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New Swiss nuclear dawn seen decades away at best

Bringing new nuclear power stations online in Switzerland could take decades due to myriad political and financial hurdles, energy experts and

New Swiss nuclear dawn seen decades away at best
Asia|News|Technology|World

Taiwan military says China lacks ability to invade, but has other options

China lacks the ability to "fully" invade Taiwan as it does not have the equipment, but is bringing on line advanced new weapons and has other options

Taiwan military says China lacks ability to invade, but has other options
Business|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

How does PDD stack up against other big China e-ecommerce firms?

Shares of China's biggest e-commerce companies - Alibaba, JD.com and PDD Holdings - were dumped earlier this week on worries about pressure on their margins after low

How does PDD stack up against other big China e-ecommerce firms?
Business|Technology

Amazon turns to Anthropic's Claude for Alexa AI revamp

Amazon's revamped Alexa due for release in October ahead of the U.S. holiday season will be powered primarily by Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence

Amazon turns to Anthropic's Claude for Alexa AI revamp
Asia|Technology

Japan's military to spend on AI, automation, perks to combat recruitment crisis

Japan's defence ministry on Friday said it will invest in AI, automation and improving troop conditions to address a worsening recruitment shortfall that has left its

Japan's military to spend on AI, automation, perks to combat recruitment crisis
Asia|Business|Economy|Technology

Stock market today: Wall Street climbs as S&P 500 closes out fourth straight winning month

Stocks on Wall Street bounced back from a midafternoon fade Friday, and the market closed out its fourth straight winning month with solid gains

Stock market today: Wall Street climbs as S&P 500 closes out fourth straight winning month
Business|Technology

Uber CEO says growth in South Korea promising despite underdog status

Uber Technologies Inc's CEO on Friday expressed commitment to the South Korean market, where it is an underdog to local tech group Kakao, and said the platform will attract more taxi

Uber CEO says growth in South Korea promising despite underdog status
Australia|Technology

Sydney's $15 billion new train line is modern, fast and big on TikTok

Australia's largest public transport project has achieved something few urban planners expect: social media fame.

Sydney's $15 billion new train line is modern, fast and big on TikTok
Business|Finance|Technology

Elon Musk, Tesla win dismissal of lawsuit claiming they rigged dogecoin

Elon Musk and his electric vehicle company Tesla won the dismissal of a federal lawsuit accusing them of defrauding investors by hyping the cryptocurrency

Elon Musk, Tesla win dismissal of lawsuit claiming they rigged dogecoin
Science|Technology

Intuitive Machines gets $116.9 million NASA contract for delivery to Moon's south pole

NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines a $116.9 million contract to deliver six science and technology payloads to the Moon's south pole, the space exploration company said, sending its

Intuitive Machines gets $116.9 million NASA contract for delivery to Moon's south pole
Crime|Europe|Technology

Telegram founder faces probe into alleged ‘acts of violence’ against his child in Switzerland

Telegram founder faces probe into alleged ‘acts of violence’ against his child in Switzerland

Telegram founder faces probe into alleged ‘acts of violence’ against his child in Switzerland
Business|Finance|Technology

US bankruptcy court approves stalking horse bid for SunPower assets

A U.S. bankruptcy court judge approved on Thursday a $45 million bid for the assets of failed residential solar company SunPower by rival Complete Solaria.

US bankruptcy court approves stalking horse bid for SunPower assets
Business|Technology

OpenAI says ChatGPT's weekly users have grown to 200 million

AI startup OpenAI said on Thursday its chatbot ChatGPT now has more than 200 million weekly active users, double the number it had in the last fall season.

OpenAI says ChatGPT's weekly users have grown to 200 million
Crime|Technology

AirTag helps man find his stolen car and pursue suspect

AirTag helps man find his stolen car and pursue suspect

AirTag helps man find his stolen car and pursue suspect
News|Science|Technology

NASA record holder can relate to astronauts stuck in space. He was, too

NASA's record-holding astronaut is urging his two stuck-in-space colleagues to stay positive and “keep up the good work."

NASA record holder can relate to astronauts stuck in space. He was, too
Business|Finance|Technology

Leveraged Nvidia ETF issuers saw trading surge in bearish products ahead of earnings

Interest in leveraged exchange-traded funds that allow investors to profit when shares of Nvidia fall grew steadily ahead of the chipmaker's quarterly results, according

Leveraged Nvidia ETF issuers saw trading surge in bearish products ahead of earnings
Business|Technology

Trump would axe Biden clean power rules, speed power plant approvals, campaign says

Donald Trump would rescind many of President Joe Biden's clean energy rules while also speeding approvals of power plants to meet the nation's rising

Trump would axe Biden clean power rules, speed power plant approvals, campaign says
Americas|Business|News|Technology

How one Brazilian judge could suspend Elon Musk's X

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice could shut down the local operation of X nationwide if its billionaire owner Elon Musk doesn’t name a legal representative

How one Brazilian judge could suspend Elon Musk's X
Technology

Social media platform X down for thousands of users, Downdetector shows

Social media platform X suffered outages on Thursday afternoon, according to outage tracking site Downdetector.com.

Social media platform X down for thousands of users, Downdetector shows
Europe|News|Political|Technology

France's Macron says giving Telegram CEO Durov French citizenship was a good thing

French President Emmanuel Macron is defending his government’s decision to give special fast-track citizenship to Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov

France's Macron says giving Telegram CEO Durov French citizenship was a good thing
Business|Election|News|Technology

New Trump book defends 2018 Putin meeting, taunts rivals and threatens to imprison Meta's Zuckerberg

In a new book, former President Donald Trump threatens to imprison Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg if the tech mogul does anything akin to his 2020 donations that helped fund local election offices

New Trump book defends 2018 Putin meeting, taunts rivals and threatens to imprison Meta's Zuckerberg
Business|News|Technology|Travel

Global IT outage in July exacerbated California fuel storage issues, says storage broker

Last month's CrowdStrike IT outage that grounded scores of flights created new problems for California's fuel market, forcing U.S. traders to store jet fuel

Global IT outage in July exacerbated California fuel storage issues, says storage broker
Business|Finance|Technology

Brazil judge blocks Starlink accounts in the country amid X spat, source says

Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes on Thursday ordered the blocking of the financial accounts of billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink due to the lack of legal

Brazil judge blocks Starlink accounts in the country amid X spat, source says
Business|Finance|Technology

Dell attempts to sell cybersecurity firm SecureWorks again, sources say

Personal computer maker Dell Technologies is again exploring a possible sale of SecureWorks, after unsuccessful earlier attempts to find a buyer for the U.S.

Dell attempts to sell cybersecurity firm SecureWorks again, sources say
Business|Finance|Technology

Apple, Nvidia in talks to join OpenAI funding round, media reports say

Apple and chip giant Nvidia are reportedly in talks to invest in OpenAI as part of a new fundraising round that could value the ChatGPT maker above $100 billion, according to media reports

Apple, Nvidia in talks to join OpenAI funding round, media reports say

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