Intel to keep working on Musk's Terafab chipmaking venture, Bloomberg News reports

Intel will continue to work with Elon Musk on his Terafab project, according to Ceo Lip-Bu Tan.

The announcement was made ahead of an event in Tokyo marking the us chipmaker's 50th year of operations in Japan.

Intel and Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside regular business hours. Last week, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on X that there were discussions over potential cooperation between Taiwan chip major TSMC and his Chipmaking project, Terafab. A potential involvement by TSMC could likely challenge Intel's role in Terafab, as Musk weighs partners for the Chipmaking venture.

A Screenshot of an article headlined "TSMC exploring plans to work with Elon Musk's Terafab." Musk wrote on Saturday: "just discussions, but something may come of it." A potential involvement by TSMC could likely challenge Intel's role in Terafab, as Musk weighs partners for the Chipmaking venture.

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1. thestarmy - Intel to keep working on Musk's Terafab chipmaking venture, Bloomberg News reports

Messi signs off in tears after one last Argentina master class

Lionel Messi bid farewell to international Soccer on Tuesday after 21 years, 125 goals, two Copa América titles, and a World Cup championship, scoring a penalty and setting up Argentina’s other two goals for a 3-0 victory over Benin.

Argentina is confronting a Once-Unimaginable reality: a national team without a soccer great.

The 39-year-old Messi delivered one last master class in blue and white as Argentina's captain brought the curtain down on his extraordinary 21-year International career by scoring one goal and setting up two others in a 3-0 friendly win over Benin.

The 39-year-old's final bow in front of more than 85,000 fans at a packed Monumental Stadium was less about football and more a national celebration of Messi's service to the National team. Landmarks across the capital glowed with the team's Iconic sky blue and white Colours, while fireworks lit up the skies above the heaving Stadium.

Messi slammed the conspiracy theories surrounding Argentina's run in the 2026 World Cup and urged the fans to stay United and support Argentina as he brought down the curtains on his International career on Wednesday, October 7.

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1. newyorkpost - Lionel Messi's tearful Argentina sendoff fittingly comes with goal, two assists
2. bangkokpost - Messi signs off in tears after one last Argentina master class
3. thestarmy - Soccer-Messi signs off in tears after one last Argentina master class
4. nbc - Argentina bids Messi farewell in final national team match, ending an era
5. indiatoday - Lionel Messi slams World Cup conspiracy theories, tells Argentina to stay united in farewell speech

Lithuania could restrict transit from Russia if plague threat confirmed – minister

Reports of Pneumonic plague in Russia have not been independently confirmed, and Lithuania could restrict the transit of Russian citizens through the country if the disease poses a threat to Lithuania. Health Minister Linas Kukuraitis said any such measures would be coordinated with the European Union, which has established procedures for restricting movement during public health emergencies since the Covid-19 pandemic. Reports emerged Friday that 28-Year-Old Darya Shipilova, who worked at a plague research Institute in Russia’s Irkutsk region, had died of Pneumonic plague.

Some reports said special restrictions had subsequently been imposed. The World Health Organization has assessed the risk of the disease spreading beyond Russia as “very low.” The organization reported that it is in contact with Russian authorities. Officially, Russian authorities continue to attribute the death of a female employee at the Anti-Plague Institute to pneumonia of unknown origin.

The plague case occurred in early October. On the night of October 2, a 28-Year-Old lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute died at a hospital in Shelekhov.

According to local media, she had accidentally broken a test tube containing the Pneumonic plague Pathogen a week earlier.

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1. lrt - Lithuania could restrict transit from Russia if plague threat confirmed – minister
2. newsukraine - Trump and Putin to discuss plague outbreak in Russia soon

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