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OpenAI's Fidji Simo says AI investment frenzy 'new normal,' not bubbleSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Oct 7, 2025 The dizzying investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure do not constitute a bubble but rather represent today's "new normal" to meet skyrocketing user demand, Fidji Simo, OpenAI's de facto number two, said on Monday. ... more  
Tokyo stocks hit new record as markets extend global rallyHong Kong (AFP) Oct 7, 2025 Japanese stocks eked out another record Tuesday following the weekend election of a pro-stimulus advocate to lead the country's ruling party, while gold also hit a new high amid the US government shutdown and French political upheaval. ... more  
EU should scrap ban on new combustion-engine sales: MerzBerlin (AFP) Oct 6, 2025 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday he wants the EU to scrap its planned 2035 deadline for ending new combustion-engine vehicle sales as his country looks for ways to help its ailing car industry. ... more  
Solar power leads the global energy transition as costs plunge to record lowsLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 07, 2025 Solar energy has become the world's most affordable power source, with costs in the sunniest regions now as low as Pounds 0.02 per kilowatt-hour - cheaper than electricity from coal, gas or wind, a ... more |
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Canadian PM to visit White House to talk tariffsMontreal/Washington (AFP) Oct 7, 2025 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is slated to visit Washington again Tuesday in hopes of convincing President Donald Trump to ease US tariffs that are negatively impacting Canada's economy. ... more  
Novel technique reveals true behavior of next-generation MXenesParis, France (SPX) Oct 07, 2025 Researchers have, for the first time, measured the intrinsic properties of individual MXene flakes - an emerging nanomaterial with promise for energy storage, electronics, and clean technologies - u ... more 
Extending the lifecycle of solar panels through national certification and reuseSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 07, 2025 Australia's world-leading adoption of rooftop solar energy has a hidden challenge: millions of aging photovoltaic (PV) panels heading for landfill. Researchers at the University of South Australia ( ... more  
Light-speed analog computing could redefine processing powerSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 07, 2025 Scientists have unveiled a programmable electronic circuit that performs complex parallel processing using high-frequency electromagnetic waves, achieving analog computations at light-speed. The bre ... more |
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Molecular coating cleans up noisy quantum lightEvanston, IL (SPX) Oct 07, 2025 Quantum technologies demand perfection: one photon at a time, every time, all with the same energy. Even tiny deviations in the number or energy of photons can derail devices, threatening the perfor ... more |
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OpenAI unveils ChatGPT app integration featureSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Oct 6, 2025 OpenAI on Monday unveiled a new feature for ChatGPT, the leading generative AI model with 800 million weekly users, enabling it to interact with everyday apps like Spotify and Booking.com. ... more  
Vast reserves, but little to drink: Tajikistan's water strugglesKolkhozobod, Tajikistan (AFP) Oct 6, 2025 To quench his thirst, Tajik labourer Nematoullo Bassirov must take a risk - drawing water from the stream running through his yard and hoping he won't fall sick. ... more 
Ethiopia hits back at 'false' Egyptian claims over mega-damAddis Ababa (AFP) Oct 4, 2025 Ethiopia on Saturday hit back at Egypt's "false" claim that it had triggered floods in Sudan by opening the gates of its Nile mega-dam, a regional bone of contention. ... more  
US farmers hit by trade war to get 'substantial' aid: Treasury chiefWashington (AFP) Oct 2, 2025 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled Thursday that "substantial support" for farmers would be announced next week, particularly for those growing soybeans, as they struggle with fallout from President Donald Trump's trade conflicts. ... more |
Responding to the climate impact of generative AIBoston MA (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 In part 2 of our two-part series on generative artificial intelligence's environmental impacts, MIT News explores some of the ways experts are working to reduce the technology's carbon footprint. ... more  |
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Breakthrough in UAV swarm intelligence as SRI redefines topology mappingTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 Unmanned swarm systems are revolutionizing fields from disaster relief to military reconnaissance, yet two obstacles have long hindered their reliability: precise trajectory prediction and transpare ... more  
