The alleged group rape of a Cornell University student has become one of the most serious scandals in the 161-year history of the elite New York institution, while also exposing a legal
As artificial intelligence drives a surge in global investment, analysts and executives are cautioning that the market may be entering a speculative bubble reminiscent of the late 1990s dot-com craze. Tech firms
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Scientists have warned that the accelerating capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) and synthetic biology are amplifying the risk of bioterrorism, after researchers discovered a “striking vulnerability” in software designed to control access
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Thirty years ago this week, astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz made a groundbreaking announcement: they had discovered the first planet orbiting a Sun-like star, 51 Pegasi, a discovery later published in
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Jane Goodall, the British primatologist celebrated for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees, passed away on Wednesday, 1 October, at the age of 91 while on a speaking tour in California. According to
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Billions of pounds were added to the value of British and global pharmaceutical companies on Wednesday as investors welcomed the Trump administration’s latest plans on drug pricing and tariffs, The Times reports.
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Executives at major organizations are facing extortion threats from a notorious ransomware group claiming to have stolen data via Oracle Corp.’s widely used E-Business Suite applications, according to a Google cybersecurity executive
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Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, will begin using conversations people have with its chatbots to personalise advertising and content across its apps, signaling a major push to monetise artificial
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Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a widely reported yet poorly understood phenomenon. Though there is no agreed-upon definition of an NDE, it has been described as “profound psychological events with transcendental and mystical elements, typically
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ACS Capital, a licensed capital markets firm in Sri Lanka, has announced a strategic partnership with the Edinburgh University Trading & Investment Club (EUTIC), Scotland’s largest student-led investment fund. The collaboration is
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Sherlock Holmes, the famous fictional detective, believed that his brother, Mycroft, could also have been a brilliant solver of crimes if he had not been so impossibly lazy. Mycroft was large and
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Scientists have taken a major step toward a fertility breakthrough that could one day allow infertile women and gay men to have genetically related children. In a study reported by The Times
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CoreWeave Inc., an emerging “neocloud” provider of AI computing power, has signed a deal to supply Meta Platforms Inc. with up to $14.2 billion in computing resources, highlighting the escalating costs of
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Artificial intelligence and cloud startup Vercel has raised $300 million in a new funding round led by Accel and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte, boosting its valuation to $9.3 billion, the
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Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, is emerging as a global ambassador for artificial intelligence, combining corporate strategy with high-profile diplomacy to expand the chipmaker’s influence across governments and industries. After attending
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A federal judge has upheld the U.S. Department of Defense’s decision to designate drone manufacturer DJI as a Chinese military company, rejecting the company’s bid to be removed from the list. In
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