Tesla CEO Elon Musk could receive the largest corporate pay package in history worth as much as $878bn if he meets certain performance targets. Here is what this means, and how Musk could become history's first trillionaire. Musk won a Tesla shareholder vote on Thursday, with more than 75 percent in favour, during the company's annual general meeting at the electric carmaker's factory in Austin, Texas. Under this plan, Musk could be given stock worth $1 trillion over the next decade if he hits certain performance targets. However, he would be required to repay some of this to the company - bringing it down to $878bn.

Explosions have been heard near the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, a day after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said it would agree to a humanitarian ceasefire. Residents in Khartoum, which is controlled by the army, told the AFP news agency that they were woken overnight by the sound of drones and explosions. The blasts appeared to take place near a military base and a power station in the early hours of Friday morning, the residents said. The RSF has not addressed these accounts, but Sudan's military-led government said it would be wary of agreeing to a truce as the group did not respect ceasefires. The two sides have been embroiled in a civil war that has killed at least 150,000 people and forced 12 million others from their homes since it erupted in April 2023.

Why human-shaped robots loom large in Musk's Tesla plans It has appeared in Tesla showrooms, on its factory floors and has even posed with Kim Kardashian. But Elon Musk's vision for his human-like robot Optimus is much grander than that. Since first unveiling it at a Tesla showcase in 2022, the tech billionaire has suggested his company's droid could play a huge role in the homes and lives of people all over the world. Along with self-driving robotaxis and Cybertrucks, Musk believes Tesla robots are key to establishing a foothold in the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape. And investors who signed off on his $1tn (£760bn) pay package on Thursday would appear to agree .

America's flight-mare begins as more than 700 departures ALREADY canceled across US and Trump steps in to end the shutdown Multiple people hospitalized from'white powder' as suspicious package with'political propaganda' sparks evacuation at Joint Base Andrews Prince Harry apologises to Canada over baseball cap'Hatgate' - and adds a joke about thinning on top Alix Earle suffers'total humiliation' at hands of her stepmom: Family insiders reveal former escort's betrayal that they fear will now'completely break' star Jeremy Renner's film partner claims he sent her explicit photos and videos to woo her then threatened the unthinkable when they fell out Moment Prince William refuses to be drawn on Andrew scandal and Harry and Meghan rift as he tells CNN: 'I want to surround myself with people who want to do good' Melania Trump stuns as she accepts'Patriot of the Year' award and issues inspiring message to Americans Elon Musk used biometric data from employees to program'sexy' chatbot during epic quest to win AI arms race Sydney Sweeney wins patriotic hearts with stunning response to criticism of her'good genes' ad Ritzy suburb of NJ's new governor stunned as cops pounce on'yuppie jihadi' neighbor at his $1.2M home over alleged bomb plot Iconic golf ball-sized Florentine diamond once owned by Medici and Habsburg dynasties is FOUND in unusual location 100 years after'vanishing' My addiction to ADHD medication ruined me. I had to choose to either abort my baby or lose my own life... but that was just the start Distressing red flags before Dallas Cowboys star's sudden death at 24 - revealed by roommate who shares harrowing backstory... including recent family tragedy Real-life horror as progressives elect convicted KILLER as councilmember of Maine town that inspired Stephen King's It Israeli hostage who revealed sexual abuse by his captors details full horror he endured: 20-minute torture seven times a day, made to dance, blindfolded with stones in his ears for weeks - 'I have met the Devil' It triggered an earthquake across America. Now, TUCKER CARLSON gives an astonishing defense of the interview that nearly destroyed him... and what he wished he'd known first READ MORE: Gen Z are'rawdogging boredom' to fix their attention spans TikTok has given rise to many strange trends over the years - from'rawdogging boredom' to the viral'turtle rabbit' choreography . While most trends are harmless fun, experts have raised concerns about others - including some that have proved deadly. In a new report, the Omega Law Group has highlighted five of the most dangerous trends that have swept social media in recent years.

