two major types of magnets. One is the familiar ferromagnet, the kind found in refrigerator magnets and countless everyday devices. The other is the antiferromagnet, whose magnetic properties are hidden at the atomic level but have attracted growing interest because of their potential use in advanced technologies. More recently, researchers identified a third category known as altermagnets. First proposed within the last decade, these materials may combine some of the most useful characteristics of both ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, potentially opening the door to faster, more energy-efficient electronics. Now, physicists at the University at Buffalo have…

You have to give Jazz Chisholm Jr. this much: he’s never boring. Monday night, the Yankees second baseman made headlines when television cameras caught him with a lollipop in his mouth while playing the field. While playing the field with the Yankees down 4-1 in the fifth inning, specifically. Up big in a blowout? Maybe that flies. Not down in the middle of the game, though. “I talked to him about it and it should be over with,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday, adding he didn’t know Chisholm played with the lollipop until after Monday’s game (via MLB.com). “I mean,…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 and See-Saw Films are developing a TV series adaptation of Benedict Lombe’s history-making play Shifters, which is about to transfer to A24’s Cherry Lane Theatre and counts Idris Elba and Little Simz as admirers. The London play about two young Black people who meet again after years apart starred Supacell’s Tosin Cole and Heather Agyepong. We are told the TV version will be more expansive, with Congolese-British writer Lombe set to adapt the play herself, her debut small screen project. It is not yet confirmed whether Cole or Agyepong will reprise their roles. Shifters follows Dre, a…

Great Britain’s grid operator has released a rare summer power supply warning for Wednesday evening as the heatwave is expected to get more intense, putting pressure on the energy system.The National Energy System Operator (Neso) issued an electricity margin notice late on Tuesday, asking power plant owners to provide any extra electricity, as the buffer between supply and expected demand comes under pressure.“This is due to the impact of extremely high temperatures affecting Great Britain and the continent and low wind,” a Neso spokesperson said.They added that the electricity supply was not at risk and the notice did not mean…

Democratic socialist candidates backed by New York City mayor win key primaries, ousting two sitting congressmen.New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s slate of progressives has swept establishment-backed Democrats in New York’s closely watched congressional primaries, ousting two sitting congressmen in a show of force for the democratic socialist leader of the United States’s largest city.On Tuesday, Adriano Espaillat, who leads the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and is in his fifth term, was defeated by Mamdani’s most polarising pick, Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist who once helped organise pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listDan Goldman,…

Defense stocks plummeted on Wednesday after a report that Germany will abandon plans to build six warships, fuelling investor fears that the boost to defense contractors from increased government spending may not fully materialize.Berlin is planning to scrap a multi-billion-euro project to build the F126 frigates, according to the Financial Times, citing two people familiar with the matter. It would have been the biggest warship commission since the Second World War. Instead, Berlin will buy eight smaller Meko A-200 frigates, according to the report. German munition maker Rheinmetall, a big beneficiary of German government contracts, fell as much as 14%…

Apple users get a small amount of free storage, but once that runs out they are encouraged to pay for iCloud to back up photos, videos, messages, contacts and other content from their devices.Prices range from 99p a month for 50GB to £54.99 a month for 12TB.Apple does not give rival storage services full access to its devices, saying this is for security reasons – although it also means iCloud has more features than non-Apple alternatives.Which? claims that since 2018 Apple has effectively locked users into its services and overcharged them as a result.The consumer group filed its claim against…

Andy Burnham is expected to replace Rachel Reeves as chancellor and offer her a more junior cabinet position if he becomes prime minister, the BBC understands.A spokesperson for Burnham said no decisions had been made about who he would appoint.The MP for Makerfield is the only candidate to have emerged so far for the Labour leadership, and has met Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for talks as he prepares for a likely entry to No 10.Senior Cabinet minister Darren Jones ruled himself out of the running for the leadership on Wednesday, and if there are no other candidates, Burnham could…

In April, South Africa withdrew its draft national artificial-intelligence policy after the document was found to have cited several fabricated academic references. These sources turned out to be AI ‘hallucinations’. The policy had been partially drafted using AI. The irony was hard to ignore: a framework designed to govern AI was undermined by the very technology it sought to regulate.But beyond the hallucinated citations lies a deeper issue. The document reflected a broader assumption that is increasingly visible in AI policy worldwide: that global AI systems will be built by replicating and expanding the same computational and infrastructure model that…

Colombia defeated DR Congo 1–0 in a closely fought Group K match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with Daniel Munoz scoring the decisive goal in the 76th minute. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match was played on Wednesday at the Estadio Akron, Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico. The match was evenly balanced for much of the game, as both teams showed determination and discipline in defence. Colombia enjoyed more possession and looked more dangerous going forward, while DR Congo relied on quick counter-attacks and a compact defensive shape to frustrate their opponents. The first half ended scoreless,…