This is Beirut 10/04 13:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Electricity consumption by data centres will more than double by 2030, driven by artificial intelligence applications that will create new challenges for energy security and CO2 emission goals, the IEA said Thursday. At the same time, AI can unlock opportunities to produce and consume electricity more efficiently, the International Energy Agency ...
This is Beirut 09/04 17:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The EU said Wednesday it is considering streamlining artificial intelligence and data rules as part of a broader push to help European businesses keep up with US and Chinese rivals. The European Union long heralded its legal arsenal on tech as an example for the world, but the tone has shifted since the return of US President Donald Trump. Just ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 09/04 17:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Water Bottles Disposable Health Bacteria
Proper hydration, eco-awareness and sleek design – in many parts of the world, reusable water bottles are everywhere. Whether made of stainless steel, glass or durable plastic, they’ve become a fixture in backpacks, on desks and in gyms. Since the rise of zero-waste movements and growing environmental consciousness – still, unfortunately, ...
This is Beirut 09/04 12:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
INTERNET Meta Facebook Zuckerberg
Barring any eleventh-hour intervention, social media juggernaut Meta will stand trial next week facing serious US government allegations that it abused its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors. By moving forward, the trial in a Washington federal court dashes any hopes from Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg ...
This is Beirut 08/04 13:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
INTERNET Meta Facebook Messanger Teenagers
Meta on Tuesday announced that it was extending its teen accounts to its social network Facebook, after recently introducing restrictions on Instagram. The accounts were brought in for 13- to 15-year-old users of the company's popular photo-sharing app last September as part of moves to shield vulnerable underage internet users from online ...
This is Beirut 08/04 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russia USA Kazakhstan Aerospace
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying an American and two Russians launched, on Tuesday, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to head to the International Space Station. The MS-27 craft, which was decorated to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, took off at 10:47 am (0547 GMT), according to televised images shown by the Russian ...
This is Beirut 08/04 11:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Global temperatures hovered at historic highs in March, Europe's climate monitor said on Tuesday, prolonging an extraordinary heat streak that has tested scientific expectations. In Europe, it was the hottest March ever recorded by a significant margin, said the Copernicus Climate Change Service, driving rainfall extremes across a continent ...
This is Beirut 04/04 12:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Making incisions and carefully taking samples, the scientists at a laboratory in Russia's far east looked like pathologists carrying out a post-mortem. But the body they were dissecting is a baby mammoth who died around 130,000 years ago. Discovered last year, the calf nicknamed Yana, for the river basin where she was found, is in a remarkable ...
This is Beirut 03/04 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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. The installation, resembling a giant golf ball covered in solar panels, is the hangar for an AI-powered drone that its developer hopes one day will be able to sniff out and ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 02/04 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Pain is universal, yet some forms defy description. Among the most excruciating conditions known to medicine, three stand out – consistently cited by both patients and healthcare professionals: cluster headaches, childbirth and acute pancreatitis. Their intensity, duration and the sense of helplessness they induce raise profound questions about ...
This is Beirut 02/04 12:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaming giant Nintendo is set to unveil the successor to its phenomenally popular Switch console on Wednesday. Here are some facts about its success: 150 million sold Nintendo has sold around 150 million Switch machines since the gadget's launch in March 2017. That makes it the third best-selling console in video game history, behind Sony's ...
This is Beirut 01/04 13:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
OpenAI Artificial Intelligence SoftBank ChatGPT Sam Altman
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. The infusion of cash comes in a partnership with Japanese investment giant SoftBank Group and "enables us to push the frontiers of AI research even further," the San ...