German group mulls remote-controlled ships to fix skipper shortage
Duisburg (Germany) (AFP) - With the flow of new recruits into the seafaring sector drying up, a German company is...
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Microsoft to invest $2.9 bn in Japan AI push
Tokyo (AFP) - Microsoft on Tuesday announced a $2. 9 billion investment over the next two years in Japan to...
What’s behind the spate of recent incidents on Boeing planes?
New York (AFP) - Boeing has been in the headlines a lot lately following a series of incidents after the...
South Korea to invest $7 billion in AI by 2027
Seoul (AFP) - South Korea will invest almost $7 billion in artificial intelligence by 2027 in an effort to become...
Tesla settles wrongful death lawsuit from fatal crash
San Francisco (AFP) - Tesla has settled with the family of an engineer killed when his Model X crashed in...
OpenAI’s Sam Altman declared billionaire by Forbes
San Francisco (AFP) - Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, has become a billionaire, Forbes said Monday. Altman,...
Brazil judge orders probe of Musk over censorship charge
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - A Supreme Court judge in Brazil ordered an investigation Sunday of Elon Musk after the...
AI vs humans: influencers face competition from virtual models
Paris (AFP) - Social media influencers have embraced artificial intelligence to spice up their content but they are also facing...
US nuclear industry upbeat on small reactors, despite setback
New York (AFP) - Despite the recent cancellation of a next-generation US nuclear plant, backers of the carbon-free power source...
Elon Musk says Tesla will unveil robotaxi in August
San Francisco (AFP) - Elon Musk revealed Friday that Tesla will pull back the curtain on a robotaxi this summer,...
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