A decade ago the DARPA Robotics Challenge pumped tens of millions of dollars of investment into American robotics innovation, stimulating development of everything from humanoid robots to self-driving …
China has sent its youngest-ever astronaut crew to the Tiangong space station
When China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei blasted off into space in 2003, it was a history making moment that declared his country’s arrival as an emerging space power. Two decades on, China has become …
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AI ‘breakthrough’: neural net has human-like ability to generalize language
Scientists have created a neural network with the human-like ability to make generalizations about language1. The artificial intelligence (AI) system performs about as well as humans at folding newly …
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UN says fuel shortages will halt Gaza aid operations within a day
The main United Nations agency in Gaza says it will have to end operations within a day if fuel is not delivered. This is a situation that the organization is saying marks the end o a "lifeline" for …
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Russians likely targeted Khmelnytsky nuclear plant – Zelensky
A Russian drone attack was likely targeting a nuclear power plant in western Ukraine, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. Iranian-designed drones struck the area around the power plant in the …
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Sudan warring sides resume peace talks in Saudi Arabia
Sudan's warring parties have resumed negotiations aimed at ending the war that began in April and has killed over 9,000 people and displaced 5.6 million. The war is between forces loyal to army chief …
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Cisco Patches Two Dangerous Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Cisco has patched two zero-day vulnerabilities that exposed the Cisco IOS XE system software hosts to attackers. The vulnerabilities impacted devices running the Cisco IOS XE software, including …
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Kazakh Attackers, Disguised as Azerbaijanis, Hit Former Soviet States
A Kazakhstan attack group is disguising itself as an Azerbaijani attack group and has a penchant for sending phishing messages. YoroTrooper was discovered in June of 2022 and frequently targets former …
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Amazon Rolls Out Independent Cloud for Europe to Address Stricter Privacy Standards
Amazon is creating an independent cloud for Europe to address regulations that companies and those in the public sector face in the European Union. Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced on Wednesday …
Tech alliance in AI standards push to fill ‘gap’ in regulation
Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and Anthropic have stepped up a united push towards safety standards for artificial intelligence and appointed a director as their alliance seeks to fill “a gap” in global …
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