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• Bull has been selected to build LUMI-AI, a high-performance AI supercomputer in Kajaani, Finland, with a total funding of €387.8 million. • The system will be developed for the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and the LUMI AI Factory consortium, featuring AMD MI430X GPUs and advanced warm water cooling. • This project expands Finland's computational capabilities, providing critical infrastructure for large-scale AI research and industrial applications.

• EuroHPC and a consortium of six countries have ordered the LUMI-AI supercomputer from French state-owned company Bull for €388 million. • The system will be built in Finland using AMD chips combined with European-made cooling and interconnect technologies. • Funding is split evenly between EuroHPC and a consortium including Finland, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Norway, and Poland to ensure shared access for regional researchers and firms.

• Bull has been selected to deliver the LUMI-AI supercomputer in Finland, a project valued at €387.8 million. • The system is designed to accelerate AI training and inference while supporting large-scale scientific simulations for research and industry. • Funding is split equally between EuroHPC JU and the LUMI AI Factory consortium, which comprises Finland, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Norway, and Poland.

US targets Iran’s Larak Island in first exchange of fire in more than a month, sparking reprisals against US forces in Jordan and UAEUS strikes Iranian launchers in strait of Hormuz, prompting Iranian retaliatory attacksWelcome to our live coverage as hostilities between the US and Iran flared again for the first time in a month, with American strikes on Iran prompting retaliation from Tehran.A supertanker caught ⁠fire and was brought to a complete ⁠halt after ⁠hitting two naval mines in ⁠the southern strait of Hormuz, Iran state ⁠TV reported on Monday, ​citing ‌a statement ‌from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.Iran’s supreme leader called the US and Israel enemies of all Islamic nations. In a written message issued six months on from the start of the war, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei also urged rulers of Muslim nations to “know your real enemy, understand its plans and confront it”, the official Irna news agency reported.Israel’s Shin Bet security agency says it urgently evacuated prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s oldest son from the US due to a threat against him. In a brief statement the Associated Press obtained on Sunday, the Shin Bet confirmed there had been a “significant threat” to Yair Netanyahu, without elaborating.US treasury secretary Scott Bessent will step up efforts to isolate Iran economically as he hosts G20 counterparts this week, a US official has said.Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian is due to take part in a summit starting on Monday of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a regional bloc that seeks to be a counter-influence to the west. Russia’s Vladimir Putin is expected to hold separate bilateral talks with Pezeshkian and China’s Xi Jinping, among other leaders, a Kremlin spokesperson said. Continue reading...

‘Godzilla’ event currently brewing could push 50 million people into acute hunger before the end of next yearA series of strong El Niño climatic patterns in recent decades, such as the “Godzilla” event currently brewing that is set to warp weather around the world, have been supercharged by the broader overheating of the planet caused by the burning of fossil fuels, a major new study has found.El Niño is a naturally occurring phenomenon, taking place every two to seven years, when the waters of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean heat up, causing a cascade of impacts around the world. The latest developing El Niño, set to peak later this year, is set to be the strongest in living memory and has been informally dubbed a “Godzilla” event. Continue reading...

From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced vivid paintings, sculptures and vast installations that often drew on her experience of hallucinationsYayoi Kusama, the Japanese outsider artist who reached superstar status after decades living in a psychiatric hospital, has died aged 97.Kusama died in a Tokyo hospital on 14 August. Her death was announced by her studio in a statement on her website. Continue reading...

• A potential "Super El Niño" is expected to strain Asian power grids through 2027 by tightening energy supplies and increasing demand. • Peak demand timing varies by region, with China projected to reach 1,575 to 1,600 GW between July and September, while Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are expected to peak in August. • Vietnam faces a peak demand of approximately 58 GW, whereas India and Thailand have already passed their spring demand peaks.