Nvidia's market value has surged past $3tn (£2.3tn), lifting the chip giant ahead of Apple to become the second most valuable publicly listed company in the world.

The firm's share price rose more than 5% on Wednesday, to more than $1,224.

It extended a breathtakingly rapid climb that started last year, powered by bets that the US firm is positioned to be a major winner from a wave of investment in artificial intelligence (AI).

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Tesla has cut its prices in a number of markets – including the US, China, and Germany – as the electric car giant faces falling sales.
 
A price war has been intensifying between electric vehicle (EV) makers, with particularly fierce competition coming from Chinese firms.
 
And Tesla - run by multi-billionaire Elon Musk – reported a sharp fall in global vehicle deliveries in early 2024, and has been forced to recall thousands of its new Cybertruck over safety concerns.
 
Last week, Tesla also announced plans to lay off more than 10% of its global workforce.
 
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Hungary has blocked €50bn ($55bn; £43bn) in EU aid for Ukraine - just hours after an agreement was reached on starting membership talks.

"Summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to Ukraine," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after Thursday's talks in Brussels.

EU leaders said the aid negotiations would resume early next year.

The aid blocking was announced by Mr Orban shortly after the EU leaders decided to open membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova and to grant candidate status to Georgia.

Hungary - which maintains close ties with Russia - has long opposed membership for Ukraine but did not veto that move.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Washington DC to try and save a $61bn (£48.5bn) US defence package for Kyiv.
 
Republican members of Congress have stalled the aid package and have argued that more should be done to strengthen the US-Mexico border.
 
Zelensky will meet behind closed doors with various senators as well as the new House Speaker, Mike Johnson, to plead his case.
 
The Ukrainian president will also meet with President Joe Biden, who has urged US lawmakers to approve the funds as soon as possible.

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Humans already work alongside robots in industries such as manufacturing. 

Now, for knowledge workers, the threat of AI (artificial intelligence) replacement is coming faster than they imagined.

In early 2023, OpenAI's ChatGPT ushered in a new era – one in which AI went from a pipe dream to a very real, contentious issue for workers.

The stakes are high: an April report from Goldman Sachs estimates ChatGPT, and other similar generative AI tools, could increase global GDP by as much as 7%, while replacing 300 million full time workers.

Yet the light-speed adoption and evolution of generative AI tools may now mean knowledge-work jobs that were long considered "safe" could be threatened even faster than workers anticipated.

That includes creative positions that many presumed would be hard to automate, in fields like marketing, music production and graphic design.

Accordingly, researchers have found that the "exposure curve is upward-sloping", says Mark Muro, a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, who focuses on the interplay of technology, people and places.
 

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What are the challenges the world faces in the transition to renewable energy – and what are the possible solutions?
 
The BBC's Carl Nasman learns about the US' first 100% renewable-powered city; the world’s largest solar farm; and the research project literally getting energy from thin air.
 
This is episode three of Future Earth, a series exploring today’s most important developments in climate science and sustainability.
 
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00:00 Sealing off abandoned oil wells
05:47 World's largest solar farm
11:00 America's first 100% renewable energy city
14:37 Decarbonising aviation
21:19 Sand batteries
22:22 Harnessing subway heat
 
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What is happening in Israel? What is Hamas? Why are Israel and Palestine at war? Why did Hamas attack? Where is the Gaza Strip?

The Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, with its fighters entering communities near the Gaza Strip, killing hundreds of residents and taking hostages.

The Israel Defense Forces said they are continuing to attack Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

Here's what you need to know about the people and places involved - and the essential context to understand this story.

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The Taliban marked the second anniversary of its return to power yesterday with a public holiday. 

But few Afghans, both women and men, have much to celebrate. 

The Taliban, recently stopped most Afghan female staff from working with aid agencies, closed beauty salons, barred women from parks and curtailed their travel in the absence of any male guardian. In March, the UN said that “Afghanistan under the Taliban remains the most repressive country in the world regarding women’s rights.”

The fall of Kabul on 15 August 2021 followed the US decision to pull troops out of the country by September that year. 

Newsnight correspondent Yasminara Khan explores the situation in the country today.

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A Russian tanker has been hit in a Ukrainian attack in the Black Sea, Russian officials have said.

They said the vessel's engine room was damaged in the overnight strike in the Kerch Strait. No-one was hurt.

Ukraine has not publicly commented. But a Ukrainian security service source told the BBC a sea drone had been used.

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Twitter has lost almost half of its advertising revenue since it was bought by Elon Musk last year, its owner has revealed.

Musk said the company had not seen the increase in sales it had expected in June, but added that July was a "bit more promising".

The tech billionaire bought the social media platform for $44bn (£33.6bn) in October 2022.

Rival app Threads now has 150 million users, according to some estimates.

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Automated flights might sound like a thing of science fiction, but they may be closer to reality than you’d think.

Toulouse, France is known by some as the ‘aviation capital of Europe’ and it’s here that Airbus is testing automated flight.

BBC Click’s Shiona McCallum explores the future of air travel.

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Over the past two years, energy prices have soared to record levels across Europe, leading to renewed efforts to harness renewable resources.

Portugal has turned its sights to solar power – and the country is now home to Europe’s largest floating solar farm.

Located on a reservoir in southern Portugal, the farm is the size of five football pitches and is made up of 12,000 photovoltaic panels.

It generates enough energy to power 15,000 homes in the local area.

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A UK firm that fixes smartphones is calling for an official device repair apprenticeship to be introduced.

TMT First, which introduced its own apprenticeship after struggling to find staff, points out there is no industry training standard.

In 2022 there were almost 72 million mobile phone connections in use in the UK.

By contrast, there are 33 million cars on UK roads – and mechanics train on nationally recognised apprenticeships.

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A building in Gaza City collapsed during a live BBC TV report after being hit by an Israeli strike.

BBC Arabic reporter Adnan Elbursh and his team kept broadcasting, unaware of what was about to happen.

The report, for presenter Mohamed Seif, came on Wednesday as the fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants continued to escalate.

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