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December 08, 2025
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Number's up: Calculators hold out against AI



Tokyo (AFP) Dec 7, 2025
The humble pocket calculator may not be able to keep up with the mathematical capabilities of new technology, but it will never hallucinate. The device's enduring reliability equates to millions of sales each year for Japan's Casio, which is even eyeing expansion in certain regions. Despite lightning-speed advances in artificial intelligence, chatbots still sometimes stumble on basic addition. In contrast, "calculators always give the correct answer," Casio executive Tomoaki Sato told AFP. ... read more

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ENERGY TECH
Helical Fusion and Aoki Super sign fusion power deal for supermarket operations
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 08, 2025
Helical Fusion Co., Ltd. in Tokyo has signed a power purchase agreement with Aoki Super Co., Ltd., a supermarket chain based in Aichi Prefecture, to supply electricity from a future fusion power pla ... more
TIME AND SPACE
KATRIN experiment rules out favored light sterile neutrino region
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
Neutrinos are among the most abundant matter particles in the Universe, yet they interact so weakly that they are difficult to detect and study. The Standard Model includes three neutrino types, but ... more
ROBO SPACE
MIT engineers design an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebee
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
In the future, tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake. Like real insects, these robots could flit through t ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Mars clocks run ahead of Earth by microseconds each day
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have produced the first detailed calculation of how fast time passes on Mars compared with Earth, providing a parameter that future h ... more
TRADE WARS
Markets mostly up as traders prepare for expected US rate cut
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
Most markets rose Monday as investors gear up for an expected US interest rate cut this week, with debate centring on the likelihood the Federal Reserve will continue easing monetary policy further into the new year. ... more
TRADE WARS
China's trade surplus tops $1 trillion despite plunge in US-bound exports
Beijing (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
China's towering annual trade surplus surpassed $1 trillion for the first time last month, data showed Monday, as a sharp drop in shipments to the United States was offset by surging exports to other major markets. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
'Not black or white': Teens worldwide react to Australia social media ban
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
Australia's landmark move to ban under-16s from social media will be closely watched by other countries, which could follow suit with similar laws. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Israel, Qatar and US hold trilateral meeting in New York
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
The United States, Israel and Qatar held a trilateral meeting in New York Sunday, a senior White House official told AFP, months after Israeli jets conducted an airstrike in Doha, unsuccessfully targeting Hamas leadership. ... more

