How China's 100,000-card supercluster could simulate a universe
How China’s 100,000-card supercluster could simulate a universe
‘I felt disgusted’: MEP speaks out over nude deepfakes and urges EU action
Lena Schilling of Austrian Greens says images are ‘digital violence against women’ and a threat to democracyAn Austrian MEP has spoken out about her experience of being “stripped naked” online without her consent and has urged the EU to take action, as a report found that one in six female MEPs had been targeted by…
Green power on the water: Riding an electric boat in Ningde
Green power on the water: Riding an electric boat in Ningde
Chinese artists tell Xiongan's story through high-tech theater
Chinese artists tell Xiongan’s story through high-tech theater
No further action against government adviser's wife over Palestine Action post, police say
Sarah Helm, who is married to Jonathan Powell, was responding to a discussion about the author Sally Rooney.
The electric flying car race with Tesla and Alef Aeronautics
Tesla has unveiled a Roadster capable of launching itself into the air. Meanwhile, California startup Alef Aeronautics is developing its own flying car, using a very different technology.
IMF-World Bank meetings on the potential benefits and risks of AI
At the IMF-World Bank meetings in Thailand, policy makers and industry leaders are taking on the challenge of ensuring the technology helps mankind and doesn’t leave behind workers- especially those in developing economies.
Why Britain should reject the lure of cheap – and scary – Chinese AI
In the west the technology comes with at least some effort to provide security and a benign intent – not so from ChinaThere is much to fear from artificial intelligence developed in China and handed to businesses and governments in the west almost free of charge.Every month Chinese AI developers such as DeepSeek and Xiaomi…
Inside the long, bitter fight over one man’s quest to build the biggest AI datacenter in California
A modern-day prospector promised rural Imperial thousands of jobs and millions in tax revenue – but his plan has set off a firestorm of resistanceSebastian Rucci zoomed in on a map in late 2024, looking closely at a large block of brown earth. The barren plot sandwiched between sprawling alfalfa fields and sleepy desert suburbs…
Time's up for the leap second
Time’s up for the leap second
