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AUSTIN — On a Friday morning last spring, Mark Suman called out sick from his job as a senior engineering project manager at Apple and made his way downtown to a place called the Bitcoin Commons, a sort of clubhouse for enthusiasts of the world’s largest cryptocurrency, situated a few blocks south of the Texas State Capitol.…

A MYSTERIOUS tower at Area 51 has been spotted on Google Earth, leading social media users to insist it’s “alien technology” straight out of a famed sci-fi film. Area 51 – a highly classified US Air Force base in Nevada – has been shrouded in alien conspiracies, so it’s no wonder that onlookers are now suspecting something…

Despite Russia playing down expectations of a breakthrough at the talks, Sky’s Ivor Bennett believes the meeting – Mr Witkoff’s third with Vladimir Putin this year – is significant as a sign of the Trump administration’s “increasing frustration at the lack of progress”. Putin meets US envoyDonald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff has met Vladimir Putin for…

In February, Elon Musk made a $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI’s acquisition. Unfortunately, it did not turn out well for the tech billionaire as Sam Altman replied with a cold “No, thank you” response. The ChatGPT maker wants to teach Musk a lesson. Recently, it sued Musk in a countersuit that alleges that the Tesla owner is…

The island’s population might not be easily convinced as the president tries to clinch one of history’s greatest real estate deals. Greenland’s economic and strategic value have grown as warming temperatures melt Arctic ice.Credit…Evgeniy Maloletka/Associated PressPresident Trump’s longtime goal of claiming Greenland for America has shifted from rhetoric to official U.S. policy as the White House moves…

Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister slammed US-led efforts to take away North Korea’s nuclear weapons, saying the idea of denuclearising the country was a “daydream”. Her remarks come after the top diplomats of South Korea, Japan and the United States issued a statement on the sidelines of a NATO meeting last week in which they “reaffirmed their…

MORE than a hundred Chinese soldiers are fighting alongside the Russians after being recruited on TikTok, President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed. He said that Kyiv had details of more than 150 Chinese nationals deployed at the frontlines after claiming Ukraine’s army captured two Chinese citizens fighting in the eastern Donetsk region. A video shared by Zelensky today…

A detailed analysis of a full-sized digital scan of the Titanic has revealed new insight into the doomed liner’s final hours. The exact 3D replica shows the violence of how the ship ripped in two as it sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912 – 1,500 people lost their lives in the disaster. The scan provides a…

SAUDI Arabia is planning an insanely tall skyscraper – and it is set to double the height of the world’s current tallest building. Rise Tower, which will stand a whopping 2,000 metres (1.2 miles) tall and cost an eye-watering $5billion, is the crown jewel of Saudi Arabia’s futuristic North Pole megaproject. The breathtaking feat will double the…

A “miracle” baby girl has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother using a donated womb. The baby’s mum, Grace Davidson, 36, was born without a functioning uterus, and received her sister’s womb in 2023 – in what was then the UK’s only successful womb transplant. Two years after that pioneering…

A LUXURY penthouse on top of the world’s skinniest skyscraper has hit the market for an eye-watering £85million. The magnificent apartment features a stunning view of New York City and boasts five bedrooms and six bathrooms. The lavish apartment is on the top floor of Manhattan’s Steinway Tower that was once home to the historic Steinway &…