TELEGRAM FOUNDER SAYS FRANCE ASKED HIM TO BAN CONSERVATIVE ROMANIAN VOICES

Mon 19 May 2025: The founder of the Telegram messaging app, Pavel Durov, said he refused a request by the head of France’s intelligence service to ban Romanian conservative voices ahead of the country’s elections. Romania’s centrist Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, won the presidential election on Sunday in a shock upset over a hard-right, nationalist rival who had pledged to […]

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HUMANOID ROBOT MARKET PROJECTED TO NEARLY QUINTUPLE IN DECADE

Mon 19 May 2025: The humanoid robot market is expected to grow nearly fivefold over the next decade amid rising global competition and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, a sector representative told Anadolu. Meric Atalay, chairman of the Turkish Purchasing Professionals’ and Managers’ Association (TUSAYER), said that Türkiye must prepare for a shift […]

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MICROSOFT CONFIRMS AI, CLOUD SERVICES TO ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTRY AMID GAZA WAR SCRUTINY

Sun 18 May 2025: Microsoft has confirmed it provides cloud and artificial intelligence services to Israel’s Defense Ministry, while denying its tools were used to harm civilians in Gaza, as scrutiny intensifies over the role of US tech firms in the ongoing war, Anadolu reports. In a statement published Thursday, the company acknowledged public and internal […]

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APPLE MIGHT SOON LET USERS RUN THEIR DEVICES THROUGH JUST THEIR MIND

Sun 18 May 2025: Apple is partnering with Synchron, a brain-computer interface company, to potentially allow iPhone users to control their devices using their thoughts. Synchron is developing a brain implant with electrodes that can interpret brain signals. According to a statement, using the technology provided by Synchron, Apple would translate the signals into actions. […]

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AI SYSTEM TRACKS VEHICLE EMISSIONS USING TRAFFIC CAMERAS IN REAL TIME

Fri 16 May 2025: Prof. Dr. Levent Kuzu, a faculty member at Istanbul Technical University‘s (ITU) Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, stated that they are able to calculate vehicle emissions using traffic camera footage through an AI-supported method. The TÜBİTAK-supported project led by Kuzu and his team at ITU aims to predict air pollution from vehicles […]

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OVER 25% OF VEHICLES SOLD WORLDWIDE EXPECTED TO BE ELECTRIC THIS YEAR: REPORT

Wed 14 May 2025: Global sales of electric vehicles (EV) are expected to exceed 20 million this year, accounting for more than 25% of all vehicles sold, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Wednesday. Global EV sales continue to grow despite uncertainties in the global economy and pressures on the […]

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SPACECRAFT THAT FAILED TO REACH VENUS TO FALL TO EARTH: HOW BIG IS THE RISK?

Tue 13 May 2025: A piece of a Soviet-made spacecraft launched nearly 50 years ago to reach Venus could fall to Earth this week. Experts expect the fall to occur around mid-May. The spacecraft, called “Kosmos 482,” may include a part that scientists believe could be the landing capsule, though the exact piece is still unknown. The […]

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