Gemini’s inaccurate AI racial images warn of tech titans’ power
AUSTIN, US – For people at the trend-setting tech festival here, the scandal that erupted after Google's Gemini chatbot cranked out...
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Saudi Arabia unveils its man shaped AI robot Mohammad
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia unveiled its first male humanoid robot ‘Muhammad’ during the second edition of DeepFast in...
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Saudi Arabia approves entry of tourists jabbed with Sputnik
Saudi Arabia has granted approval for people vaccinated with Russia's Sputnik jab to enter the country in a move that...
- Foreign tourists vaccinated with Sputnik will still be required to quarantine for 48 hours and take a PCR test
- The coronavirus outbreak has for a second year forced Saudi authorities to dramatically downsize the hajj
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WHO says no Omicron deaths yet, as variant spreads worldwide
There had been a spike in the number of children under five admitted to hospital since Omicron emerged.
- Mild symptoms as headaches, sore throat, and coughs reported on those afflicted of Omicron
- The first detected in South Africa omicron variant of COVID-19 has now reached to 38 countries
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Seven Covid jabs as third dose can boost immunity: study
Seven jabs used as boosters against Covid-19 mostly produced a strong immune response, though results varied depending on the vaccine...
- Last June researchers in the UK looked at about 3,000 people to compare various combinations of jabs and their effects after a third dose
- Patients in the study, published in leading medical journal The Lancet, had been fully vaccinated either with AstraZeneca or Pfizer/BioNTech
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WHO warns of ‘toxic mix’ as EU chief mulls mandatory Covid jabs
Nations with high vaccination rates are also struggling to contain rising infection numbers of Covid-19.
- Dozens of countries have imposed travel restrictions mostly targeting southern African nations
- Omicron threatens the world’s recovery and lowered growth estimates from 5.7% to 5.6%
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United States is world’s biggest plastic polluter, report finds
Overall, the US contributed around 42 million metric tons in plastic waste in 2016 — more than twice as much...
- On average, every American generates 130 kilograms of plastic waste per year
- Britain is next on the list at 99 kg per person per year, followed by South Korea at 88 kg per year
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WHO urges ‘rational’ measures against Omicron Covid variant
The World Health Organization called Tuesday for countries to keep calm and take "rational" measures in response to the new,...
- First reported to the WHO in southern Africa less than a week ago, the new strain has rapidly spread across continents
- The UN health agency has cautioned against such restrictions, fearing that blocking travel from countries where new variants are first spotted could be unfair
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Qatari institute and Scripps Research sign pact to develop novel medicines
Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) biomedical institute and Scripps Research will collaborate under an agreement to accelerate biomarker and drug...
- The partnership will enable the exchange of expertise and capabilities between laboratories of both institutes.
- Projects led by Scripps Research will focus on developing therapies for intestinal and lung repair.
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World races to contain new Covid variant
Fears mounted Saturday that a highly-infectious new coronavirus strain was pushing its way into Europe as the world brought the...
- South Africa complained that it was being "punished" with air travel bans for first detecting the strain
- Scientists are racing to determine the threat posed by the heavily mutated strain, which is more transmissible than the dominant Delta variant
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UAE gets its first driverless autonomous vehicle
Khalifa University has thus become the first university in the UAE to deploy an Autonomous Vehicle (AV) on campus that...
- The driverless and 100 percent electric shuttle is the first-ever autonomous vehicles to be deployed in the UAE in a mixed traffic mode
- The Khalifa University AV can detect and avoid potential obstacles thanks to the onboard sensors, Light Detection and Ranging, cameras, GPS etc
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B.1.1.529 is ‘variant of concern,’ as WHO names it Omicron
WHO says the new variant ‘has a large number of mutations, some of which are concerning.’
- WHO said the Omicron strain was first reported officially by South Africa on November 24
- However, the first known confirmed B.1.1.529 infection was from a specimen collected on November 9
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UAE highlights efforts in space sector at UN committee meet
ABU DHABI, UAE - A high-level UAE delegation at the 66th session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful...
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How chocolate could counter climate change
Biochar, a substance produced by heating the cocoa husks in oxygen-free environment, could be used to capture 2.6 billion of...
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UAE space sector localization: Strata Manufacturing delivers MBZ-SAT Satellite components
Abu Dhabi, UAE -- Strata Manufacturing (Strata) and Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) have established a local satellite component...
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Global action needed to reduce ‘extinction risk’ from AI, say experts
A one-line statement signed by dozens of specialists, including Sam Altman whose firm OpenAI created the ChatGPT bot, said tackling...
- ChatGPT has demonstrated an ability to generate essays, poems and conversations from the briefest of prompts -- and sparking billions of dollars in investments.
- Critics and insiders have raised the alarm over everything from biased algorithms to the possibility of massive job losses as AI-powered automation seeps into daily life.
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Saudi astronaut concludes pioneering space research
The experiments by Barnawi, focused on understanding the behavior of immune cells in space, could lead to the prevention and...
- The experiments, focused on understanding the behavior of immune cells in space, could lead to the prevention and early treatment of certain diseases
- The latest initiatives reflect the Kingdom's commitment to space exploration and investment in STEM, aligning with Saudi Vision 2030
China launches mission with first civilian to space station
Shenzhou-16 is the first mission to Tiangong since it entered its "application and development" stage, authorities said. Shenzhou-16 will carry out...
- The Shenzhou-16 crew took off atop a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China at 9:31 am (0131 GMT)
- The launch was a "complete success" and the "astronauts are in good condition", said Zou Lipeng, director of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center