Meta faces landmark US antitrust trial
Social media juggernaut Meta stands trial on Monday facing serious US government allegations that it abused its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors. By...
View ArticleMeta says to train AI models on public data of European users
Meta will train its generative artificial intelligence (AI) models with its European users’ public content and conversations with the Meta AI chatbot, the firm said Monday. The decision represents a...
View ArticleKaty Perry roars into space on all-woman flight
Pop star Katy Perry completed a brief foray into space Monday, roaring to the edge of the cosmos with an all-women crew on one of billionaire Jeff Bezos’s rockets. The “Firework” and “California Gurls”...
View ArticleNvidia to build supercomputer chips entirely in US for first time
Nvidia on Monday announced plans to build top-end artificial intelligence supercomputer chips entirely in the United States for the first time. Supercomputer plants are being built in Texas in...
View ArticleUS opens door to tariffs on pharma, semiconductors
The United States opened the door on Monday to tariffs targeting high-end technology and pharmaceuticals, feeding the uncertainty gripping the global economy in a trade war that Chinese leader Xi...
View ArticlePutin praises Elon Musk, compares him to Soviet space hero
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk on Wednesday, telling university students he was a pioneer comparable to legendary Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev. The comments came as Russia...
View ArticleDirector of White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Michael...
Speaking at the Endless Frontiers Retreat in Austin, Texas, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Michael Kratsios delivered a rousing speech on the dawn of a new American...
View ArticleWebb spots strongest ‘hints’ yet of life on distant planet
Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising “hints” of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed scepticism. There has been...
View ArticleNASA’s oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday
Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens picture their 70th birthday. But NASA’s oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards...
View ArticleExperiments to dim the sun in bid to curb global warming to be approved by...
Scientists in the UK are preparing to test an ambitious and controversial strategy to combat global warming by dimming the Sunlight. The goal is to cool the planet temporarily by reflecting some...
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