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Company asks US government to release army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower number of illness-spreading bugs
Google wants to “stop bad bugs with good bugs”, and it’s not talking about coding. The tech company has asked the US government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilized mosquitoes in California and Florida.
As part of its successful “Debug” program, Google is tapping...
Late physicist turned issue of when to stop searching for a better place to eat into mathematical problem
When it comes to exploring a new city, it can be tricky to know when to stop searching for a different restaurant to try every night, or to visit the first place you love on repeat.
Now researchers have found that the late physicist and Nobel laureate Richard Feynman devised a mathematical...
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier alleges OpenAI and boss Sam Altman built a ‘web of deceit’
Lisheenkyle, IRELAND – Tyrur Holdings Unlimited Company, a global Irish strategic advisory firm founded in 2016 with an international advisory footprint connected to over EUR 5 billion in client-related assets, has established a strategic framework with UBS in Switzerland, marking an important step in the Firm’s continued expansion across global capital markets, institutional financial...
Remains of Los Alamos employee Melissa Casias found alongside handgun in case that stirred online speculation
Authorities in New Mexico have identified human remains which they recently discovered as those of a Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) employee who had been missing for more than a year.
In a statement released over the weekend, state police said the remains belonged to Melissa...
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) recently prioritised diversity when updating its Listings Requirements (effective 16 February 2026) with initiatives aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This agenda emphasises board diversity across gender, race, age, and culture, with a sharpened focus on age inclusion as part of its broader agenda to foster equitable and representative […]
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) recently prioritised diversity when updating its Listings Requirements (effective 16 February 2026) with initiatives aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This agenda emphasises board diversity across gender, race, age, and culture, with a sharpened focus on age inclusion as part of its broader agenda to foster equitable and representative […]
It’s natural to focus on breakthroughs, but there are many challenges in Britain and around the world. There is no magic bullet, but there’s room for optimism
Cancer causes nearly one in six deaths worldwide every year, some 10 million all told. That is a stunning number, but it also masks the reality that some cancers are more deadly than others. We have become remarkably good at detecting and...
Nine banks have been offered access to GPT 5.5 Cyber, as fierce rival Anthropic has blocked previews of its tool.
Three coins, three very different ways to read the market. The latest Ethereum news is all about the order book, where crowded short bets sit on a trap door and quieter buyers wait underneath. The Toncoin price prediction reads off the chart instead, where a clean retest has analysts drawing a line of higher targets. […]
Pat Brogan preparing to walk his daughter down the aisle after trial of treatment designed to stop disease from hiding
• Smart drug that strips cancer cells of ‘invisibility cloak’ can shrink tumours by 30%, trial shows
One of the first patients to benefit from a pioneering smart drug that appears to melt away the “invisibility cloak” that can shield cancer cells from treatment is Pat...
Experimental tablet produces encouraging results in patients with world’s most common forms of disease
• ‘I was getting ready to say goodbye’: patient’s hope after smart drug success
A smart drug that stops cancer cells “hiding” from treatment can shrink tumours by at least 30% in six of the world’s most common forms of the disease, early trial results show.
While immunotherapy treatments have...
The state became the first to sue the ChatGPT maker over claims that its technology posed a risk to children and that the company had failed to warn the public of dangers.
Anthropic has confidentially filed for an IPO, teeing up what could become a watershed moment for in the AI frenzy.
The artificial intelligence company has seen explosive growth over the last year thanks largely to new technology that can automatically write computer code.
From today, 1 June 2026, all travellers crossing South Africa’s borders must submit an online customs declaration and declare any foreign-registered vehicles they bring into the country. This launch of the South African Revenue Service’s (SARS) new digital Traveller Declaration System, together with stepped-up education of customs rules at every port of entry, marks a […]
Ottawa, Ontario – Kyzenn today announced the release of a marketplace growth framework designed to help consumer brands improve operational efficiency, traffic quality, and performance measurement across Amazon and other retail media environments. The framework addresses a growing challenge for e-commerce brands as advertising costs rise, attribution becomes more complex, and marketplace...
Crypto has a strange habit of bringing back stories the market had already written off. Zcash was supposed to be a footnote, a privacy coin left over from a previous cycle, technically solid but commercially forgotten, drifting quietly while everyone chased AI tokens and modular blockchains. Then it blew past $600, and the conversation changed […]
Tech industry layoffs are accelerating, and executives have been quick to say it’s because their companies are doing more with artificial intelligence, even when there may be more to it.
Box, a Silicon Valley software maker, expects to have more employees, not fewer, as it hires A.I. architects, A.I. solutions managers and other new A.I.-related positions.
An analysis of six years of procurement records suggests that the People’s Liberation Army has openly tried to acquire restricted U.S. technology.