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  • Blasts reported after Benjamin Netanyahu orders Israeli military to carry out ‘powerful’ strikes in Gaza | World News

    Blasts reported after Benjamin Netanyahu orders Israeli military to carry out ‘powerful’ strikes in Gaza | World News

    Blasts have been reported in Gaza after Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his military to carry out “powerful” air strikes.

    Witnesses said they saw explosions and heard tank fire in Gaza City and Deir al Balah.

    An…

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  • More than mining, building generations of impact.

    More than mining, building generations of impact.

    Meet Fernanda Maldonado, Principal Planning & Technical in our Non-Operated Joint Ventures team. As a fourth-generation mining engineer, mining runs deep in her family – nearly 100 years of history. 

    Since joining BHP seven years ago, Fernanda has worked across regions from the Ecuadorian jungle to remote Canada, discovering the global impact of mining and the role BHP plays in shaping its future. 

    “I can only imagine my great-grandfather digging rocks in a remote polymetallic mine in Andean Peru back in the 20´s being told his great granddaughter was not only working in mining but also part of the biggest mining company in the world!”

    Fernanda is proud to be part of a company that provides resources to develop the world and the investments that help build communities around it.

    Our 140th anniversary is not just a celebration of the past; it’s a launchpad for the future. We’re investing in the resources, relationships, and innovations that will shape a more sustainable and inclusive world.

    Each chapter in the BHP story is driven by meeting the changing needs of the world.

    But it’s the character of our people that will continue to make all the difference.

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  • Get Microsoft Office 2024 for Mac or PC — now $70 off for life

    Get Microsoft Office 2024 for Mac or PC — now $70 off for life

    TL;DR: Upgrade any computer with this Microsoft Office 2024 Home and Business for Mac or PC license, now on sale for $179.99 (reg. $249.99).


    Don’t let the PC crowd have all the fun. Mac users can…

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  • Hotel lockdowns and honeymoon hit as Britons caught up in Hurricane Melissa

    Hotel lockdowns and honeymoon hit as Britons caught up in Hurricane Melissa

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    NJ Convery

    David Rowe A view of a street with a purple sky, buildings and a car moving along a roadDavid Rowe

    For Rob Cuff and his wife Leah, their Jamaican honeymoon is coming to an uncertain end as Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island in modern history, bears down.

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  • Dr. Phil Loses Trial Over His Media Startup’s Bankruptcy

    Dr. Phil Loses Trial Over His Media Startup’s Bankruptcy

    Dr. Phil has lost a trial that will decide the fate of his media startup’s bankruptcy, a case that involved allegations that he plundered the company to set up his new venture.

    U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Scott Everett on Tuesday turned down…

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  • Google Play users are starting to see age verification checks – here’s how it works

    Google Play users are starting to see age verification checks – here’s how it works

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    ZDNET’s key takeaways

    • Age verification is rolling out in the Google Play Store.
    • Users will have several methods to prove their age.
    • Access to apps is limited until they…

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  • Nvidia-supplier SK Hynix third-quarter profit jumps 62% to a record high

    Nvidia-supplier SK Hynix third-quarter profit jumps 62% to a record high

    A man walks past a logo of SK Hynix at the lobby of the company’s Bundang office in Seongnam on January 29, 2021.

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    South Korea’s SK Hynix, one of the world’s largest memory chipmakers, on Wednesday posted record quarterly revenue and profit, boosted by a strong demand for its high bandwidth memory used in generative AI chipsets.

    Here are SK Hynix’s third-quarter results versus LSEG SmartEstimates, which are weighted toward forecasts from analysts who are more consistently accurate:

    • Revenue: 24.45 trillion won ($17.13 billion) vs. 24.73 trillion won
    • Operating profit: 11.38 trillion won vs. 11.39 trillion won

    Revenue rose about 39% in the September quarter compared with the same period a year earlier, while operating profit surged 62%, year on year.

    On a quarter-on-quarter basis, revenue was up 10%, while operating profit grew 24%.

    SK Hynix makes memory chips that are used to store data and can be found in everything from servers to consumer devices such as smartphones and laptops.

    The company has benefited from a boom in artificial intelligence as a key supplier of high-bandwidth memory or HBM chips used to power AI data center servers. 

    “As demand across the memory segment has soared due to customers’ expanding investments in AI infrastructure, SK Hynix once again surpassed the record-high performance of the previous quarter due to increased sales of high value-added products,” SK Hynix said in its earnings release. 

    HBM falls into the broader category of dynamic random access memory, or DRAM — a type of semiconductor memory used to store data and program code that can be found in PCs, workstations and servers.

    SK Hynix has set itself apart in the DRAM market by getting an early lead in HBM and establishing itself as the main supplier to the world’s leading AI chip designer, Nvidia

    However, its main competitors, U.S.-based Micron and South Korean-based tech giant Samsung, have been working to catch up in the space.

    “With the innovation of AI technology, the memory market has shifted to a new paradigm and demand has begun to spread to all product areas,” SK Hynix Chief Financial Officer Kim Woohyun said in the earnings release.

    “We will continue to strengthen our AI memory leadership by responding to customer demand through market-leading products and differentiated technological capabilities,” he added.

    The HBM market is expected to continue to boom over the next few years to around $43 billion by 2027, giving strong earnings leverage to memory manufacturers such as SK Hynix, MS Hwang, research director at Counterpoint Research, told CNBC.

    “[F]or SK Hynix to continue generating profits, it’ll be important for the company to maintain and enhance its competitive edge,” he added.

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  • Increased STI diagnoses in gay men with HIV are mainly due to more testing

    Increased STI diagnoses in gay men with HIV are mainly due to more testing

    A study presented at the recent 20th European AIDS Conference (EACS 2025) has found that the apparent rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), at least in gay and bisexual men with HIV in France, are due to more frequent testing rather…

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  • Caught in middle, South Korea hosts rival superpowers

    Caught in middle, South Korea hosts rival superpowers

    BBC A man and a woman hold up slogans that read 'No Trump'.BBC

    Protesters gathered in Seoul ahead of Trump’s arrival on Wednesday

    “No Trump!” the rally of hundreds shouted, growing louder as it neared the United States embassy in the centre of South Korea’s capital Seoul.

    A line of police buses stopped them…

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  • Film fests fight to keep cinema seen

    Film fests fight to keep cinema seen

    As the global film festival circuit enters its busiest stretch, from Tokyo to Tallinn, a shared anxiety looms over red carpets and jury rooms alike: the…

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