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Google, augmented reality startup Magic Leap strike partnership deal
Announcement adds to signals that Google may be plotting a return to the market for AR/VR technologies
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft unlocks asteroid Dinkinesh's dynamic history
Dinkinesh and Selam are smallest asteroids in main belt between Mars and Jupiter ever seen up close by a spacecraft
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China releases 3-year action plan on artificial intelligence
By 2027, Beijing wants standardisation of emerging technologies to support high-quality development
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‘Only unpredictability is certain’ as climate extremes grip Pakistan
Pakistan is facing extreme heatwaves and new records of temperatures in various parts of the country
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EU creates 'AI Office' to regulate tech under tough new law
The 140-member AI Office will be established within the commission, as a tech regulator
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Venus has more volcanism than previously known, new analysis finds
Decades-old radar images has spotted evidence of eruptions at two additional sites on Venus
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China opens 1st AI hospital town to treat patients in virtual world
AI-generated doctors can treat 10,000 patients in few days, whereas human doctors would take at least 2 years
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India's space startup calls off maiden rocket launch for a fourth time
Launch was put on 'temporary hold to check igniter performance' five seconds before lift-off and was then called off
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US, European nations consider vaccinating workers exposed to bird flu
The United States and Europe are taking steps to acquire or manufacture H5N1 bird flu
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Google, Amazon, Apple lobby group opposes India's EU-like antitrust proposal
Government panel in February proposed new antitrust obligations for big digital firms in India
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TECNO presents 'Make in Pakistan' documentary highlighting the journey of Pakistan's mobile industry
The documentary outlines how local phone manufacturing boosts exports and attracts foreign direct investment
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OpenAI sets up safety committee as it starts training new model
A committee will give recommendations to the board on safety and security decisions for OpenAI's projects
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Business forum in Ethiopia woos investors
Prime focus of foreign policy of Ethiopia was to attract FDI and boost exports through trade and technology
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Chinese fossil reveals evolution of skin in feathered dinosaurs
Unearthed in northeastern China, the nearly complete 130-million-year-old fossil is of a juvenile Psittacosaurus
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Saudi fund launches new group to boost space industry
The Neo Space Group is the "Public Investment Fund’s first investment focused on the space industry
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China sets up third fund with $47.5 bln to boost semiconductor sector
Sanctions imposed from US and self-sufficiency led China to invest billions of Yuan in semiconductors
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Tesla's ‘milestone’ Shanghai battery factory breaks ground
Mass production is set to start in Q1 2025, with an initial capacity of 10,000 Megapack units annually
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Astronomers develop new observation technique to mitigate asteroid risks
The new rotating-drift-scan (RDS) charge-coupled device (CCD) technique, allows asteroid as a point source
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Elon Musk plans xAI supercomputer, The Information reports
The supercomputer will power the next version of AI chatbot Grok in late 2025
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Regulating AI
AI Act is poised to set global benchmark for regulation of technology that is rapidly becoming integral daily life
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Chinese scientists 'successfully' undertake world's 1st liver xenotransplantation surgery for human
7 days after surgery, 71-year-old patient can move freely without acute or hyperacute rejection reactions
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Kabosu, the face of cryptocurrency Dogecoin, dies at 18, owner says
The Japanese Shiba Inu passed away while sleeping
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EU data protection board says ChatGPT still not meeting data accuracy standards
Europe's national privacy watchdogs set up the task force on ChatGPT after national regulators raised concerns
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DHA and JBS partner to equip students with cutting-edge tech skills for future career
With this program, students are well prepared to cope with the ever-changing digital landscape
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NASA, Boeing clear two technical hurdles for Starliner's debut crew flight
Starliner's first crewed flight is final test mission before NASA can certify spacecraft for routine astronaut trips
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Australian trial of gene-edited wheat aims for 10% bigger yields
The wheat seeds are now growing in a testing greenhouse in southeast Queensland
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Pakistani, Turkish academics to ‘solve common problems’ using artificial intelligence
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology and Turkiye's Ondokuz Mayis University sign MoU
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Tomb Raider owner says humans hold key to game evolution as AI gains ground
Embracer is in midst of a strategy shift and is preparing to split its business into three listed companies by 2025
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US House passes crypto bill despite warnings from SEC
Republican-sponsored Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act passed in a bipartisan 279-136 vote
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Google ties up with Foxconn to make Pixel phones in India, sources say
Foxconn already assembles Apple's iPhones at a facility near Chennai in Tamil Nadu
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UAE commits $10b investment in Pakistan
Sheikh Mohamed makes announcement during meeting with Shehbaz
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vivo's sleek V30e 5G: A feature-packed powerhouse for every need
Pre-order V30e 5G starting May 22nd or find it in stores from May 28th for PKR 89,999
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Propelling the ICT sector via imports of IT products
As the second most prominent source of exports, easier access to IT products is critical
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Pakistan urges emerging techs’ access to developing countries
Pak envoy to UN says scientific knowledge, tools help anticipate threats
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US charges 2 brothers for stealing $25m worth of cryptocurrency in 12 seconds
'This alleged scheme was novel and has never before been charged,' says US attorney in Southern District of New York
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Baidu 'confident' AI will sustain growth after sluggish first quarter
Company has touted the current fourth version of its GPT-like large language model Ernie as rivalling OpenAI's GPT-4
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MIT researchers discover oldest stars in universe
Researchers analysed stars' spectra to determine chemical composition, age
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Google introduces new artificial intelligence model Gemini 1.5 Flash
New model has long-context understanding that can process hours of video, audio, thousands of words or lines of code
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OpenAI unveils new artificial intelligence model named GPT-4o
GPT-4o is better at understanding compared to existing models; it can reason across audio, vision, text in real time
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Journalism professor turns NYC chatbot failure into success
Jonathan Soma warns of overreliance on AI, says it is guaranteed at some point it is going to make mistake
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UAE releases new AI model to compete with big tech
Abu Dhabi's TII says it's releasing Falcon 2 11B, a text-based model, and Falcon 2 11B VLM, a vision-to-language model
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Musk sees fourth flight of SpaceX's Starship in 3-5 weeks
Objective is for the ship to get past max heating or at least further than last time, says Musk
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Microsoft hit with $242m US verdict in Cortana patent lawsuit
Jury agrees with IPA after week-long trial that Microsoft's voice-recognition technology violates IPA's patent rights
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After layoffs, Musk says Tesla to spend $500 million on charging network
EV makers adopting Tesla's North American Charging Standard could make Tesla's superchargers an industry standard
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Musk's Starlink satellites disrupted by major solar storm
US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has said the storm is the biggest since October 2003
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OpenAI plans to announce Google search competitor on Monday, sources say
Startup Perplexity, which has a valuation of $1 billion, was founded by a former OpenAI researcher
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FTX files amended reorganisation plan, expects $14.5b-$16.3b for distribution
Company says it has anticipated the figure based on monetising assets, FTX Ventures businesses, and litigation claims
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Prince Harry phone-hacking lawsuit: Four UK editors named
Harry is one of seven suing Associated Newspapers for phone-hacking and privacy breaches spanning 30 years
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TikTok to label AI-generated content from OpenAI and elsewhere
Platform among 20 firms pledged to counter threat of AI content possibly disrupting US elections
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Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
Researchers call planet 'super-Earth,' larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, orbiting dimmer, less massive star