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January 30, 2025
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Ukrainian drone barrage on Russia kills two, hits oil refinery



Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Jan 29, 2025
A Ukrainian drone attack killed a mother and her toddler in a Russian border region on Wednesday, Russian officials said, as Kyiv launched a major overnight barrage that set an oil refinery ablaze and targeted a nuclear facility. Moscow and Kyiv have exchanged almost daily drone or missile attacks over the nearly three-year war, targeting energy and military sites in both countries. Strikes have escalated after Donald Trump won last year's US presidential election, with the Republican seeking a ... read more

TECH SPACE
EdgeCortix SAKURA-I AI Accelerator Validated for Radiation Resilience in Space Missions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2025
EdgeCortix Inc., a prominent fabless semiconductor company specializing in energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) processing at the edge, has announced that its SAKURA-I AI Accelerator has be ... more
CHIP TECH
'Good news': Dutch chip giant ASML welcomes DeepSeek
Veldhoven, Netherlands (AFP) Jan 29, 2025
The head of Dutch giant ASML, which makes chip-making machines that power the tech industry, Wednesday welcomed the emergence of China's low-cost AI firm DeepSeek and predicted others would disrupt the sector. ... more
TRADE WARS
Facing Trump and China, EU unveils pro-business roadmap
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 29, 2025
The EU unveiled a much-anticipated blueprint to revamp Europe's economic model on Wednesday, marking a shift towards a more business-friendly Brussels after five years of heavy focus on green goals. ... more
BIO FUEL
Chemical looping turns environmental waste into fuel
Columbus OH (SPX) Jan 30, 2025
Turning environmental waste into useful chemical resources could solve many of the inevitable challenges of our growing amounts of discarded plastics, paper and food waste, according to new research ... more
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Improving the way flash memory is made
Princeton, NJ (SPX) Jan 30, 2025
To store ever more data in electronic devices of the same size, the manufacturing processes for these devices need to be studied in greater detail. By investigating new approaches to making digital ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Mafia waste victims seek justice in Italy's 'Land of Fires'
Caserta, Italy (AFP) Jan 30, 2025
After years of feeling "invisible" as she managed her daughter's cancer, Antonietta Moccia said she hopes a European court on Thursday will recognise the Italian government's failures to protect her from toxic waste. ... more
WIND DAILY
New Study Enhances Trust in Wind Power Forecasting with Explainable AI
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 30, 2025
Researchers at EPFL's Wind Engineering and Renewable Energy Laboratory (WiRE) have successfully applied explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) to improve the reliability of wind power forecasts. ... more
AEROSPACE
UK backs third Heathrow runway in growth takeoff bid
London (AFP) Jan 29, 2025
Britain's Labour government on Wednesday backed building a third runway at London's busy Heathrow airport, with finance minister Rachel Reeves saying it would help grow the economy while respecting climate goals. ... more

