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AI ‘Ghosts’ Could Be a Threat to Mental Health, Expert Warns

Loss and grief touch everyone's lives. But what if saying goodbye wasn't the end? Imagine being able to virtually bring back loved ones, have conversations with them, and know how they're doing—wherever they may be. For many, the idea of...

World’s Largest Computer Chip Can Power Supercomputer 8 Times Faster

Researchers have developed the largest computer chip ever made. It's packed with 4 trillion tiny switches called transistors. The creators of this chip say it's destined to run an incredibly strong artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer in the future. The new...

US House Passes Bill Potentially Banning TikTok Nationwide

In a landslide vote a bill has been passed by the US House of Representatives which gives ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, 165 days to divest from the social media platform before it is legally barred from app stores...

Elon Musk Makes Grok AI Open Source Amid Ongoing OpenAI Lawsuit

On Monday, Elon Musk announced his company xAI will make its chatbot Grok available as open-source software. This means that the code behind Grok will be freely accessible to everyone. The decision to open-source Grok comes after Musk filed a...

How Sweeping Changes by Tech Giants Affect Users in the EU

Starting now, six of the world’s biggest tech companies must fully comply with the Digital Markets Act, a sweeping set of EU rules designed to prevent them from stifling competition in the digital market. Apple, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Meta...

Spain-Morocco Massive Underwater Tunnel Project Resurfaces

Hopes for high-speed rail underwater tunnels between Spain and Morocco have been renewed as the Spanish foreign minister visited the North African country this week to discuss the infrastructure project and how it can be progressed. The 17.2-mile underwater tunnels...

US Sanctions Greece-Based Intellexa, Creator of Predator Spyware

The US Treasury Department has announced a sanctions package against Intellexa, a spyware vendor and a network of European firms, including those in Greece. This network is responsible for the sale of a widely used mobile surveillance software known...

Deepfake AI Porn Video Cases Surging in Greece

Cases of deepfake porn videos, created using online artificial intelligence (AI) tools, are surging in Greece with attackers turning photos and videos posted to social media into explicit albeit fake content. Hundreds of the victims of these cyber attacks are...

‘Floating’ Hyperloop Train Hits a Record-Breaking Speed of 387MPH

For more than 100 years, people have been using airplanes to make their trips within a country much quicker. But what if you could board a train that could take you to your destination even faster than a regular...

Elon Musk Sues OpenAI for ‘Betraying’ Non-profit Mission

Elon Musk has sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI saying they had abandoned the company's original mission to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity rather than profit. Musk, a co-founder and early backer of OpenAI, claims its co-founders Sam Altman and...

Google Parent Company, Alphabet, Loses $90B Amid AI Controversy

Alphabet, Google's parent company, lost around ninety billion dollars in market value this week as the controversy surrounding the Silicon Valley company's generative artificial intelligence (AI) product reached Wall Street. Shares of Alphabet fell 4.5 percent to 138.75 dollars yesterday...

Dubai’s Upcoming Ziggurat Pyramid Will House One Million People

Dubai is set to add another mega-structure to its already-famous skyline—the Ziggurat Pyramid, which, when completed, will stand at 1,200 meters tall, cover an area of approximately 0.88 square miles (circa 2.3 square kilometers), and house one million people. The...

Tesla’s Optimus Robot Takes Stroll Around Lab in New Video

Tesla has shared a new clip of the Optimus robot, showing off how smoothly the humanoid bot can walk around. The 80-second video, which has already been viewed more than two million times in less than 24 hours, was captioned:...

World’s First PC Rediscovered by Accident in UK House Clearance

House clearers in the UK made a rediscovery of two Q1 microcomputers, believed to be the world's first single-microchip PCs. This finding adds to the world's count of surviving units, now totaling three. Brendan O'Shea, the founder of Just Clear,...

Summit of Experts in Athens to Delve Into Generative AI

A generative AI summit will be held in Athens, Greece between February 29th and March 2nd with the participation of dozens of experts from around the world. The summit, which will be held at Eugenides Foundation, will delve into AI’s...