AI disqualification yields new Nikon Small World in Motion winner
Credit: Nguyen Nam Nhat. Last month we covered the winner of Nikon’s Small World in Motion video: Ning Xu of Tsinghua University in China, whose
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BentoPDF Handles PDFs Locally, So You Don’t Have to Upload Them to Websites
There are plenty of online PDF tools that let you edit documents without installing anything on your computer. You just open a website, upload your
Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President
NASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations
NASA on Friday released a much-anticipated “request” to the US commercial space industry to develop private space stations that, as early as 2030, will succeed
What’s been driving Hawaii’s lava fountains?
In most cases, hotspot-driven volcanism is relatively sedate, with lava flowing down mountainsides slowly enough that people can walk out of its way. But in
Salesforce renames AIForce to SIForce as Trump’s AI rebrand spreads
Salesforce is renaming its AIForce agent platform to SIForce, chief executive Marc Benioff said on Friday, as Katherine Li reported for Business Insider. “The era
Cirrus Logic made rival bid for Synaptics, Bloomberg reports
Chipmaker Cirrus Logic made a surprise offer for Synaptics last month, trying to break up its agreed sale to Onsemi, Liana Baker and Yiqin Shen
Turkey’s social media ban for under-15s starts on 1 November
Turkey will bar social media platforms from serving children under 15 from 1 November, under rules published in the country’s Official Gazette, Inci Ozbek reported
Trump’s AI liability push leaves rogue-agent blame unclear, Bloomberg says
The Trump administration is betting that the threat of lawsuits will keep AI companies honest. But it is far from clear who would pay when
UK can’t rely on AI that could be switched off, Turing chief tells Guardian
The UK must not depend on foreign AI that could be cut off at short notice, the new head of the Alan Turing Institute has
EIF’s incoming chief says Europe’s Tech Champions funds hold 15 unicorns
Europe must give its startups the capital to grow without leaving the continent, Jean-Christophe Laloux said. The incoming chief executive of the European Investment Fund
One with the world? A new look at brains transformed by psychedelics.
For about a decade, the mainstream understanding has been that psychedelics cause chaos in the brain. Brain networks—the stable patterns of communication that handle vision
A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 “obsolete” Mac Minis
The Museo de Historia de la Computación in Spain has unveiled a 1:1 scale visual replica of the famous Cray-1 supercomputer from 1976. Instead of
Vittorio Colao defends copyright rules and the DSA in Europe’s AI debate
Regulation is holding back AI in Europe, but not every rule in the same way, Vittorio Colao said. The former Vodafone chief executive, now vice