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Nations and companies around the world are weighing up AI’s costs and benefits. Almost one trillion dollars, that’s how much tech companies are estimated to be spending on building up the artificial intelligence industry over the coming years. Supporters of the technology say AI will increase productivity, boost incomes and revolutionise the global economy. But,…
Eugene Spector, a US citizen born in Russia, has been sentenced to 15 years in a maximum security Russian penal colony. Russia’s FSB security service has said a US citizen sentenced to a 15-year jail term this week was found guilty of leaking biotechnology secrets to the United States. In a statement on Friday, FSB…
Every December, Google publishes its Year in Search, a revealing capsule of the most searched topics reflecting the collective curiosity of the world and what they typed into the famous search bar. In 2024, key news events, such as global elections as well as the greatest cultural hits of the year, were behind the highest…
The Canadian ministers of finance and foreign affairs are set to hold talks in the US state of Florida with aides to Donald Trump, as the incoming United States president’s threat of hitting Canada with steep tariffs looms large. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly and Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc travelled to Palm Beach, Florida,…
Parker Solar Probe is operating normally after passing just 6.1 million kilometres above the Sun’s surface, NASA says. The United States space agency has confirmed its Parker Solar Probe is safe after making the closest approach to the Sun ever recorded by a human-made object. The probe passed just 6.1 million kilometres (3.8 million miles)…
Continued rise in homelessness in the United States driven largely by lack of affordable housing options, experts say. The number of people living in homelessness in the United States has increased by 18 percent over the last year, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said in a new report. Data released on…
