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Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use

Worries about the US grid’s ability to handle the surge in demand due to data center growth have made headlines repeatedly over the course of 2025. And, early in the year, demand for electricity had surged by nearly 5 percent compared to the year prior, suggesting the grid might truly be facing a data center apocalypse. And that rise in demand had a very unfortunate effect: Coal use rose for the first time since its recent collapse began. But since the first-quarter data was released, demand has steadily eroded. As of yesterday’s data release by the Energy Information Administration…

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Ryan Gosling's 'Star Wars: Starfighter' Finds the Perfect Replacement for John Williams

One crucial piece of every Star Wars movie is a stirring score. Now, we know the acclaimed composer who’ll be providing it for Shawn Levy‘s new Star Wars movie, Starfighter. Thomas Newman, a fifteen-time Oscar nominee whose resume ranges from Revenge of the Nerds to Skyfall, will score the film, which is set to hit theaters on May 28, 2027. Source link

World

Hong Kong fire: three reportedly arrested with dozens dead and hundreds missing in housing complex blaze – follow updates

At least 36 killed and hundreds missing after huge blaze at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po district on Wednesday. Follow the latest updates live Full report: Death toll in Hong Kong tower block fire rises to 36 with 279 reported missing Bamboo scaffolding may be to blame for spread of Hong Kong tower block fire At least 36 people are dead after a huge fire engulfed several residential high rises at the Wang Fuk Court complex in Tai Po. The complex is made up of eight 31-storey towers, contenting about 2,000 flats. Around 4,800 people…

Technology

Nordic founders are taking bigger swings, and it’s paying off

Ten years ago, raising €1 million in Copenhagen was enough to make waves in the region’s tech scene. Today, the Nordics are turning out billion-dollar companies like Lovable — which hit $200M in revenue just 12 months after launching.  Dennis Green-Lieber, founder of AI-powered customer intelligence platform Propane, has had a front-row seat to that shift over the […] Source link

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How Rachel Reeves’s budget was leaked 40 minutes early

By the time the chancellor reached the dispatch box, the OBR had accidentally published its verdict in full online At a glance: the key points from the budget Shortly before midday on Wednesday, a series of headlines about Rachel Reeves’s budget began appearing on the Reuters newswire, sending instant ripples though financial markets. The details were jaw-dropping: they appeared to spell out the key policies of the chancellor’s budget more than 40 minutes before she was due to deliver them to a crowded Commons chamber. Continue reading… Source link

China

Trump says he’s barring South Africa from next year’s G20 summit in Miami

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he was barring South Africa from taking part in the Group of 20 summit next year in Miami and will “stop all payments and subsidies” to the country over its treatment of an American government representative at this year’s global meeting. Trump chose not to have a US delegation attend the recent summit hosted by South Africa, saying he did so because white Afrikaners were being violently persecuted. It is a claim that South Africa, which was mired… Source link

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Burberry Kicks Off Holiday Season with Star-Studded London Event to Reveal Claridge's Christmas Tree

A star-studded crowd gathered in London this week for the reveal of Claridge’s 2025 Christmas Tree, designed by Burberry‘s Daniel Lee. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Oscar winner Olivia Colman, and Bridgerton actress Hannah Dodd were among the attendees at the event on Tuesday night (November 25) at Claridge’s in London, England. Friends and family of both British institutions gathered in the hotel’s iconic Foyer and Reading Room, marking the first time the rooms have been opened for the annual event. Also in attendance were Heartstopper actors Joe Locke and Sebastian Croft, singers Jessie Ware and PinkPantheress, actor Richard E. Grant, Doctor…