JUPITER, Fla. — Konnor Griffin, the consensus No. 1 prospect in baseball, homered for the third time this spring in the first inning, and four pitchers combined for a one-hitter in the Pittsburgh Pirates‘ 6-1 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. The 19-year-old Griffin, ranked as ESPN’s top prospect, started at shortstop for…
Apple has just announced the addition of the iPhone 17e to its smartphone lineup. This model is kitted with the same A19 chip that powers the base iPhone 17, and it will support the Apple Intelligence suite of AI tools. As the rumors suggested, the iPhone 17e will indeed be priced at $599, same as…
Apple is kicking off multiple days of product announcements this morning with a new iPad Air. Unsurprisingly, it’s more or less like the iPad Air Apple announced one year ago, except it now has an M4 chip instead of last year’s M3. Apple is also including its in-house networking chips, the N1 and C1X, which…
There might also be a more direct impact on food. “Some elements of crude oil are used in fertiliser, and so there could be a cost implication in terms of food prices,” Benjamin Goodwin, partner at banking advisory firm PRISM Strategic Intelligence told the BBC.
The fragile ceasefire between the Taliban and Pakistan has broken, and there is now open war in South Asia. This week has seen a dangerous escalation between the former allies, starting when Pakistan carried out a series of air strikes on what it says were terror “camps and hideouts” in Afghanistan’s border provinces. Pakistan claims…
From the UK, flights have also been cancelled for many Middle East destinations, including all flights to Israel and Bahrain, three quarters of the day’s scheduled flights to the United Arab Emirates, and more than two thirds (69%) of flights to Qatar.
Adverse economic impacts from the US-Israel strikes on Iran unfolded on Monday, disrupting supply chains, driving up oil prices and leaving many Middle East business leaders at a major trade fair in Hong Kong in an awkward position. As the strikes entered a third day, oil prices surged by 13 per cent – the biggest…
Footage verified by the BBC appears to show the moment an F-15 fighter jet falls from the sky and crashes to the ground near Kuwait City. The video was filmed from the west of the city, on the edge of the Al Jahra area. US Central Command later said three US F-15 jets went down…
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Elite chips are reserved for the best Android phones and laptops, and now the company has introduced the first in the Elite series for wearables. The Snapdragon Wear Elite processor is designed for smartwatches and AI devices like pendants and promises up to a fivefold increase in single-thread CPU performance, Qualcomm announced. The…
