Google to scrap local news links in Canada over Online News Act
Google says it will block Canadian news in the country in response to a new law that aims to make tech giants pay Canadian media...
Dancing cyborgs: Japanese researchers develop robot arms to ‘unlock creativity’
TOKYO: What would society look like if cyborg body parts were freely available for use like roadside rental bicycles? Masahiko Inami’s team at the University...
Meta: Facebook owner launches virtual reality subscription service
Facebook owner Meta has launched a virtual reality (VR) subscription service as it tries to make that part of its business profitable. Meta says paying...
Why Spotify’s big bet on Meghan fell flat
When Spotify signed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with an exclusive deal reportedly worth about $20m (£15.6m) in 2020, the royal couple were taking...
Harry and Meghan: Spotify ends podcast deal with couple
Spotify has ended its lucrative deal with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for the couple to produce podcasts. A joint statement from Harry and...
Isle of Wight: New dinosaur species discovered
The fossilised remains of a previously unknown type of dinosaur have been found on the Isle of Wight. It is the first new species of...
Meta guru says ChatGPT-style AI is out-of-date
PARIS: The chief scientist for Facebook-owner Meta on Tuesday said that generative AI, the technology behind ChatGPT, was already at a dead end, instead promising...
NASA spies Martian rocks that look just like a teddy bear
A broken hill, an ancient crater and the human tendency to find faces everywhere may explain the teddy bear on Mars. Scientists studying the surface...
Does evolution ever go backward?
In regressive evolution, organisms lose complex features and can appear to evolve "in reverse." But evolution doesn't retrace its steps, experts said. Evolution has produced...
Prehistoric population once lived in Siberia, but mysteriously vanished, genetic study finds
A genetic study has revealed the existence of a previously unknown hunter-gatherer group that lived in Siberia upwards of 10,000 years ago. Researchers investigating prehistoric...