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OpenAI countersues Musk as feud deepens
Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI has filed counterclaims against multi-billionaire Elon Musk, accusing its former co-founder of waging a "relentless campaign" to damage the organization after it achieved success without him.
Amazon satellite launch scrubbed due to weather
Weather prevented a rocket carrying the first batch of Amazon satellites designed to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink from lifting off Wednesday, in a setback for the planned Project Kuiper network.
Amazon to launch first batch of satellites rivaling Musk
The US retail giant Amazon is preparing to launch Wednesday its first full batch of Project Kuiper satellites, marking a crucial milestone in the battle with Elon Musk's Starlink to provide high-speed internet.
Trump's NASA chief pick says will 'prioritize' Mars mission
NASA will prioritize sending astronauts to Mars, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the US space agency said Wednesday, shifting focus beyond a long-planned return to the Moon -- but insisting both were achievable.
French group gets death threats over renaming of 'Negresse' district
A French association behind a campaign to force officials in the resort city of Biarritz to rename the city's La Negresse historic district has received death threats and turned to police, the group said Wednesday.
How tariffs in the EU work
Customs duties, or tariffs, have become a political punching ball as the European Union prepares to respond to US President Donald Trump's recent offensive.
Race to save Sweden's 17th century warship in preservation project
A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that sank nearly 400 years ago and is now one of Sweden's most popular tourist attractions.
Trump plants 'MAGAnolia' to replace 200-year-old tree
US President Donald Trump planted a new sapling on Tuesday to replace a nearly 200-year-old tree at the White House -- dubbing it a "MAGAnolia" after his "Make America Great Again" slogan.
'Major brain drain': Researchers eye exit from Trump's America
In the halls of US universities and research labs, one question has become increasingly common as President Donald Trump tightens his grip on the field: whether to move abroad.
The scholar who helped Bad Bunny deal a Puerto Rican history lesson
It was Christmas Eve when multiple new Instagram followers slid into Jorell Melendez-Badillo's DMs, all with the same question: would the historian be interested in collaborating with Bad Bunny?
GA-ASI Inks Collaboration Deal With South Korea's Hanwha
The Companies Will Pursue Global UAS Programs
Teotihuacan altar found at Guatemala Maya site
A 1,000-year-old altar from Mexico's ancient Teotihuacan culture has been discovered in the erstwhile Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala, providing further proof of ties between the two pre-Hispanic societies, archaeologists said Monday.
'Alarming' microplastic pollution in Europe's great rivers
"Alarming" levels of microplastic have been found in major rivers across Europe according to scientists in 14 studies published simultaneously Monday.
New app hopes to empower artists against AI
In 2008, scriptwriter Ed Bennett-Coles said he experienced a career "death moment": he read an article about AI managing to write its first screenplay.
GA-ASI Expands Targeting Capability for MQ-9B SeaGuardian(R)
New Software Will Provide In-Flight Target Updates
The scientist rewriting DNA, and the future of medicine
A revolution is underway in gene editing -- and at its forefront is David Liu, an American molecular biologist whose pioneering work is rewriting the building blocks of life with unprecedented precision.
Snappy birthday: Germany's Leica camera turns 100
Photographer Franziska Stuenkel likes to take spontaneous urban shots, so she needs a nimble camera that is ready to go when inspiration strikes: her German-made Leica M11.
'I don't have a voice in my head': Life with no inner monologue
Mel May only realised she was different while reading a news article one day.
UK spy agency MI5 reveals fruity secrets in new show
For the first time in MI5's 115-year history, the famous UK spy agency is revealing some of its secrets in a London show featuring confessions from double agents and James Bond-like gadgets.
Greece nixes Acropolis shoot for 'Poor Things' director
Greece's culture ministry has declined a request by the Greek director of the Oscar-winning "Poor Things" to film at the Acropolis, saying the scenes did not align with the storied site's image.
Yana, a 130,000-year-old baby mammoth, goes under the scalpel
Making incisions and carefully taking samples, the scientists at a laboratory in Russia's far east looked like pathologists carrying out a post-mortem.
'It's gone': conservation science in Thailand's burning forest
Scientist Inna Birchenko began to cry as she described the smouldering protected forest in Thailand where she was collecting samples from local trees shrouded in wildfire smoke.
German industry grapples with AI at trade fair
Artificial intelligence is set to bring sweeping change to modern life, but at an industrial fair in Germany many companies wonder how they fit into the tech revolution.
Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit Moon
An huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four percent chance of smashing into the Moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.
World's tiniest pacemaker is smaller than grain of rice
Scientists said Wednesday they have developed the world's tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a grain of rice that can be injected and controlled by light before dissolving.
SpaceX launches private astronauts on first crewed polar orbit
SpaceX launched the first human spaceflight directly over Earth's polar regions on Monday -- a days-long, privately funded orbital mission involving four astronauts.
OpenAI says it raised $40 bn at valuation of $300 bn
OpenAI on Monday said it raised $40 billion in a new funding round that valued the ChatGPT maker at $300 billion, the biggest capital-raising session ever for a startup.
No technical obstacles to new giant particle collider in Europe: CERN
Europe's CERN laboratory said on Monday that a detailed analysis revealed no technical obstacles to building the world's biggest particle collider, even as critics took issue with the "pharaonic" $17-billion project.
Chinese tech giant Huawei says profits fell 28% last year
Chinese smartphone maker giant Huawei said Monday that profits fell 28 percent last year as it faced international economic uncertainty and weak consumption at home.
SpaceX to launch private astronauts on first crewed polar orbit
SpaceX is set to launch the first human spaceflight directly over Earth's polar regions on Monday -- a days-long, privately funded orbital mission involving four astronauts.
European orbital rocket crashes after launch
The first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe crashed seconds after blast-off Sunday, in a closely watched test for the continent's bid to build a new space economy.
AI-powered drones track down fires in German forests
Inside a green orb planted in the German countryside is a high-tech aid to prevent wildfires that have grown more common and destructive with rising global temperatures.