The weather and climate science AI revolution isn’t revolutionary
It feels like there’s no escaping AI right now, whether you’re trying to type a sentence without being interrupted by a digital “assistant” or struggling
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The Iran War is Forcing Energy-Importing Countries to Turn Inward
The Iran war is pushing countries to prioritize domestic energy in order to protect themselves from volatile oil and natural gas markets.
Safety officials finally have a good idea of what a big rocket explosion can do
Last week’s explosion of a New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida, was clearly a setback for Blue Origin and NASA, but it was a
B.F.I. Preserves ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ and More Videos in Archive of Viral Moments
The British Film Institute assembled more than 400 videos in an archive of culturally significant internet moments. See what made the cut.
Britain’s Cosine rallies BT, HSBC, and BAE to build a “sovereign” AI model and cut its reliance on US tech
Britain’s banks, telecoms, and weapons-makers have a new shared anxiety: that the AI they increasingly run on is built, owned, and controlled in the United
The US wants NATO allies to spend their new defence budgets ripping out Huawei
The US has found a new use for Europe’s swelling defence budgets: tearing out Huawei. Whether its allies are listening is another matter. The State
EU’s cloud sovereignty push leaves room for US hyperscalers
The European Commission published its tech sovereignty package last week, including the clearest signal yet of its intention to strengthen European cloud sovereignty and reduce
PhysicsX hits $2.4bn valuation as Temasek leads $300m round for the AI startup that cuts simulation times from days to seconds
London-based PhysicsX has raised $300 million in a Series C round led by Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek, more than doubling its valuation to $2.4
The lawsuits that could give AI its Big Tobacco moment are already here
In the 1990s, almost every US state sued the tobacco industry. The resulting settlements cost hundreds of billions of dollars and transformed how cigarettes were
Apple Expected to Detail Its A.I. Plans at Conference
For the second time, the company is expected to explain its artificial intelligence plans. Unlike some rivals, it is not reorganizing around the technology.
Two New Studies Ask: Did the iPhone Cause Birthrates to Decline?
Modern smartphones rolled out in 2007, the year that fertility rates began falling. Two studies say that is not a coincidence.
Not the next R8? Audi reveals mid-engined plug-in hybrid V8 Nuvolari.
A couple of weeks ago, we learned from Audi CEO Gernot Döllner that the automaker was likely working on a replacement for its R8 supercar.
Rocket Report: Blue Origin explosion still making headlines; Impulse raises money
Welcome to Edition 8.44 of the Rocket Report! The news this week is decidedly weighted in favor of heavy-lift rockets, largely due to the fallout
The Single Biggest Reason Why ProtonMail is Killing My Productivity
I use ProtonMail for all official communication related to It’s FOSS. Around 2020, I took their Visionary plan and switched from Google Workspace for the