Apple held its 'Let Loose' event this month to reveal a new iPad Pro, the M4 chip, and a new Apple Pencil. It also revealed a new iPad Air, but that was decidedly less exciting.That's because it's essentially the same as the M1 version...
New computing storage which can operate at temperatures so hot that rock starts to melt could pave the way for computers that work in the harshest environments on Earth — and, for the first time, on Venus.The toughest current...
Billionaire Frank McCourt has long argued that the internet needs to be radically changed on an infrastructural level in order to reduce its toxicity, misinformation, and extractive nature. Now, he’s hoping to slide into a power...
A parent asked a question in a private Facebook group in April 2024: Does anyone with a child who is both gifted and disabled have any experience with New York City public schools? The parent received a seemingly helpful answer that...
The US health regulator has allowed billionaire Elon Musk's Neuralink to implant its brain chip in a second person after it proposed to fix a problem that occurred in its first patient, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Earlier...
SPAIN/ PORTUGAL: A bright comet fragment lit up the skies over parts of Spain and Portugal late on Saturday, according to the European Space Agency (ESA), with one Lisbon resident saying the dazzling display "felt like a movie". On...
Two voice actors sued artificial-intelligence startup Lovo in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, accusing the company of illegally copying their voices and using them without permission in its AI voiceover technology. Paul Skye Lehrman...
Researchers have developed a new communication paradigm that can let them securely connect a PC to a quantum computer over the internet.Known as "blind quantum computing," the technique uses a fiber-optic cable to connect a quantum...
A contentious bill adding guardrails for companies that use artificial intelligence to make big consumer decisions was signed into law Friday by Gov. Jared Polis. But Polis also took the extra step of writing a letter to lawmakers...
BRUSSELS: The European Commission could fine Microsoft, if it doesn't provide adequate information on risks stemming from generative AI features in search engine Bing by May 27. The Commission said on Friday that it is worried...
BEIJING: Cases of bird flu have been confirmed among wild fowl in western China, the agriculture ministry said on Saturday, as concerns grow over a U.S. outbreak infecting cattle herds. Two counties in Qinghai province confirmed 275...
LONDON: The baobab tree is a distinctive sight on the landscape. When its contorted branches are leafless during the dry season, they resemble jumbled roots emanating from a thick trunk, making it appear as if someone had yanked the...
Bat populations in Colorado may be headed for a decline that could cause ecological disruptions across the state. Two bats discovered in Boulder County in late February 2024 were confirmed to have white-nose syndrome, a deadly fungal...
BEIJING: Chinese commercial space company CAS Space announced its "space tourism vehicle" will first fly in 2027 and travel to the edge of space in 2028, state media reported on Friday. The announcement comes just days after...
PARIS: The social network formerly known as Twitter has fully migrated over to X.com, owner Elon Musk said on Friday. The billionaire head of Tesla, SpaceX and other companies bought Twitter for $44 billion in late 2022 and announced...
Last year, an internet shutdown in the state of Manipur, India, lasted a staggering 212 days when the state government issued 44 consecutive orders to switch off access across all broadband and mobile networks. The shutdown affected...
OpenAI Chief Scientist and co-founder Ilya Sutskever is leaving the artificial intelligence company, a departure that ends months of speculation in Silicon Valley about the future of a top AI researcher who played a key role in the...
Google is rolling out “AI Overviews,” previously known as the Search Generative Experience (SGE), to users in the U.S. and soon worldwide. Billions of Google users will soon see AI-generated suMMAries at the top of many...
The US Justice Department said Wednesday it charged two brothers for stealing $25 million in cryptocurrency within approximately 12 seconds. Anton Peraire-Bueno, 24, of Boston, and James Pepaire-Bueno, 28, of New York, were charged...
ISTANBUL: Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have identified three of the oldest stars in the universe, according to the school’s physics department. The stars are thought to have emerged during...
China's Baidu (9888.HK) said on Thursday it was confident artificial intelligence would help drive future sales and profits after reporting first-quarter revenue growth of just 1% as weak Chinese economic growth kept advertisers...
