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St. Petersburg — Speaking at the Energy Panel of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2026, Igor Sechin, Chief Executive Officer of Rosneft Oil Company and Executive Secretary of the Russian Presidential Commission for Strategic Development of the Fuel and Energy Sector and Environmental Safety, said that US energy companies have emerged as the principal […]
Photosynthesis does not always result in wood growth, a key factor in carbon dioxide sequestration
Trees may not be able to store as much planet-heating carbon as hoped, a study suggests, with researchers finding photosynthesis does not always lead to wood growth.
Scientists studied 137 sites across the US and found trees stopped growing months before the point in the year at which...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: The first quarter of 2026 produced the most blocked and delayed data center projects on record, according to a new study shared with NBC News. The study — conducted by Data Center Watch, a project of the AI intelligence firm 10a Labs that tracks local data center activity — found that data center opponents blocked or delayed at least 75...
The San Francisco company said on Friday night that the federal government ordered the suspension of the two A.I. systems, citing national security concerns.
“The government believes it has become aware of a method of bypassing, or ‘jailbreaking’ Fable 5,” the company said in a blog post.
“I’m not sure that this company supports a hackathon culture anymore,” one employee posted in a forum open to the entire staff.
The BBC breaks down how the tech mogul’s fortune has grown.
Jeff Bezos says his new AI startup, Prometheus, is working toward an “artificial general engineer” capable of helping design complex physical products such as robots, drugs, manufacturing systems, and rocket engines. The Verge reports: The NYT first reported on Prometheus last November, but now Bezos is sharing more information about the startup after a $12 billion funding round, putting the...
The Justice Department has approved Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery without requiring divestitures or other concessions. The deal still faces scrutiny from state attorneys general. Politico reports: The decision, expected to be announced Friday, paves the way for Paramount to combine with the entertainment and media company behind a vast film and...
Technique that examines fragments of foetal DNA in mother’s bloodstream could limit need for invasive screening, according to researchers
A new maternal blood test that can detect thousands of serious genetic conditions in the developing foetus could limit the need for invasive screening during pregnancy, according to scientists.
The test, to be described at the European Society for Human...
ShinyHunters claims it exploited a critical Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day to compromise more than 100 organizations, including the University of Nottingham, where it says it stole 40GB of student and billing data. “ShinyHunters posted the UK university on its data leak site on Tuesday before publishing the stolen files later that same day, presumably because the school refused to pay the extortion...
Executives and employees alike are struggling with Meta’s chaotic AI strategy, according to sources and internal discussions reviewed by WIRED.
Elon Musk said he had initially given SpaceX less than a 10 percent chance of succeeding. His rocket company has come a long way.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise, which Google says uses AI in its campaigns to send scam text messages impersonating Google and other brands to steal...
A leaker with a strong Apple rumor track record says a touchscreen MacBook is “100% confirmed. If true, it would mark a major reversal for Apple, which has long argued that the Mac is built for indirect input rather than reaching up to touch a vertical screen. MacRumors reports: Instant Digital has a good track record for Apple rumors and has provided some strikingly accurate information in the...
Strong investor interest in SpaceX could be good news for the A.I. rivals, which have signaled that they, too, intend to go public this year.
Longtime Slashdot reader Dotnaught shares a report from The Register: For the past 90 days, Microsoft has been quietly patching a firmware flaw in Surface devices that allowed the hardware to be bricked with a single packet, though only for those who have disabled Secure Core and Secure Boot. And the company’s Copilot AI software inadvertently helped identify the faulty firmware. According to...
A Monster Energy-sponsored MMA show on the White House’s South Lawn was never going to be the height of dignity. But UFC Freedom 250 is failing to clear even the lowest bar.
A cottage industry of celebrity figurines, blinking screens, and other DIY gadgets is helping drivers bypass Tesla’s distracted-driving controls.
SpaceX’s stock market debut has thrust the richest man in the universe into an unexplored frontier of wealth.
Sam Bankman-Fried lost his appeal to overturn his FTX fraud conviction and 25-year sentence. Reuters reports: In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said prosecutors’ evidence against Bankman-Fried “was, conservatively stated, robust.” “While he was publicly reassuring customers, investors and regulators that FTX customer funds were...