Tue 01 April 2025: Apple remained the world’s most valuable company on Monday, reaching a market capitalization of $3.3 trillion, 49 years after its founding. Despite recent volatility in technology stocks driven by trade policy uncertainty in the US, Apple’s shares rose 28% in 2024. The company’s valuation, which stood at $2.6 trillion in March […]
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Tue 01 April 2025: Companies are selling homes in illegal settlements and individuals are fundraising to buy weapons for Israeli soldiers in Gaza. Facebook has platformed more than 100 paid advertisements promoting illegal settlements and far-right settler activity in the occupied West Bank, an Al Jazeera investigation has found, raising concerns that the social media giant is […]
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Mon 31 March 2025: The founder of ByteDance, and owner of TikTok, Zhang Yiming, became the richest person in China. Bloomberg Billionaires Index showed on Thursday that he became the world’s 24th richest person. Forbes Billionaires List and Hurun Rich List, a ranking of the richest individuals in China, also showed that he is the […]
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Sat 29 March 2025: Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-powered “agentic capabilities” and turn a profit from the popular devices. Starting today (March 28), Alexa devices will send all audio recordings to the cloud for processing, and choosing not to save these recordings will […]
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Thu 27 March 2025: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured bright auroral activity on Neptune for the first time, NASA said on Wednesday. The data was obtained in June 2023 using Webb’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph. In addition to the image of the planet, astronomers obtained a spectrum to characterize the composition and measure the temperature […]
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Thu 27 March 2025: Genetic testing company’s bankruptcy proceedings could result in auction of the genetic data of 15 million users. Users of 23andMe, a direct-to-consumer genetic testing site, are being urged to delete their personal data from the website following the company’s bankruptcy filing in the United States on March 23. Here’s why it matters. What […]
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Tue 25 March 2025: China has designed artificial intelligence (AI)-powered rubber-tapping robots in an attempt to tackle chronic labor shortages plaguing its natural rubber industry, state media reported Monday. Jointly developed by the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) and Beijing-based tech firm Automotive Walking Technology, the self-navigating robots mark a leap forward in […]
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Mon 24 March 2025: The Department of Home Affairs has announced a comprehensive upgrade to its digital verification system, a crucial component of national security, as well as both public and private sector services in South Africa. The verification system enables government departments, including National Treasury and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), as […]
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Mon 24 March 2025: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made its second closest approach to the Sun, coming within 6.1 million kilometers and reaching speeds of 692,000 km/h (430,000 mph) while collecting data. On March 22, during its 23rd close pass, the probe completed its second closest approach to the Sun. During this pass, Parker reached 6.1 million km […]
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Mon 24 March 2025: Over 420 Hollywood actors, directors, and industry professionals have signed an open letter urging the US government to uphold copyright protections against using artificial intelligence in creative works, CBS News reported Monday. Led by actress Natasha Lyonne and signed by figures including Bette Midler, Aubrey Plaza, Mark Ruffalo, and Cate Blanchett, […]
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