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When Giles Gibson turns on the hot tap in his home, the water that comes out of it is not heated by gas but by the tiny datacentre strapped to the tank.Attached to the hot water cylinder in his London home is a compact computer server that generates heat and then transfers it as it operates.Gibson gets the benefit of hot water when he needs it at a reduced cost, while the heat that is generated by the server is not lost into the air, a big environmental problem with large datacentres around the world.“As soon as I read about…

Man United have won only one league game this season, leaving Michael Carrick under pressure ahead of Fulham trip.Published On 19 Sep 202619 Sep 2026Who: Fulham vs Manchester UnitedWhat: English Premier LeagueWhere: Craven Cottage, London in United KingdomWhen: Sunday, September 20, at 4:30pm (15:30 GMT)How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport will have all the build-up to our live text commentary stream from 12:30 GMT.One month into the new ‌Premier League season, excuses about bedding-in processes and newly assembled squads needing time to gel are wearing thin and for Manchester United ⁠there is an acute sense ⁠of urgency as the international…

People have reported storing broken fridges and freezers in their gardens for months because some council collections have been suspended.It follows the closure of specialist treatment facilities and a wider shortage of capacity to process cooling appliances, the Local Government Authority (LGA) said.Recycling company Unimetals, which had dozens of sites in the UK, filed for liquidation in 2025 leaving tens of thousands of fridge freezers at Newport Docks.The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said it was working to manage the capacity shortages.Almost a quarter of Welsh councils say they have suspended household collections of fridge-freezers due to…

The police in Delta State have intercepted a Toyota Sienna allegedly conveying cartons of suspected illicit drugs and military camouflage items from Onitsha in Anambra State towards Ondo State. A 45-year-old man, Isaac Urji, from Abia State, who was driving the vehicle, was arrested during the operation. The police spokesperson in the state, Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday. According to the statement, operatives of the Command Anti-Cult Unit, Asaba, acted on a tip-off that a Sienna vehicle carrying suspected illicit drugs and military accoutrements was travelling along the route. “The operatives mounted…

Ears across the globe have been virtually blocked since September 14, 2026, with news of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, including its fuel pipeline and military infrastructure. The news outlets are jammed with stories of alleged Houthi aggression. These one-sided stories, some of which I will try to debunk here, portray Saudi Arabia as the victim. In truth, the Saudis are the aggressors who, since March 26, 2015, have been bombing the Yemenis, whom the dominant media prefer to call the Houthis. While the Houthis are the main population in Yemen, there are other groups who are in the anti-Saudi…

Livestock contributes about 40 percent to Adamawa State’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but insecurity and poor investment in the sector are limiting its potential to create jobs, boost internally generated revenue and drive industrialisation, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate, Nathaniel Christopher, has said. Christopher, who spoke with journalists in Adamawa, said cattle rustling and farmer-herder clashes had made many grazing areas unsafe, forcing livestock traders to transport cattle out of the state for slaughter and processing. He said major livestock markets in Mubi, Ngurore, Cigari and Ganye supply cattle to markets and slaughterhouses in cities such as Lagos…

In May, Gemini broke containment and hacked three different companies, but Google didn’t disclose the incident until the Wall Street Journal approached the company. The hacks happened during a test of the model’s cybersecurity capabilities run by third-party Irregular, which was also involved in similar incidents involving Meta and OpenAI.According to WSJ, Google didn’t disclose the hack because it didn’t consider it to be an “example of model misalignment.” The company said that it was an instance of “mistaken identity,” and once the model realized it had brute-forced its way into a real company by guessing a password, it stopped.…

Some Canadians are already embracing their newfound European identities after the European Union floated the potential for “associate member” status amid the trade war with the United States.“Telling my boss I don’t need to show up for work today cuz I’m [European],” an X user joked as talk of closer ties between Canada and the EU spawned a flood of memes about everything from cigarettes for breakfast to generous European vacation time.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“If Canada joins the EU I’m taking [seven] weeks off work next summer,” wrote another user.Canada is not joining the EU, but the…

People who have both atrial fibrillation and Alzheimer’s disease may experience slower cognitive decline when treated with newer NOAC blood thinners, according to research from Karolinska Institutet published in the European Heart Journal. Atrial fibrillation is a common heart rhythm condition in older adults and also affects many people living with Alzheimer’s disease. Doctors often prescribe blood thinners to these patients to reduce the chance of blood clots and stroke. Earlier research has suggested that anticoagulant treatment may lower the risk of developing dementia, but far less is known about whether these drugs influence cognitive decline after Alzheimer’s disease has…

Nigeria has been here before. But under Tinubu, threats, harassment and intimidation of human rights defenders, activists, journalists and civil society organisations are being compounded by the growing weaponisation of the criminal justice system, particularly by the State Security Service (SSS), to silence peaceful dissent and intimidate critics. It is happening again. Under President Bola Tinubu, Nigerians are facing an increasingly repressive political and legal environment. Like the Muhammadu Buhari government before it, the Tinubu administration is making an utter mockery of Nigeria’s constitutional and international obligations to respect human rights and uphold the rule of law. There is something…