Tue 18 February 2025: Elon Musk’s xAI has launched Grok 3, the latest version of its AI chatbot. Musk hopes Grok 3 will compete with established chatbots like ChatGPT and DeepSeek in the competitive AI market. The launch comes as the world’s richest man is deploying the enormous powers granted him by US President Donald Trump to […]
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Mon 17 February 2025: Artificial Intelligence is playing a crucial role in other walks of life. Can it also prevent loss of human life in aviation accidents? More than 100 people have been killed in air crashes this year already, including in a midair collision between a commercial airliner and a helicopter near Washington, DC, […]
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Sat 15 February 2025: Last time you scrolled the “For You” page on TikTok, did you get a video about current events? Politics? Breaking news? If you’re one of the 63% of teens or 33% of adults in the U.S. who uses TikTok, you probably have. But where did it come from? Who created it? And should you believe […]
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Sat 15 February 2025: The United Arab Emirates has begun mapping air corridors for air taxis and cargo drones, its civil aviation authority said in a statement on Thursday, Reuters has reported. The oil and gas-rich country has sought to distinguish itself in the Middle East as a high-tech, forward-looking society, with Dubai starting to test two-seater, […]
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Thu 13 February 2025: Kuwait said on Thursday that it had foiled large-scale cyberattacks targeting telecom towers and banks in the Gulf country, Anadolu reports. An Interior Ministry statement said that the attacks were orchestrated by an international cybercrime ring of Chinese nationals. The ministry said the suspects behind the attacks were arrested and affirmed its commitment […]
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Thu 13 February 2025: A team from Australia’s national science agency has developed an AI tool capable of rapidly and accurately identifying biological sex from human skulls. Researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) revealed the tool in a study published on Wednesday, saying that it could support investigators in criminal analysis […]
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Wed 12 February 2025: Australia on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a Russian entity and five individuals over their alleged involvement in stealing the personal information of millions of customers of a private health insurance company in a major cyberattack in 2022. In a joint statement with Defense Minister Richard Marles and Home Minister Tony Burke, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the attack affected millions of […]
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Wed 12 February 2025: More than 20 billion robots will be serving humans by 2050, reshaping lifestyles, labor markets and societies, according to Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, minister of cabinet affairs of the United Arab Emirates and chairman of the World Government Summit. Al Gergawi made the prediction Tuesday during his keynote address at the opening of the […]
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Tue 11 February 2025: Google Calendar no longer shows the start dates for Black History Month, Pride Month, Women’s History Month, and other events. The company’s calendar used to mark those days in early February, March, and June but they are absent in 2025. A Google spokesperson, Madison Cushman Veld, provided the Guardian with a statement that […]
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Tue 11 February 2025: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to deliver unique images of the universe. Most recently, it captured a fascinating image of the HH30 protostar. This object was first discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope, but thanks to JWST’s advanced technology, HH30 has been examined in unprecedented detail. Located in the Taurus constellation, about […]
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