Technology

Could a climate megaproject cloud Chile’s unparalleled views of universe?

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile, four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.The driest place on Earth is the best place to observe
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Vance steps onto global stage at AI summit in Paris

US Vice President JD Vance steps onto the global stage at the Paris AI summit on Tuesday, where he is likely to deliver a candid message on Europe’s regulation of
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World leaders seek elusive AI common ground at Paris summit

World leaders were set to hold formal talks in Paris on Tuesday on artificial intelligence (AI), seeking elusive common ground on a technology subject to a global race for promised
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EV maker Rivian opens up commercial van sales to all fleet sizes

Rivian is opening up sales of its delivery vans to fleets of all sizes in the United States, the electric vehicle maker said on Monday, more than a year after
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PSN outages reported worldwide

According to the official PlayStation Network (PSN) status page, all PlayStation services, including the PlayStation store, account management, gaming and social, PlayStation Video, and PlayStation Direct have been down since
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TikTok to let US Android users download app via kits on its website

TikTok said on Friday it was allowing U.S. Android users to download and connect to the short video app through package kits on its website, in an effort to circumvent
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France, UAE agree to develop 1 gigawatt AI data centre

France and the United Arab Emirates agreed on Thursday to a framework agreement for a 1 gigawatt data center dedicated to artificial intelligence that represents investments of between $30-$50 billion,
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Ex-Google engineer faces new US charges he stole AI secrets for Chinese companies

U.S. Prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled an expanded 14-count indictment accusing former Google (GOOGL.O) software engineer Linwei Ding of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets to benefit two Chinese companies he was
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Despite Australia’s strict social media ban for minors, a YouTube exemption poses risks

Australia’s government carved out an exemption for YouTube when it passed laws banning social media access for children under 16, but some mental health and extremism experts say the video-sharing
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WhatsApp says spyware company Paragon targeted users in two dozen countries

An official with Meta Platforms’ (META.O) popular WhatsApp chat service said Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions had targeted scores of its users, including journalists and members of civil society.The official
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