The mountain section whose collapse triggered deadly floods in Nepal and China on August 26 experienced exceptionally high temperatures in the days before the disaster, according to meteorological data reconstructed and analysed
A few days ago, TIME revealed how an artificial intelligence system went out of control and attacked other systems. Days later, more than 1,100 engineers at major artificial intelligence companies signed a joint petition calling for
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Elon Musk’s ambitious plan to build what he describes as the largest building on Earth is facing growing concern from residents in Grimes County, Texas, where his Terafab semiconductor facility is already
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On a Thursday evening in San Francisco, more than a dozen people gathered in a community office with alcohol-free wine, cheese, pens and sheets of paper. The meeting had been billed as
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The artificial intelligence revolution may represent a more profound transformation than the industrial revolution because, according to Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari, it is not merely producing new tools but creating new
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A discarded upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has left a newly formed crater on the Moon after crashing into the lunar surface, with South Korea’s Danuri lunar orbiter providing
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“Made in China” has long been a familiar label around the world. For decades, it was often found on clothing, household furniture and consumer electronics, products that became part of everyday life
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A Financial Times investigation reveals how Google has built one of the largest infrastructure financing programmes ever assembled to support the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence, bringing together technology companies, private credit
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While Western collector car cultures have spent over a century maturing into multi-billion-dollar industries, China’s story is just getting started. As the world’s largest auto market shifts from raw volume growth to
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Elon Musk has lost his status as the world’s first trillionaire after a sharp decline in the value of his technology holdings erased around US$130 billion in paper wealth over five trading
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Opposition to the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence data centres is moving beyond local protests and into legislative chambers, online campaigns and, in some instances, threatening rhetoric, according to a year-long assessment
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