America's flight-mare begins as more than 700 departures ALREADY canceled across US and Trump steps in to end the shutdown Israeli hostage who revealed sexual abuse by his captors details full horror he endured: 20-minute torture seven times a day, made to dance, blindfolded with stones in his ears for weeks - 'I have met the Devil' Prince Harry apologises to Canada over baseball cap'Hatgate' - and adds a joke about thinning on top Alix Earle suffers'total humiliation' at hands of her stepmom: Family insiders reveal former escort's betrayal that they fear will now'completely break' star Jeremy Renner's film partner claims he sent her explicit photos and videos to woo her then threatened the unthinkable when they fell out Moment Prince William refuses to be drawn on Andrew scandal and Harry and Meghan rift as he tells CNN: 'I want to surround myself with people who want to do good' Ritzy suburb of NJ's new governor stunned as cops pounce on'yuppie jihadi' neighbor at his $1.2M home over alleged bomb plot Elon Musk used biometric data from employees to program'sexy' chatbot during epic quest to win AI arms race Sydney Sweeney wins patriotic hearts with stunning response to criticism of her'good genes' ad Melania Trump stuns as she accepts'Patriot of the Year' award and issues inspiring message to Americans Iconic golf ball-sized Florentine diamond once owned by Medici and Habsburg dynasties is FOUND in unusual location 100 years after'vanishing' My addiction to ADHD medication ruined me. I had to choose to either abort my baby or lose my own life... but that was just the start Distressing red flags before Dallas Cowboys star's sudden death at 24 - revealed by roommate who shares harrowing backstory... including recent family tragedy Real-life horror as progressives elect convicted KILLER as councilmember of Maine town that inspired Stephen King's It Multiple people hospitalized at Joint Base Andrews as suspicious package containing'white powder' and political message sparks evacuation - one day after Trump's visit My best friend became my bully, says CATHERINE RENTON. She called me fat and then traduced me. It's taboo to say, but the consequences ruined my life. No one's honest about what childhood bullying really does Now that's what you call a blast from the past!

America's flight-mare begins as more than 700 departures ALREADY canceled across US and Trump steps in to end the shutdown Multiple people hospitalized from'white powder' as suspicious package with'political propaganda' sparks evacuation at Joint Base Andrews Prince Harry apologises to Canada over baseball cap'Hatgate' - and adds a joke about thinning on top Alix Earle suffers'total humiliation' at hands of her stepmom: Family insiders reveal former escort's betrayal that they fear will now'completely break' star Jeremy Renner's film partner claims he sent her explicit photos and videos to woo her then threatened the unthinkable when they fell out Moment Prince William refuses to be drawn on Andrew scandal and Harry and Meghan rift as he tells CNN: 'I want to surround myself with people who want to do good' Melania Trump stuns as she accepts'Patriot of the Year' award and issues inspiring message to Americans Elon Musk used biometric data from employees to program'sexy' chatbot during epic quest to win AI arms race Sydney Sweeney wins patriotic hearts with stunning response to criticism of her'good genes' ad Frail Bruce Willis, 70, holds carer's hand on very rare public outing amid heartbreaking dementia battle Iconic golf ball-sized Florentine diamond once owned by Medici and Habsburg dynasties is FOUND in unusual location 100 years after'vanishing' My addiction to ADHD medication ruined me. I had to choose to either abort my baby or lose my own life... but that was just the start Distressing red flags before Dallas Cowboys star's sudden death at 24 - revealed by roommate who shares harrowing backstory... including recent family tragedy Real-life horror as progressives elect convicted KILLER as councilmember of Maine town that inspired Stephen King's It It triggered an earthquake across America. Now, TUCKER CARLSON gives an astonishing defense of the interview that nearly destroyed him... and what he wished he'd known first Stone of Destiny mystery is SOLVED: Scientist traces the fate of 17 missing fragments of the rock used in King Charles' coronation A researcher has managed to trace the fate of the missing fragments of the Stone of Destiny, a powerful symbol of the British monarchy. It has been placed under the coronation chair for the crowning of kings and queens since the 13th century, including Charles III in May 2023 . Professor Sally Foster, an archaeologist at Stirling University, says there are 34 small fragments of the centuries-old object, also known as Stone of Scone, circulated around the world.

