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In Data Center Alley, AI sows building boom, doubtsAshburn, United States (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 As planes make their final approach to Washington DC's Dulles Airport, just below lies Ashburn, a town otherwise known as Data Center Alley - where an estimated 70 percent of all global internet traffic at any moment finds its way. ... more 
Rare earths hopes in Greenland's nascent mining industryCopenhagen (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 As Europe seeks to break its dependence on China's rare earths, a Canadian firm operating in Greenland is looking at mining the key smartphone and electric-vehicle ingredients there, its chief executive told AFP. ... more  
Quantum fuzzy spacetime may reshape gravity theoryBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 A team at TU Wien has developed a new way to connect quantum theory with general relativity by quantizing the spacetime metric and analyzing how this affects the paths that particles follow under gr ... more 
Life, Culture and AI: Why 'plagiarism' Is Our Default Operating SystemGerroa, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 As AI models are accused of stealing the world's creativity, a deeper view emerges: life, culture - and now machines - all run on ceaseless pattern-copying, much like an extreme, accelerated form of reading. The real novelty is that humans invented the idea of "Plagiarism" with a capital P. ... more |
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EU moves to break dependence on China for rare earthsBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 The EU on Wednesday presented a multi-billion-euro plan to help curb the 27-nation bloc's dependence on China for rare earths, as Beijing's stranglehold on the critical materials threatens key industries. ... more  
Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder Set for Launch Following Final Testing PhaseLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2025 Spire Global, Inc. has completed environmental testing, calibration, and flight qualification for its Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HyMS) payload, which is now integrated into a Spire 16U satelli ... more  
NASA refines aircraft icing safety modeling with GlennICE softwareLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Researchers at NASAs Glenn Research Center in Cleveland used the Glenn Icing Computational Environment (GlennICE) software to create three dimensional computational models of an advanced air mobilit ... more  
Elephants adapt to drones for conservation in KenyaLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 Researchers from Save the Elephants and the University of Oxford report that African elephants can learn to ignore drones flown under controlled conditions, opening a new way to observe their behavi ... more |
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Exploring Easter Island Quarry Now Possible with Detailed 3D ModelLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 A team of researchers has produced a high-resolution 3D model of Rano Raraku, the primary quarry on Easter Island, making the ancient site and its nearly 1,000 moai statues accessible for remote stu ... more |
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Keep energy infrastructure out of war, Turkey warns Moscow, KyivIstanbul (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 Turkey warned Russia and Ukraine against targeting energy infrastructure following several Black Sea drone attacks claimed by Kyiv on Russia-linked tankers, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said. ... more  
Niger says putting its uranium on international marketNiamey, Niger (AFP) Nov 30, 2025 Niger's military regime on Sunday announced it was putting uranium produced by Somair - a subsidiary of French giant Orana before the regime nationalised it in June - on the international market. ... more  
Amazon unveils new AI chip in battle against NvidiaSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 Amazon Web Services launched its in-house-built Trainium3 AI chip on Tuesday, marking a significant push to compete with Nvidia in the lucrative market for artificial intelligence computing power. ... more  
Apple AI chief leaving as iPhone maker plays catch-up; Samsung unveils first 'special edition' triple-folding phoneSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 Apple on Monday said the head of its artificial intelligence team is stepping down, and the effort is to be led by a veteran engineer from Google and Microsoft. ... more |
Selfie-based age checks boom as govts push for online controlsLondon (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 As governments crack down on online platforms from social networks to porn sites, business is booming for one sector offering AI age checks based on selfies. ... more  |
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Trump scraps Biden's fuel-economy standards, sparking climate outcryWashington, United States (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 President Donald Trump announced Wednesday a reset of Joe Biden's fuel-economy standards, arguing it will lower US car prices - but critics warned it would worsen climate change and leave drivers paying more at the pump. ... more  
German president gets royal treatment on UK state visitWindsor, United Kingdom (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 Britain's King Charles III treated German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to a sumptuous banquet Wednesday, as the pair hailed the countries' deep ties during the first UK state visit by a German head of state in decades. ... more 
Macron urges China to push for peace, rebalance tradeBeijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 French President Emmanuel Macron appealed to Xi Jinping to help end the war in Ukraine and to tackle trade deficits as the two leaders met in Beijing on Thursday. ... more 
Markets mixed as traders struggle to hold Fed cut rallyHong Kong (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 Asian and European markets were mixed Thursday after the latest batch of US data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates for a third successive time next week. ... more |
Meta shares jump on report company slashing VR spendingNew York (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 Shares in Meta rose sharply on Thursday following a report that the Facebook parent company is significantly cutting back on virtual reality investments as it pivots toward artificial intelligence. ... more  
South Africa's informal miners fight for their future in coal's twilightErmelo, 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 
Chinese smart glasses firms eye overseas conquestHangzhou, 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  
Fighting intensifies in oil-rich southern SudanPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 Fighting intensified in southern Sudan's North Kordofan region on Tuesday as residents in the capital El-Obeid told AFP a paramilitary drone had exploded near an army division headquarters. ... more |
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Iran Guards warn US vessels during drill in GulfTehran (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps on Thursday kicked off naval wargames in the Gulf, issuing warnings to US warships in the area, more than five months after the 12-day war with Israel that briefly drew in American forces. ... more 
Iraq invites US companies to bid on oil field run by Russia's LukoilBaghdad (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 Iraq's oil ministry announced on Monday that it had invited US companies to bid on an oil field which had been operated by the now American-sanctioned Russian company Lukoil for years. ... more 
Trump confirms call with Maduro, Caracas slams US maneuversCaracas (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 US President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday he had recently spoken with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro amid soaring tensions between the two countries, while Caracas slammed what it called US preparations for an attack. ... more 
Norway to examine scenarios for post-oil economyOslo (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 Norway said Wednesday it will set up a commission to study potential scenarios for the country's post-oil economy, a commitment the Greens Party secured in exchange for backing the government's 2026 budget bill. ... more |
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Tin perovskite study points to more stable lead free solar cellsBerlin, 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 |
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Tree branches to fleece jackets: Chemicals plant in Germany bets on biomassLeuna, 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  
KATRIN experiment rules out favored light sterile neutrino regionBerlin, 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 
Policies to expand US grid weigh cost reliability and emissionsBoston 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 
Framatome to modernize digital controls at Columbia Generating StationRichland WA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Framatome has secured a contract to replace several digital control systems at Energy Northwests Columbia Generating Station in Washington state. The project covers system design, engineering, manuf ... more |
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