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Online platforms offer filtering to fight AI slop; EU lawmakers want AI to pay for using copyrighted workNew York (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 As "AI slop" floods the internet, efforts are mounting to stem an online deluge of shoddy images and videos made using increasingly advanced tech tools. ... more  
Electron ordering mapped in quantum material with cryogenic 4D-STEMTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 20, 2026 Electronic order in quantum materials often arises through intricate, non-uniform patterns that shift across space. A well-known example is the charge density wave (CDW), an ordered electronic state ... more  
Gold supraballs boost broadband solar absorptionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 Sunlight carries a wide range of wavelengths, but many solar harvesting technologies only tap a portion of that spectrum, limiting their efficiency. Researchers have now shown that tiny self-assembl ... more  
Nvidia boss hopeful of China allowing chip salesTaipei (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang expressed optimism Thursday that Beijing will permit the sale to Chinese buyers of a powerful AI chip model made by the US tech giant. ... more |
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Starmer, Xi stress need for stronger UK-China ties to face global headwindsBeijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chinese leader Xi Jinping stressed the need for closer relations between their countries in order to face geopolitical headwinds, as the two met in Beijing on Thursday. ... more 
Hongkongers snap up silver as gold becomes 'too expensive'Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 Hong Kong residents hoping to cash in on a precious metals rally are buying up bars of silver as an alternative to gold that they say has become "too expensive" after reaching record highs. ... more 
Samsung logs best-ever profit on AI chip demandSeoul (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics posted record quarterly profits Thursday, riding massive market demand for the memory chips that power artificial intelligence. ... more  
Amazon to cut 16,000 jobs worldwideNew York (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 US online retail and cloud computing giant Amazon said Wednesday it will cut 16,000 jobs worldwide as the company tries to streamline amid its major push into AI. ... more |
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UK proposes to let websites refuse Google AI searchLondon (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 Britain's competition watchdog proposed Wednesday that websites be allowed to opt out of having content used by Google's "AI Overviews" feature as it tackles the technology giant's dominance in online search. ... more |
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China added record wind and solar power in 2025, data showsBeijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 China added record amounts of wind and solar power capacity in 2025, while polluting coal and gas power also surged, according to data released on Wednesday by its National Energy Administration. ... more 
Dutch tech giant ASML posts bumper profits, eyes bright AI futureThe Hague (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 Dutch tech giant ASML, which sells cutting-edge machines to make semiconductor chips, reported a significant gain in annual net profit Wednesday and predicted a bright future driven by demand for artificial intelligence. ... more  
'Hard to survive': Kyiv's elderly shiver after Russian attacks on power and heatKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 Shivering in her flat after Russian strikes knocked out the heating, 91-year-old Lidia Teleschuk said she couldn't remember a winter this harsh since World War II. ... more 
Will the EU ban social media for children in 2026?Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 As France moves one step closer to banning social media for children, the European Union is seriously considering whether it's time for the bloc to follow suit. ... more |
 
Vladimir Padrino: Venezuela's military power brokerCaracas (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 Vladimir Padrino, the man who wields absolute control over Venezuela's powerful military, became a soldier entirely by chance. ... more
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US to conduct multi-day military exercise in Middle EastWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 The United States on Tuesday announced a major multi-day Air Force exercise in the Middle East, as Washington and Tehran face off over Iran's deadly crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. ... more  
EU to show Google how to open up to rival AI services; Microsoft shares slide as AI spending surgesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 Google must provide rival AI services equal access to its features and other search engine platforms access to data, the EU said on Tuesday, as it said it would help the giant over six months to comply with rules. ... more 
Saudi's Humain secures $1.2 bn to expand AI, digital infrastructureRiyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 Saudi Arabia's Humain artificial intelligence company has secured up to $1.2 billion in financing to expand digital infrastructure, a statement said, as the kingdom bolsters its investment in AI. ... more 
Snapchat settles to avoid social media addiction trialSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 Snapchat on Wednesday confirmed it made a deal to avoid a US civil trial accusing it, along with Meta, TikTok, and YouTube, of addicting young people to social media. ... more |
 
Elon Musk hints at buying Ryanair amid Starlink spatDublin (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 US tech boss Elon Musk has polled followers on his social network X about buying Ryanair, stoking a clash with the airline's boss Michael O'Leary over using the Starlink system onboard to use the internet. ... more 
Quantum collapse models point to subtle limits in timekeeping accuracyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 Quantum mechanics describes a microscopic world in which particles exist in a superposition of states, being in multiple places and configurations at once, encoded in a mathematical object called a ... more 
It started with a cat: How 100 years of quantum weirdness powers today's techCollege Station, TX (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A hundred years ago, quantum mechanics was a radical theory that baffled even the brightest minds. Today, it's the backbone of technologies that shape our lives, from lasers and microchips to quantu ... more 
Primordial magnetism offers fresh angle on the Hubble constant puzzleLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A Simon Fraser University cosmologist reports that new theoretical work on primordial magnetic fields could move researchers closer to resolving the longstanding Hubble tension, the mismatch in meas ... more |
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China Sky Eye tracks binary-triggered fast radio burst activityTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 An international team of astronomers has obtained the first decisive evidence that at least some fast radio bursts originate in binary stellar systems rather than from isolated objects. The work cen ... more 
Plastics everywhere, and the myth that made it possibleWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 If there's one material that defines modern life more than any other, it's plastic: present from the moment we're born in newborn stool, in product packaging, in the soil beneath our feet and the air we breathe. ... more 
Pope warns against risks of AI algorithms; Musk makes Davos debut with promise of robots for allVatican City (AFP) Jan 24, 2026 Pope Leo XIV on Saturday stressed the risks of generative artificial intelligence, how it could usurp human identities and relationships, influence public opinion and deepen social polarisation ... more 
China starts large scale production of T1000 carbon fiberTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 In North China's Shanxi province, a region long known for coal production, researchers and engineers are now converting the once primarily fuel-oriented resource into high performance carbon fiber f ... more |
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US to slap full tariffs on Canada if it seals China trade deal: Treasury secretaryWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 25, 2026 The United States will impose 100-percent tariffs on Canadian imports should Ottawa finalize a new trade deal with China, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, amplifying a similar threat from President Donald Trump a day earlier. ... more |
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India's solar-panel boom: full throttle today, uncertain tomorrowMundra, India (AFP) Jan 25, 2026 The race for green energy is on. India, driven by soaring electricity demand and a push to reduce reliance on China, is rapidly producing solar panels, fuelling a booming yet uncertain market. ... more  
Keck backed team advances first graviton detector conceptLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 Modern physics faces a deep inconsistency between quantum theory, which explains nature using discrete particles and interactions, and general relativity, which describes gravity as a smooth curvatu ... more  
Sentinel 2A trials reveal unexpected night sensing capabilityParis, France (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 After more than 10 years in orbit, the first Copernicus Sentinel 2 satellite, Sentinel 2A, is still finding new ways to contribute to Earth observation as engineers push the mission beyond its origi ... more  
Denmark mulls small nuclear reactors, lifting of 1985 nuke banCopenhagen (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 Denmark is considering building small modular nuclear reactors to meet its energy needs, the climate and energy ministry said Thursday, which would bring an end to its 1985 ban on nuclear power. ... more |
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