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Macron threatens China with tariffs over trade surplus
Paris, France (AFP) Dec 7, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron said he has threatened China with tariffs if Beijing fails to take steps to reduce its massive trade surplus with the EU, in remarks published Sunday. ... more
CAR TECH
Will EU give ground on 2035 combustion-engine ban?
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 6, 2025
Europe's embattled auto industry and its backers are ramping up pressure on the EU to relax its planned 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel car sales - hoping for a decision by year end. ... more
TECH SPACE
Meta buys AI wearables startup Limitless
San Francisco, United States (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
Meta on Friday confirmed it is buying Limitless, a US startup that makes a wearable pendant that records and summarizes conversations and meetings with the help of artificial intelligence. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
EU hits Musk's X with 120-mn-euro fine, sparking US ire
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
The European Union hit Elon Musk's X with a 120-million-euro ($140-million) fine Friday for breaking its digital rules, sparking an angry reaction from Washington. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Meta partners with news outlets to expand AI content
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
Meta announced Friday it will integrate content from major news organizations into its artificial intelligence assistant to provide Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users with real-time information. ... more
TRADE WARS
German FM to visit China for economic talks
Berlin (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
Germany's foreign minister heads to China this weekend for talks focused on tense economic ties between Europe and Beijing, particularly in the area of rare earths, Berlin said Friday. ... more
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Softbank's Son says super AI could make humans like fish, win Nobel Prize
Seoul (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
SoftBank CEO and AI investor Masayoshi Son said Friday that advanced artificial intelligence could surpass humans to the extent that "we become fish" and could even win the Nobel Prize in Literature. ... more
CHIP TECH
Shares in Chinese Nvidia challenger surge on debut
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
Faith in the future of China's homegrown AI chip industry sent shares in semiconductor company Moore Threads rocketing more than 500 percent on its market debut Friday, having raised $1.1 billion in its initial public offering. ... more
TECH SPACE
Tree branches to fleece jackets: Chemicals plant in Germany bets on biomass
Leuna, Germany (AFP) Dec 4, 2025
Staring at a pile of freshly cut beechwood, forestry manager Johannes Brodowski wonders if he is looking at the future of Germany's chemicals industry. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Chinese smart glasses firms eye overseas conquest
Hangzhou, China (AFP) Dec 3, 2025
In China, AI glasses let the wearer pay in shops with just a glance at a QR code and a voice command, as a growing number of companies look to conquer both growing domestic and overseas markets. ... more
THE PITS
South Africa's informal miners fight for their future in coal's twilight
Ermelo, South Africa (AFP) Dec 3, 2025
Growing up, Cyprial dreamed of being a lawyer. Instead, he now spends his days underground, swinging a pickaxe against rock in a pitch-black illegal mine that snakes for kilometres beneath South Africa's coal heartland. ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Two dimensional crystal reveals hexatic phase in real time
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
When three dimensional materials melt, the transition from an ordered solid to a disordered liquid usually occurs abruptly once the melting temperature is reached. In atomically thin systems, theory ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Shaping quantum light expands options for future technologies
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Researchers from the School of Physics at the University of the Witwatersrand, working with collaborators at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, report that controlling the structure of photons i ... more
ROBO SPACE
Robots that spare warehouse workers the heavy lifting
Cambridge MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
There are some jobs human bodies just weren't meant to do. Unloading trucks and shipping containers is a repetitive, grueling task - and a big reason warehouse injury rates are more than twice the n ... more
UAV NEWS
Northrop Grumman debuts Project Talon autonomous combat wingman
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
MOJAVE, Calif. - Dec. 4, 2025 - Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) unveiled Project Talon, an autonomous aircraft built to fly alongside crewed fighters as a collaborative teammate for combat missions. ... more
UAV NEWS
Lockheed Martin trial shows AI system rerouting UAV mission during fuel contingency
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has run a live trial of an artificial intelligence driven mission contingency management system on a Stalker XE Block 25 unmanned aerial vehicle and a modified Alta X 2.0 ... more
AEROSPACE
UAlbany Atmospheric Scientist Proposes Innovative Method to Reduce Aviation's Climate Impact
Albany NY (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
If you look up at the sky on a clear day, chances are you'll notice thin, white clouds following behind airplanes - also known as contrails. The formation of these wispy ice clouds is a comple ... more
WATER WORLD
Ozone catalysts mapped for safer water disinfection
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
University of Pittsburgh researchers and collaborators have identified how to design catalysts that generate ozone on demand as a potential alternative to chlorine-based disinfection in hospitals an ... more
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ENERGY NEWS
Policies to expand US grid weigh cost reliability and emissions
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Growing energy demand means the U.S. will almost certainly have to expand its electricity grid in coming years. What's the best way to do this? A new study by MIT researchers examines legislation in ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Tin perovskite study points to more stable lead free solar cells
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
Perovskite solar cells are under development as candidates for next generation photovoltaic modules, but commercial use remains limited by long term instability driven in part by migrating ions in t ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Reactor method streamlines production of medical copper isotope Cu 64
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
The copper isotope Cu-64 is an important tool in nuclear medicine for imaging applications and is also being explored for cancer treatment, but it does not occur naturally and must be produced in de ... more
TRADE WARS
EU backs small parcel duties to tackle China import flood
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 13, 2025
EU states on Thursday agreed to scrap a bloc-wide duty exemption on low-value orders from the likes of retail giants Temu and Shein to help tackle a flood of cheap Chinese imports. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Vacuum annealing boosts efficiency and durability in organic solar cells
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
A research team at Wuhan University of Technology led by Professor Tao Wang has developed a vacuum-assisted thermal annealing (VTA) process that tackles the linked challenges of efficiency and stabi ... more
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