AI chip giant Nvidia's boss Jensen Huang said on Thursday that warnings artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity were "cheap" attempts to grab headlines.

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Finland's government has granted an operating license for the world's first permanent repository for radioactive spent nuclear fuel, waste management company Posiva said Thursday, 22 years after construction began on the site.

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The language that's known as the backbone of the internet is now subject to what experts describe as one of the most notable vulnerabilities in recent memory.

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One day, you may be able to easily smell what you are looking at when browsing online. Sending smells over the internet has long been a dream, and while it may seem far-fetched, researchers have now taken a major...

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Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics said it learned of a cyber breach of one of its systems this week, likely compromising some records for patients.

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Governments and corporations worked throughout the night on urgent security updates after the AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a programming language vital to 70% of websites globally.

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A thread on Reddit features a photograph of a poster advertising the National Gallery of Victoria's upcoming triennial, an image from Ayoung Kim's multichannel video installation, Delivery Dancer's Arc: Inverse (2024).

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Engineering students at the University of Cincinnati are developing an easy-to-use system to deploy autonomous drones in warehouses to take inventory and alert workers about leaks from containers. UC College of Engineering and Applied Science doctoral students Deepak Antony...

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The transportation sector is still responsible for around a third of greenhouse gas emissions. Shifting from private transportation—particularly vehicles with internal combustion engines—to electric public transportation offers a way to reduce emissions.

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Engineers at the University of Cincinnati are using sound to help NASA detect if a drone's motors or propellers are damaged to prevent a crash. UC College of Engineering and Applied Science doctoral student Prissha Chawla and her research...

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A crowdsourced verification system used by Elon Musk's X failed to flag a vast majority of false claims related to the U.S. midterm elections—including those promoted by the billionaire—a study said Wednesday.

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A New Mexico judge ruled Wednesday that Meta must pay $25 billion to the state after a jury found last month that the social media giant had deceived users in a case related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according...

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Meta and its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram are facing a class-action lawsuit in Australia over allegations addictive design features are harming children and teenagers.

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OpenAI has revealed that two of its artificial intelligence agents disabled or weakened systems built to catch them misbehaving, with one later denying it had done so.

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U.S. shopping giant Walmart on Wednesday unveiled tools allowing artificial intelligence agents such as Meta's Muse to shop on behalf of its customers, taking the opposite approach to rival Amazon, which bars outside AI agents from its platform.

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The history of corporate mergers is littered with failure, but investors in Tesla and SpaceX seem to believe Elon Musk can pull off the biggest tie-up of all time.

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Apple's first folding phone arrives in stores on Friday, bringing the advantages of a flexible display to iPhone loyalists. Such devices also have their own care and protection considerations.

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Artificial intelligence has found critical security flaws in a major programming language called PHP, with many websites taken offline Thursday as organizations worldwide scramble to fend off would-be hackers.

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