Solar driven process extracts hydrogen fuel directly from air moistureTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 A research team led by Prof. Yin Huajie at the Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has unveiled a solar-driven device that generates green hydrogen directly from atmosp ... more  
NATO drone competition highlightes use of autonomous technology in disaster reliefHuntsville AL (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 This summer, The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, hosted the SAPIENCE Drone Competition, an international Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) event s ... more  
Two newly launched NASA missions will help scientists understand the influence of the SunBoulder CO (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Even at a distance of 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) away, activity on the Sun can have adverse effects on technological systems on Earth. Solar flares - intense bursts of energy in the S ... more |
NRL robotic servicing payload passes thermal vacuum testing and moves closer to launchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2025 The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), working with DARPA and Northrop Grumman's SpaceLogistics, has cleared a major space-readiness hurdle for satellite servicing. On Sept. 5, the team completed ... more  
China sends 11th group of internet satellites into orbit for global constellationTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 China has placed another set of internet satellites into orbit, advancing its plans for a global low-Earth orbit communications network. The mission contractor, China Aerospace Science and Technolog ... more  
NASA ISRO radar satellite beams first Earth images from spaceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 29, 2025 Preliminary radar images from the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission reveal the extraordinary capabilities of the most advanced Earth-observing radar satellite ever launched. The spa ... more
NRL coronagraph on NOAA SWFO L1 will enhance space weather forecastsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Compact Coronagraph-2 launched at 7:30 a.m. EDT on September 24 as the primary instrument on NOAA's Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 observatory from NASA's Ke ... more |
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Quantum states rewrite the limits of heat-to-power conversionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 Harnessing quantum states that resist thermalization, scientists in Japan have discovered a way to break through conventional thermodynamic efficiency barriers such as the Carnot limit. The study, l ... more 
Solar fuel breakthrough may unlock cheaper green energyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Researchers at Lund University have taken a major step toward solving one of the biggest obstacles in developing efficient solar fuels. Their work shows how inexpensive iron-based systems could be u ... more  
Space: Framatome and ENEA sign MoU to explore advanced technological solutions for designing lunar nuclear fission reactorsParis, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Framatome and ENEA, Italy's Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development, have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly explore advanced technologies for lunar surface nucl ... more
Tokyo stocks soar on Takaichi win, Paris sinks as French PM resignsHong Kong (AFP) Oct 6, 2025 Tokyo stocks surged almost five percent to a record high Monday and the yen sank on bets that the new leader of Japan's ruling party will embark on a new era of loose monetary policy to kickstart the country's economy. ... more |
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OpenAI offers more copyright control for Sora 2 videosTokyo (AFP) Oct 6, 2025 When OpenAI released its new video generation model Sora 2 last week, users delighted in creating hyper-realistic clips inspired by real cartoons and video games, from South Park to Pokemon. ... more |
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China's chip challenge: the race to match US techBeijing (AFP) Oct 6, 2025 China's push to develop top-end artificial intelligence microchips is gaining momentum, but analysts say it will struggle to match the technical might of US powerhouse Nvidia within the current decade. ... more 
Competition heats up to challenge Nvidia's AI chip dominanceNew York (AFP) Oct 6, 2025 The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has whetted the appetites of Nvidia's competitors, who are seeking to close the gap on the chip giant, which has so far been the central playmaker in the AI revolution. ... more
What Trump's Qatar security pledge means for MideastDoha (AFP) Oct 3, 2025 US President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week vowing to defend Qatar against attacks, following Israeli air strikes targeting Hamas leaders in Doha. ... more
China trials 'energy-saving' underwater data centresNantong, China (AFP) Oct 3, 2025 Power-hungry data centres run hot, so one Chinese company is planning to submerge a pod of servers in the sea off Shanghai with hopes of solving computing's energy woes. ... more |
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