Belgium's Liege airport temporarily halts flights after new drone sighting Belgium's Liege airport has temporarily halted flights for a second time this week after another drone sighting, the country's air traffic control service reported. A drone was spotted at about 7:30am (06:30 GMT) on Friday, forcing the airport to close for 30 minutes. Flights have now resumed, said a spokesperson for the Skeyes air traffic control service. Dozens of passenger and cargo flights were cancelled, and some 500 passengers were forced to spend the night at Brussels airport in the Belgian capital. The drone sightings in Brussels and Liege follow a similar incident on Saturday, when three unauthorised drones were spotted near a military base, according to Minister of Defence Theo Francken.

Red crabs walk across a road in Christmas Island, Australia, in October. SYDNEY - Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data center on Australia's remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence earlier this year, according to documents and interviews with officials. Plans for the data center on the tiny island located 350 kilometers south of Indonesia have not previously been reported, and many details including its projected size, cost and potential uses, remain secret. However, military experts say such a facility would be a valuable asset on the island, which is increasingly seen by defense officials as a critical front line in monitoring Chinese submarine and other naval activity in the Indian Ocean. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.

Data-driven approaches using deep learning are emerging as powerful techniques to extract non-Gaussian information from cosmological large-scale structure. This work presents the first simulation-based inference (SBI) pipeline that combines weak lensing and galaxy clustering maps in a realistic Dark Energy Survey Year 3 (DES Y3) configuration and serves as preparation for a forthcoming analysis of the survey data. We develop a scalable forward model based on the CosmoGridV1 suite of N-body simulations to generate over one million self-consistent mock realizations of DES Y3 at the map level. Leveraging this large dataset, we train deep graph convolutional neural networks on the full survey footprint in spherical geometry to learn low-dimensional features that approximately maximize mutual information with target parameters. These learned compressions enable neural density estimation of the implicit likelihood via normalizing flows in a ten-dimensional parameter space spanning cosmological $w$CDM, intrinsic alignment, and linear galaxy bias parameters, while marginalizing over baryonic, photometric redshift, and shear bias nuisances. To ensure robustness, we extensively validate our inference pipeline using synthetic observations derived from both systematic contaminations in our forward model and independent Buzzard galaxy catalogs. Our forecasts yield significant improvements in cosmological parameter constraints, achieving $2-3\times$ higher figures of merit in the $Ω_m - S_8$ plane relative to our implementation of baseline two-point statistics and effectively breaking parameter degeneracies through probe combination. These results demonstrate the potential of SBI analyses powered by deep learning for upcoming Stage-IV wide-field imaging surveys.

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems often reflect biases from economically advanced regions, marginalizing contexts in economically developing regions like Latin America due to imbalanced datasets. This paper examines AI representations of diverse Latin American contexts, revealing disparities between data from economically advanced and developing regions. We highlight how the dominance of English over Spanish, Portuguese, and indigenous languages such as Quechua and Nahuatl perpetuates biases, framing Latin American perspectives through a Western lens. To address this, we introduce a culturally aware dataset rooted in Latin American history and socio-political contexts, challenging Eurocentric models. We evaluate six language models on questions testing cultural context awareness, using a novel Cultural Expressiveness metric, statistical tests, and linguistic analyses. Our findings show that some models better capture Latin American perspectives, while others exhibit significant sentiment misalignment (p < 0.001). Fine-tuning Mistral-7B with our dataset improves its cultural expressiveness by 42.9%, advancing equitable AI development. We advocate for equitable AI by prioritizing datasets that reflect Latin American history, indigenous knowledge, and diverse languages, while emphasizing community-centered approaches to amplify marginalized voices.