Science
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Taiwan says Chinese pressure over the island is the ‘new normal’
Attempts by China to exert pressure or influence on other countries to limit Taiwan’s access to international events has become…
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xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims
A former engineer at Elon Musk’s xAI has filed suit against the company and its parent SpaceX claiming he was…
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Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world
Prometheus, the physical AI startup co-founded by Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj, the former co-founder of Verily, Google’s life sciences…
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Socioeconomic factors are becoming ‘biologically embedded’ in children’s brains
The most powerful factors affecting a child’s brain development involve socioeconomic opportunities, according to a study in the journal Science.…
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SpaceX blasts off with a record-breaking $75 billion IPO
Elon Musk’s mega-conglomerate SpaceX made history on Thursday, raising $75 billion in the biggest initial public offering on record. In…
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Waymo bought Apple’s self-driving car proving ground for $220M
Waymo has acquired a massive 5,500-acre proving ground in Arizona owned by Route 14 Investment Partners LLC, a Delaware shell…
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Apple’s long-awaited AI Siri overhaul is finally here
Two years after promising but failing to launch a smarter Siri, Apple unveiled its overhauled AI-powered assistant at its Worldwide…
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OpenAI files confidentially for IPO, following Anthropic
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, the company announced Monday in a blog post. The filing…
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Ebola cases rise in Congo, as government revives travel restrictions
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed 27 new Ebola cases,…
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Uber to put 500 data-collection vehicles on the road this year
Uber revealed on Wednesday a prototype car that it plans to use to scoop up real-world driving data for its…
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