Last update:

Google 'anti-competitive' over online ad tech: UK

US tech titan Google employs "anti-competitive practices" with regards to online advertising, Britain's competition watchdog concluded Friday in provisional findings of a two-year long investigation.

China's Ant Group launches AI 'life assistant'

The fintech firm backed by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has made a foray into products powered by artificial intelligence after announcing a "life assistant" mobile app.

Dutch match US export curbs on semiconductor machines

The Dutch government announced Friday broader restrictions on exports of semiconductor-making machines produced by sector heavyweight ASML, aligning itself with US curbs on technology at the center of trade tensions with ...

Algorithm sharpens facial features for better emotion detection

New research introduces a method to improve the accuracy and speed of dynamic emotion recognition using a convolutional neural network (CNN) to analyze faces. The work undertaken by Lanbo Xu of Northeastern University in ...

Brazilians flock to Bluesky and Threads after X suspension

Millions of Brazilians, including the president, have flocked to social media platforms such as Threads or Bluesky, where Portuguese has become the most spoken language in the few days since Elon Musk's X was shut down in ...

More news

Engineering
NASA tunnel generates decades of icy aircraft safety data
Automotive
Car-following model based on reinforcement learning could cut fuel consumption
Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers develop light-charged supercapacitor for self-powered devices
Electronics & Semiconductors
Graphene-based wearable strain sensor can detect and broadcast silently mouthed words
Electronics & Semiconductors
Scientists combine nanotech and deep learning to build ultra-small e-nose system for real-time gas identification
Robotics
Will humans accept robots that can lie? Scientists find it depends on the lie
Automotive
BMW eyes hydrogen-powered rollout in 2028, with Toyota help
Computer Sciences
New neural framework enhances reconstruction of high-resolution images
Energy & Green Tech
New French nuclear reactor enters automatic shutdown
Business
The danger of AI is that it's so good, you simply can't resist, says expert
Energy & Green Tech
Meta-analysis paves the way for safer batteries with reduced fire and toxicity risks
Business
Verizon is buying Frontier in $20B deal to strengthen its fiber network
Engineering
Researchers develop hybrid laser technique to address copper oxidation issue
Engineering
New shirt offers better protection for wildland firefighters
Telecom
Developing GaN transistors and high-power amplifiers for millimeter wave satellite communications
Internet
Meta has a new plan to keep kids safe online, but it's a missed opportunity for tech giants to work together
Business
Netflix wants to shrink your favorite TV show's carbon footprint
Internet
Like Brazil, the European Union also has an X problem
Automotive
UK meets bridge milestone on new high-speed rail track
Energy & Green Tech
Utilities rely on dirty 'peaker' plants when power demand surges, but there are alternatives

Other news

Astronomy
Massive merger: Study reveals evidence for origin of supermassive black hole at galaxy's center
Quantum Physics
New quantum error correction method uses 'many-hypercube codes' while exhibiting beautiful geometry
Evolution
Neolithic bones reveal isolated Yersinia pestis infections, not pandemics
Biotechnology
Solving the side effect problem of siRNA drugs for genetic disease treatment
Planetary Sciences
Nearby super-Earth has a sulfur-rich atmosphere, Webb observations suggest
Condensed Matter
Researchers advance new class of quantum critical metal that could advance electronic devices
Soft Matter
Discovery of a new convective instability in complex fluids, 140 years after Lord Rayleigh
Plants & Animals
Protecting just 0.7% of world's land could help save a third of unique and endangered species
Molecular & Computational biology
Crystallized alternative DNA structure sheds light on insulin and diabetes
Ecology
Researchers propose mechanistic framework to explain complex microbe-host symbioses
Astronomy
Deep imaging techniques reveal that galaxies are much much bigger than previously thought
Bio & Medicine
Low-cost nanomaterial technology can detect cancer genes with ultra-high sensitivity
Environment
Hottest summer on record could lead to the warmest year ever measured
Cell & Microbiology
Scientists uncover mechanism preserving centromere during cell division
Astronomy
AI helps distinguish dark matter from cosmic noise
Environment
A chemical cocktail of micropollutants amplified effect of algal toxins in 2022 mass fish mortality event: Study
Plants & Animals
Plant thermogenesis has played key role in attracting pollinating insects for at least 200 million years, study suggests
Paleontology & Fossils
Mysterious 50-million-year-old fish to get a new genus
Plants & Animals
Hijacking the command center of the cell: Nuclear parasites in deep-sea mussels
Earth Sciences
Study suggests US droughts, rainy extremes are becoming more severe

Microsoft seals carbon capture deal with Occidental

Tech giant Microsoft on Tuesday inked a record carbon capture agreement with Occidental Petroleum subsidiary 1PointFive, as major technology companies grapple with the growing carbon footprint of artificial intelligence.