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INTERNET SPACE
Meta posts big profit, aims to take AI lead
San Francisco (AFP) Jan 29, 2025
Social media giant Meta on Wednesday reported surging profits and revenue for 2024, announcing ambitious plans to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure in the year ahead. ... more
TRADE WARS
Trump commerce pick says favors broad tariffs, vows tough China stance
Washington (AFP) Jan 29, 2025
Donald Trump's commerce secretary nominee told his US Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday he favors "across-the-board" tariffs targeting countries rather than products, while signaling a hawkish China stance. ... more
ROBO SPACE
With China's DeepSeek, US tech fears red threat
San Francisco (AFP) Jan 29, 2025
The emergence of the DeepSeek chatbot has sent Silicon Valley into a frenzy, with calls to go faster on advancing artificial intelligence and beat communist-led China before it is too late. ... more
TRADE WARS
Asian markets diverge in thin trade, with AI impact in focus
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 30, 2025
Asian equities were mixed in another holiday-thinned trading day Thursday, with investors digesting broadly positive tech earnings that came days after the upheaval caused by China's DeepSeek explosion onto the global AI scene. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Microsoft profit rises but cloud business misses mark
San Francisco (AFP) Jan 29, 2025
Microsoft on Wednesday reported profits of $24.1 billion in the recently ended quarter, but shares slid on worries over its vital cloud computing business. ... more
ROBO SPACE
OpenAI says Chinese firms try to copy US AI tech
Washington (AFP) Jan 29, 2025
ChatGPT creator OpenAI on Wednesday said that Chinese companies are actively attempting to replicate its advanced AI models, prompting increased security measures and closer cooperation with US authorities. ... more
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Alibaba launches advanced AI model to rival GPT-4
Beijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2025
Chinese tech and e-commerce giant Alibaba on Wednesday announced the release of Qwen2.5-Max, an advanced artificial intelligence model that the company says outperforms several leading AI systems in key benchmarks. ... more
ENERGY NEWS
Climate activists defend 'future generations', appeal lawyer says
London (AFP) Jan 29, 2025
Sixteen British climate activists jailed for their high-profile protests acted for "future generations" and should have their prison terms reduced, lawyers argued on Wednesday. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
New Technique Tracks Dark Excitons for Future Solar Cells
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 30, 2025
How can modern technologies, like solar cells, be optimized? An international team of researchers, led by the University of Gottingen, is tackling this question using an innovative new technique. Fo ... more
ROBO SPACE
New training approach could help AI agents perform better in uncertain conditions
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 30, 2025
A home robot trained to perform household tasks in a factory may fail to effectively scrub the sink or take out the trash when deployed in a user's kitchen, since this new environment differs from ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Quantum Systems Show Entropy Increase, Aligning with Thermodynamic Laws
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 30, 2025
The second law of thermodynamics, a cornerstone of physics, posits that systems will move toward greater disorder over time. It asserts that entropy, a measure of this disorder, increases in every c ... more
TECH SPACE
Materials Can Remember Sequences of Events in Unexpected Ways
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2025
Materials can often store information about past events in a way akin to how a crumpled piece of paper retains wrinkles. Recently, a team of Penn State physicists uncovered an intriguing phenomenon ... more
ROBO SPACE
DeepSeek shock shows Europe not out of AI race: experts
Paris (AFP) Jan 28, 2025
China-based DeepSeek's artificial intelligence model has shaken the sector by offering high performance apparently at a fraction of the cost of those developed by US giants, with many experts saying the release also hints at opportunity for investment minnow Europe. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Expanding robot perception
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 29, 2025
Robots have come a long way since the Roomba. Today, drones are starting to deliver door to door, self-driving cars are navigating some roads, robo-dogs are aiding first responders, and still more b ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
GE Hitachi selects BWXT to manufacture reactor pressure vessel for BWRX-300
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2025
GE Vernova's nuclear division, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has awarded a contract to BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT) for the manufacturing of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for the first BWRX- ... more
CHIP TECH
DeepSeek's 'Sputnik moment' exposes holes in US chip curbs
Beijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2025
US export controls on high-tech chips may have inadvertently fuelled the success of start-up DeepSeek's AI chatbot, sparking fears in Washington there could be little it can do to stop China in the push for global dominance in AI. ... more
CHIP TECH
Nvidia, US stocks close higher after Chinese AI shock
Washington (AFP) Jan 28, 2025
US stocks and shares in chip-making giant Nvidia on Tuesday clawed back some of their losses following a steep sell-off a day earlier triggered by the sudden success of Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek. ... more
CHIP TECH
Shares in Dutch chip giant ASML soar on bullish orders
The Hague (AFP) Jan 29, 2025
Shares in Dutch tech giant ASML soared Wednesday despite a dip in annual net profit, as investors cheered better-than-expected orders for its cutting-edge chip-making machines. ... more
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Who might buy TikTok in the US?
San Francisco (AFP) Jan 29, 2025
As the clock ticks down on TikTok's 75-day reprieve from divesting from its Chinese owners or being banned in the United States, several contenders are in the running. ... more
TRADE WARS
China manufacturing activity contracts for first time in four months
Beijing (AFP) Jan 27, 2025
China's manufacturing activity shrank in January for the first time in four months, official data showed Monday, as Beijing battles to sustain the recovery in the world's second-largest economy. ... more
CAR TECH
GM reports loss on China hit, projects higher 2025 profits
New York (AFP) Jan 28, 2025
General Motors reported a quarterly loss Tuesday due to costs from restructuring a Chinese venture as the big US automaker forecast higher profits in 2025. ... more
AEROSPACE
UK eyes third Heathrow runway in growth takeoff bid
London (AFP) Jan 29, 2025
Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves is on Wednesday expected to announce controversial plans for a third runway at London's Heathrow airport as the Labour government seeks to kickstart economic growth. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
What to do with aging solar panels?
College Station TX (SPX) Jan 26, 2025
The National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator Program has granted $5 million dollars to Phase 2 of the project "Securing critical material supply chains by enabling phOtovoltaic circuLARit ... more
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