In an interview with BBC Newsnight’s Paddy O’Connell, Slavoj Žižek discusses his new book, Signs from the Future, examining Donald Trump’s political legacy, the decline of the liberal international order and the
Students enrolled at British university campuses in China are being required to swear allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and participate in ideological ceremonies promoting loyalty to Beijing, according to a
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In an unexpected alliance, more than 800 public figures—including politicians, celebrities, AI experts, and religious leaders—have signed a statement urging a global prohibition on the development of “superintelligence,” AI systems that could
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In a new study published Sept. 30 in Communications Biology, researchers used brain scans taken while people watched an old episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents to explore how the brain processes time.
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A combination of a surgically implanted chip and augmented-reality (AR) glasses is giving hope to people who have lost their sight — allowing many to read again after years of blindness. According
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For the first time, mosquitoes have been confirmed in Iceland — a country long believed to be free of the buzzing insects. Three specimens of the mosquito species Culiseta annulata were found
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The ChatGPT maker, which posted a description of the product on its official YouTube account ahead of a Tuesday livestreamed event, revealed that Atlas will initially be available globally on macOS, with
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Singapore-based Sea Ltd., Southeast Asia’s e-commerce and gaming powerhouse, could achieve a trillion-dollar market capitalization, founder Forrest Li told employees in a memo Monday, according to Bloomberg News. The projection represents roughly
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“Without data, all that you have is an opinion.” …attributed to W. Edwards Deming ~ World Statistics Day falls on 20 October. This day, as the Secretary-General of the United Nations reminds
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Nigeria is rapidly attracting nearly $1 billion in investments to build next-generation data centers, driven by the country’s tech-savvy, youthful population and an ambition to harness artificial intelligence to power the next
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In research labs, scientists are venturing into uncharted territory, pioneering experiments that promise not merely to slow aging but to reverse it. In the marketplace, consumers are racing to buy every new
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A barrister has come under fire for relying on artificial intelligence to draft legal submissions that included “entirely fictitious” case citations, according to a report in The Times UK. Chowdhury Rahman, an
More Artificial intelligence is no longer just transforming the workplace—it is replacing it. A new report highlighted by The Times UK has warned that AI and automation are poised to take over a
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An investor consortium including BlackRock, Microsoft, and Nvidia is acquiring Aligned Data Centers, a U.S.-based operator with nearly 80 facilities, in a $40 billion deal aimed at securing computing capacity for artificial
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In cities across India, startups are deploying artificial-intelligence chatbots designed to mimic human conversation, promising to drastically reduce the need for customer-service staff. Companies like LimeChat claim their AI agents can cut
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest producer of advanced AI chips, is set to report a 28% increase in third-quarter profit, reaching a record T$417.7 billion ($13.65 billion), driven by
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