IBM claims ‘real world’ edge in quantum computing race
San Francisco, United States -- Technology veteran IBM on Tuesday laid out a plan to have a "practical" quantum computer...
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AI companions present risks for young users, US watchdog warns
New York, United States -- AI companions powered by generative artificial intelligence present real risks and should be banned for...
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NASA SpaceX Crew-5 returns to Earth after 5-month mission
Crew-5, which launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral in early October 2022, was the fifth mission in space for Wakata and...
- The SpaceX "Endurance" capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico shortly after 9:00 PM (0200 GMT) off the west coast of Florida
- Before leaving the ISS, Crew-5 were met by the successor Crew-6 mission members, who launched March 1 from Cape Canaveral
NASA to reveal names of 4 astronauts who will fly around Moon in 2024
NASA administrator Bill Nelson said the crew members of the mission known as Artemis 2 would be revealed on April...
- The ambitious program aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo missions ended in 1972
- NASA hopes to establish a lasting human presence on the lunar surface and later launch a years-long trip to Mars
NASA to launch a crewed mission around Moon in Nov 2024
NASA is to reveal the members of the Artemis 2 crew later this year. All that is known so far...
- NASA officials provided an update on the Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo missions in 1972
- The first Artemis mission wrapped up in December with an uncrewed Orion capsule returning safely to Earth after a more than 25-day journey around the Moon
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After 15 years of talks, UN states agree on deal to protect high seas
The deal described by many as historic is seen as key to conserving 30 percent of the world's land and...
- Greenpeace's Laura Meller called it a historic day for conservation and a sign that in a divided world, protecting nature and people can triumph over geopolitics
- The treaty will also oblige countries to conduct environmental impact assessments of proposed activities on the high seas
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UAE Space mission: Sultan Alneyadi docks at space station
The crew consists of Alneyadi, NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.
- The crew consists of Alneyadi, NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev
- The Crew-6 mission is the sixth commercial crew rotation mission with SpaceX aboard the International Space Station
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Covid-19 ‘most likely’ caused by incident in Wuhan lab: FBI head
Washington, United States--FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday his agency believes the Covid-19 pandemic was "most likely" caused by an incident...
- The comments come after a report earlier this week said the US Department of Energy said that a leak from a Chinese lab was the most likely cause of the Covid-19 outbreak
- FBI head also accused the Chinese government of trying to stall US efforts to investigate the causes of the pandemic
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SpaceX Dragon to carry two NASA astronauts to ISS, one of them Emirati
The SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission is set to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:45 am...
- NASA's Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, Russia's Andrey Fedyaev and Sultan al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates are to spend six months on the orbiting space station
- Neyadi, 41, will be the fourth astronaut from an Arab country and the second from the oil-rich UAE to journey to space; his compatriot Hazzaa al-Mansoori flew an eight-day mission
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Iraq’s Tigris, Euphrates rivers plummet as water crisis looms
NASIRIYAH, IRAQ - Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates rivers have witnessed a sharp decrease in their levels in the south of the...
- In Nasiriyah, capital of the southern province of Dhi Qar, an AFP photographer saw the river bed of the mighty Euphrates dry in patches.
- The water ministry blamed the situation in some southern provinces on "the low quantity of water reaching Iraq from neighboring Turkey".
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Euclid to probe universe’s big mysteries: dark matter, dark energy
In a few months the space telescope will blast off on history's first mission to search for two of the...
- Aiming to shed light on these dark secrets, the mission will chart a 3D map of the universe encompassing two billion galaxies across more than a third of the sky.
- The third dimension of this map will be time -- because Euclid's gaze will stretch out to 10 billion light years away, it will offer new insight into how the universe evolved.
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Barakah’s Unit 3 enhances UAE’s bid to cut emissions
"We utilise all forms of clean energy to cut carbon emissions and mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. The...
- The start of commercial operations for Unit 3 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant marks another accomplishment in generating abundant clean electricity to the national grid
- The plant will also prevent millions of tons of carbon emissions annually, said Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, the UAE’s Minister of Climate Change and Environment
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India’s solar mission Aditya-L1 enters Sun’s orbit
New Delhi, India - India's solar observation mission on Saturday entered the Sun's orbit after a four-month journey, the latest success...
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Invest Qatar launches azure open AI GPT-powered chatbot ‘Ai.SHA’
DOHA, QATAR - The Investment Promotion Agency Qatar (Invest Qatar) has partnered with Microsoft to develop Ai.SHA, an innovative AI-powered...
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Saudi team discovers genetic disorder, names it Alfadhel syndrome
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - A team of Saudi researchers from King Abdullah Children's Specialist Hospital (KACSH) and King Abdullah International...
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Artists utilize technology against AI copycats
NEW YORK, US - Artists under siege by artificial intelligence (AI) that studies their work, then replicates their styles, have teamed...
- Created in just four months, Glaze spun off technology used to disrupt facial recognition systems.
- Glaze essentially outthinks AI models when it comes to how they train, tweaking pixels in ways indiscernible by human viewers
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sets new launch attempt for Tuesday
The company finally announced a December 18 launch from its base near Van Horn, Texas. But on the day itself...
- Jeff Bezos' space company has not launched a rocket since an uncrewed September 2022 crash placed its program on hold while it carried out fixes and awaited regulatory approval
- Though the rocket will carry a payload of science experiments, not people, mission NS-24 must succeed before Blue Origin can return to taking thrill-seekers to final frontier
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The feline frontier: NASA sends cat video from deep space
The video was beamed to Earth using a laser transceiver on the Psyche probe, which is journeying to the main...
- The 15-second meow-vie featuring an orange tabby named Taters is the first to be streamed from deep space
- The encoded near-infrared signal was received by the Hale Telescope at Caltech's Palomar Observatory in San Diego County