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March 3, 2025 2:28 PM

US aircraft carrier visits South Korea in show of force against North Korea

The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson arrived at the southern port city of Busan in South Korea on Sunday as a show of force against North Korea, South Korea's navy said. It is the first U.S. aircraft carrier to dock at a South Korean port since U.S. President Donald Trump's second term in offi...

March 2, 2025 2:59 PM

FAA OKs SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launch after Flight 7 mishap

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it cleared the SpaceX Starship vehicle to return to flight operations while an investigation into the January 16 Starship Flight 7 mishap remains open. The FAA said it issued a license authorizing the SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launch for the combine...

February 28, 2025 1:09 PM

AI robots may hold key to nursing Japan’s ageing population

Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used to change diapers or prevent bedsores in the elderly. The 150-kg (330 lb) artificial intelligence-driven humanoid rob...

February 28, 2025 10:05 AM

Canada watchdog probing X’s use of personal data in AI models’ training

Canada's privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into X, the social media platform owned by billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk, on whether its use of Canadians' personal data to train artificial intelligence (AI) models broke privacy rules. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada said i...

February 27, 2025 7:41 PM

A nasal spray may help treat traumatic brain injury

A nasal spray being developed to target brain inflammation may also prove effective in treating traumatic brain injury (TBI)—a leading cause of death and disability—according to a study. In a mouse model, researchers from Mass General Brigham in the US found that the spray could reduce damage t...

February 26, 2025 4:13 PM

Meta must face lawsuit claiming it prefers cheaper foreign workers

A federal judge on Tuesday said Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit claiming that the Facebook and Instagram parent prefers to hire foreign workers because it can pay them less than American workers. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco said three U.S. citizens who accused Meta of re...

February 25, 2025 6:33 PM

DeepSeek rushes to launch new AI model as China goes all in

DeepSeek is looking to press home its advantage. The Chinese startup triggered a $1 trillion-plus sell-off in global equities markets last month with a cut-price AI reasoning model that outperformed many Western competitors. Now, the Hangzhou-based firm is accelerating the launch of the successor ...

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