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Here are five things to know about British chip designing giant Arm, which will launch a blockbuster listing on Wall Street on Thursday. The company, owned by Japan’s SoftBank, is targeting a valuation of more than $52 billion on the Nasdaq stock exchange for its initial public offering (IPO), the largest New York has seen for almost two years. – Nearly all smartphones – Rather than making chips itself, Arm licenses designs for the essential […]
MOSCOW, Sept 15, 2023 (AFP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a Russian military aviation factory on Friday following his summit with President Vladimir Putin, as the two countries ostracised by the West seek deeper ties. Historic allies, Russia and North Korea are both under rafts of global sanctions — Moscow for its Ukraine conflict, Pyongyang for its nuclear tests — with Kim’s rare foreign visit sparking concern from Kyiv’s allies over a […]
When Michel Sadelain began his decades-long quest to genetically modify immune cells to fight cancer, his peers dismissed his ideas as absurd and even his mother grew concerned for his career. On Thursday, the French and Canadian scientist was announced as a winner of the prestigious Breakthrough Prize for his pioneering work in CAR T-cell therapy, a new form of treatment that has shown exceptional efficacy against blood cancers. “Over the years, I can’t tell […]
WASHINGTON, Sept 14, 2023 (AFP) – US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter was indicted Thursday for illegally buying a gun when he was using drugs, casting a new shadow over his father’s campaign for reelection next year. Hunter Biden, 53, was charged with two counts of making false statements when claiming on forms required for the 2018 gun purchase that he was not using drugs illegally at the time. A third charge said that, based […]
The flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed a “medicane”, a rare but destructive weather phenomenon that scientists believe will intensify in a warming world. The term is an amalgamation of the words Mediterranean and hurricane. Used by scientists and weather forecasters, it is less well known to the wider public. Medicanes, which tend to form over parts of the Mediterranean Sea near the North African coast, are similar […]
By Caroline TAÏX Driven by a passion to protect the planet, Phoebe English hasn’t bought a centimetre of fabric or a single plastic button for her collection at London Fashion Week. The fashion industry is one of the most polluting, accounting for up to 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, according to World Bank estimates. “Fast fashion”, where clothes are bought for a few dollars and then discarded after a few wears, leads to a […]
The AI models that power chatbots and other applications still have difficulty distinguishing between nonsense and natural language, according to a study released on Thursday. The researchers at Columbia University in the United States said their work revealed the limitations of current AI models and suggested it was too early to let them loose in legal or medical settings. They put nine AI models through their paces, firing hundreds of pairs of sentences at them […]
Italian art detectives have found stolen ancient treasures at a leading Australian university, including an artefact likely smuggled out of the country under piles of pasta, the institution said Friday. Australian National University (ANU) said Friday it was working with the “specialist art squad” of Italy’s Carabinieri military police to return the priceless pieces. The looted works discovered within the university’s classics museum included a 2,500-year-old amphora depicting Greek champion Heracles fighting the mythical Nemean […]
The astronaut Frank Rubio broke the record for the longest in orbit mission by an American, spending more than 355 days aboard the International Space Station. “In some ways, it’s been an incredible challenge. But in other ways, it’s been an incredible blessing,” Rubio said Wednesday from the ISS during a chat with NASA that was broadcast live. Having broken the old record Monday, Rubio said he was now looking forward to reaching 365 days. […]
By Camille BAS-WOHLERT Danish shipping giant Maersk on Thursday launched the world’s first container ship running on bio-methanol, a key step in its effort to lower its huge carbon footprint. Maersk, which sold its oil division to TotalEnergies in 2017, has set out a target to become carbon neutral by 2040. European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen christened the Laura at an inauguration ceremony in Copenhagen’s harbour, swinging a bottle of champagne across its […]
US surgeons who transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead patient announced Thursday they had ended their experiment after a record-breaking 61 days. The latest experimental procedure is part of a growing field of research aimed at advancing cross-species transplants, mainly testing the technique on bodies that have been donated for science. There are more than 103,000 people waiting for organ transplants in the United States, 88,000 of whom need kidneys. “We have […]
(Eagle News)–The Metro Rail Transit-3 will offer free rides to government employees from Sept. 18 to 20. According to the MRT-3 management, this was in celebration of the 123rd Philippine Civil Service Anniversary. The free rides can be availed of throughout the MRT-3’s operating hours. Commuters only need to present a valid government ID to be given the free ride. “Ang handog naming libreng sakay ay simpleng pasasalamat sa lahat ng mga sakripisyo ng bawat […]
