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Elon Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, has bought his artificial intelligence startup, xAI. The deal values the combined companies at 1.25 trillion dollars. According to CNBC, this is the largest merger
In a statement published on 30th January by SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist activism and communications across the globe, the Islamic State (IS) group said it was behind a
On Thursday (January 29), the United States inaugurated an intended expansion of Manda Bay military base in the Lamu County of Kenya, which steps up security collaboration among a major
A naval flotilla under China’s PLA Southern Theater Command recently carried out a joint training exercise with an air force unit. The drill aimed to improve coordination between sea and
Dutch plans to raise the European minimum age of social media to 15 were proposed by the three parties that have made up the new Dutch minority government, as plans
In Japan, the Children and Families Agency has established a working group to deliberate on the possibility of regulating social media services to ensure that children are not exposed to
Nine students from Montana Technological University spent two weeks this summer at Minghsin University of Science and Technology in Taiwan, getting an introduction to culture, language, and advanced technology. “This
Social media use is associated with reduced preteen cognitive performance. Growing social media use among children is associated with decreased cognitive performance. According to a JAMA study on 6,554 adolescents
A terrifying new trend of AI chatbots bullying kids and even prompting them to kill themselves has left the Australian government extremely worried. Talking to journalists on 18th October the
The Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization and UNESCO co-organized the UNESCO Creative Cities Design Forum with the theme design empowers traditional crafts to unlock economic value as part
An illegal gold rush has stripped 140,000 hectares of rain forest in the Peruvian Amazon and is gathering pace as foreign, armed groups move into the region to make fortunes
A legendary mural of George Floyd was vandalized during the week in Minneapolis, say caretakers of his memorial. Marcia Howard, an activist and teacher, shared a video on social media
At least 24 died and 47 were injured while demonstrating against the military government of Myanmar when an army motorised paraglider released two bombs among them, a government-in-exile spokesperson said
Roughly 1,000 protesters marched through the capital of Madagascar on 9th October, having a confrontation with police that used tear gas and stun grenades in an effort to scatter them
Chile’s state-owned copper company, Codelco, reported its lowest copper production in over two decades after a mine collapse suspended the recovery from a prolonged period of production weakness. Based on
Two strong offshore earthquakes hit off the coast of the southern Philippines on 10th October and claimed at least seven lives, with towns close to the epicenter experiencing structural damage
The EU acted on 7th October to double tariffs on foreign steel – following the book of US President Donald Trump – to protect the bloc’s ailing sector from a
The financial guarantees EU members will presumably need to offer in the event of a reparation loan to Ukraine should not be included in the deficit and debt targets of
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