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BYD Co. shares jumped to a record after the Chinese automaker unveiled a lineup of electric vehicles that it says can charge almost as fast as it takes to refuel a regular car.

Makers of the popular social app tried to remedy the problem, but even the fix is causing drama   It’s called the Snapchat increase; green up pointing triangle half-swipe, and it’s making a lot of teenagers miserable. When users swipe open a message without lifting their finger off the screen, they can see the message in full without marking …

More students are hiding their secret weapon from parents and teachers, racking up top grades while AI chatbots do the work.

Cortical Labs is building a new generation of biological computers. We're a revolutionary biotech firm based in Melbourne, Australia.

The story of how one organization helped the chronically homeless demonstrates the inherent value of observation, empathy, and perseverance.

It is amongst the highest-grossing mobile games in the world, with 30 million monthly players.

Accepting AI-written code without understanding how it works is growing in popularity.

With the release of new AI models that are better at coding, developers are increasingly using AI to generate code. One of the newest examples is the

OpenAI is betting big on ChatGPT, which is generating at least $4 billion in annualized revenue. But that’s not the only application the AI firm is hoping will make big bucks. If you saw our story last month detailing OpenAI’s financial projections, you might have noticed an intriguing reference ...

China aims to commercialize nuclear fusion technology for use in emissions-free power generation by 2050, according to the country’s state-owned atomic company.

A first-of-its-kind policy allows Chinese firms to treat data as an asset, but compliance hurdles are keeping many companies on the sidelines.

An analysis of more than 8,000 messages by Digital Witness Lab at Princeton University finds the Meta-owned platform is a thriving illegal firearms marketplace.

The 150 MW facility will provide reserve power for Alabamians.

Local cloud startups offer data sovereignty at a time when the debate about who has access to a country’s data is heating up.

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Fiverr is building AI into its platform.

Fast fashion creates mountains of polyester-cotton textile waste—a new recycling method that separates and recycles the two materials could be what the industry needs.

The war in Ukraine served as a wakeup call for Europe, and defense tech went from a sector that most European VCs didn't touch to one of the top

Experimental clothing brand Vollebak has made a prototype jacket from 250,000 pieces of laser-cut American walnut.

The company claims this advancement will enable practical quantum computing within years, not decades, challenging previous industry projections.

The Netherlands' data protection authority has imposed a penalty of €30.5M on Clearview AI for GDPR violations.

Student-interns are paid for low-skill factory tasks and spend little time in the classroom.

Syrian-American entrepreneurs and investors hope to facilitate 25,000 new tech jobs in the country by 2030.

Clean-energy technologies made up more than 10% of China’s economy in 2024 for the first...

Carbon capture firm inks latest CO2 removal deals with social media giant TikTok and British rum maker Two Drifters

In Loving Memory of Humane AI Pin (April 2024-Feb 2025).

Explore the impact of Wikipedia’s deletionist approach and its effects on content preservation and management. This white paper offers a detailed analysis of the shift towards deletion and its implications.

Some fringe conspiracy theorists are connecting COVID-19 vaccines to the mark of the beast. A religion scholar explains why the biblical reference should be considered in its first-century context.

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