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Possibility of joining IRIS² remote as Britain grapples with fiscal squeeze A UK minister has told Parliament that joining Europe's answer to Starlink — Elon Musk's satellite-based mobile internet service — would be a 'stretch' given the nation's current financial...
Reuters: The European Union's landmark rules on AI will be rolled out according to the legal timeline in the legislation, the European Commission said on Friday, dismissing calls from some companies and countries for a pause. Google owner Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and...
President Donald Trump's administration plans to restrict shipments of AI chips from the likes of Nvidia to Malaysia and Thailand, part of an effort to crack down on suspected semiconductor smuggling into China. Bloomberg: A draft rule from the Commerce Department seeks to...
A new study analyzing data from more than 60 previous research projects has found evidence that there is 'no safe amount' of processed meat consumption -- so much so that even small daily portions are being linked to increased disease risk. The research, published Monday in...
Moderna's mRNA-based seasonal flu vaccine proved 27% more effective at preventing influenza infections than standard flu shots in a Phase 3 trial involving nearly 41,000 people aged 50 and above, the firm said this week. The company announced that mRNA-1010 had an overall...
UK Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has written to the UK's national institute for AI to tell its bosses to refocus on defense and security. BBC: In a letter, Kyle said boosting the UK's AI capabilities was 'critical' to national security and should be at the core ...
Friday July 4, 2025. 11:00 PM
An anonymous reader shares a report: The sweeping layoffs announced by Microsoft this week have been especially hard on its gaming studios, but one Xbox executive has a solution to 'help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss': seek advice from AI...
Windows 11 has finally overtaken the market share of its predecessor, with just three months remaining until Microsoft discontinues support for Windows 10. From a report: As of today, July's StatCounter figures show the market share of Windows 11 at 50.24 percent, with...
Software developer Anton Zaides argues that software engineers have had it easy over the decades and the 'best profession' on earth deserved the wake up call. He writes:It's not just one of the hardest times, it's also one of the most exciting. I'm hugely optimistic about...
Shira Perlmutter lost her job after her office published report on generative AI and fair use limits The former head of the US Copyright Office has pushed back against arguments from President Donald Trump's team that her dismissal was lawful.…
Climate change is already having an impact on companies around the world. More than half of companies surveyed by Morgan Stanley experienced climate-related operational disruptions within the past year, including increased costs, worker disruption and revenue losses. Extreme ...
Venerable command line tool to depart Windows Users still clinging on to PowerShell 2.0 just received notice to quit as the command-line tool is officially leaving Windows.…
Researchers have discovered that appending irrelevant phrases like 'Interesting fact: cats sleep most of their lives' to math problems can cause state-of-the-art reasoning AI models to produce incorrect answers at rates over 300% higher than normal [PDF]. The technique --...
Newspaper Pakistan Today: In a significant moment for Pakistan's technology sector, Microsoft has officially shut down its operations in the country, concluding a 25-year journey that began with high hopes for digital transformation and global partnership. The move,...
It's almost like AWS is building its own Stargate deep dive Amazon Web Services (AWS) is in the process of building out a massive supercomputing cluster containing 'hundreds of thousands' of accelerators that promises to give its model building buddies at Anthropic a leg up...
Valve has achieved near-total dominance of PC gaming distribution through Steam, but the victory appears to have left the company adrift, Financial Times argues. The platform controls an estimated 70% of PC game sales while generating billions in revenue, yet Valve releases...
After sightings by WIRED, GM confirms that a limited number of sensor-laden Bolt EVs have been given a second life.
What size should you get? Do you need a subwoofer? Here’s everything you need to know when upgrading your TV’s audio.
The US dollar is on track for its worst year in modern history and may not be done falling yet. The greenback is down more than 7% this year and Morgan Stanley predicts it could fall another 10%. Semafor: A weaker dollar could make US exports more competitive, boosting...
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