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Meta partners with news outlets to expand AI content

Meta announced Friday it will integrate content from major news organizations into its artificial intelligence assistant to provide Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users with real-time information.

Softbank's Son says super AI could make humans like fish, win Nobel Prize

Softbank CEO and AI investor Masayoshi Son said Friday that advanced artificial intelligence could surpass humans to the extent that "we become fish" and could even win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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UK far-right activist Robinson cleared of terror offence over phone access

A UK judge on Tuesday cleared far-right activist Tommy Robinson of a terrorism offence after he refused to let police access his phone last year, in his latest high-profile criminal case.

New GA-ASI Gambit 6 UCAV Adds Air-To-Ground Operations for International CCA

Air forces throughout the world are looking to air-to-ground-capable CCAs to enhance operational capabilities and address emerging threats in a denied environment. Gambit 6 is being developed to meet the corresponding need for adaptability, scalability, and mission-specific performance.

Sauce Labs Introduces Sauce AI for Insights: Purpose-Built AI Agents That Transform Software Quality Data Into Instant Engineering Intelligence

Purpose-Built AI Agents Eliminate Hours of Manual Test Analysis, Accelerating Release Cycles and Empowering Engineering Teams to Ship High-Quality Applications with Unprecedented Speed and Confidence

The Future of Autonomous Fighters Is Coming To Rome

GA-ASI Brings Uncrewed Fighter Fleet into Focus at International Fighter Conference 2025

Market Logic Software and Euromonitor International Announce New Data Integration: DeepSights(TM) to Enhance AI-Driven Insights for Customers

Market Logic has more than a decade's experience delivering solutions that allow businesses to centralize and leverage their consumer and market insights effectively. By integrating Euromonitor's extensive market research and intelligence content directly into DeepSights, shared clients will now benefit from a more unified and efficient insights management experience, powered by AI.

India space agency launches its heaviest satellite

India launched its heaviest ever communication satellite on Sunday, the latest step in the country's ambitious space programme.

Dead quiet: Paris Catacombs close for renovations

One of Paris's top tourist attractions -- and certainly its most morbid -- closes to visitors from Monday for six months of renovations.

Explorers seek ancient Antarctica ice in climate change study

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old.

Crowns, beauty, fried chicken: Korean culture meets diplomacy at APEC

World leaders and business titans gathered in South Korea this week to hash out issues from tariffs and AI to disputed history and regional security.

French court jails Bulgarians for up to four years for Holocaust memorial defacement

A French court on Friday sentenced four Bulgarians to between two and four years in prison for desecrating a Jewish memorial with red handprints last year, in what prosecutors think may have been foreign interference linked to Russia.

China sends youngest astronaut, mice to space station

A new crew took off for China's space station on Friday, including the country's youngest ever astronaut and four lab mice.

China holds send-off ceremony for space station astronauts

China held a send-off ceremony on Friday for a new crew of astronauts set to depart for its space station, including its youngest "taikonaut" and four lab mice.

AI giants turn to massive debt to finance tech race

Meta raised $30 billion in debt on Thursday, as tech giants flush with cash turn to borrowing to finance the expensive race to lead in artificial intelligence.

Amazon shares surge as AI boom drives cloud growth

Amazon's share price skyrocketed by more than ten percent on Thursday after the online retail behemoth reported better than expected earnings, powered by surging demand for its cloud computing services.

Universal says struck first licensing deal for AI music

Recording industry giant Universal Music Group said Thursday it had struck a licensing deal with AI music generation startup Udio, in an industry-first tie-up aiming to launch an AI creation platform next year.

China to send youngest astronaut, mice on space mission this week

The crew for China's next manned flight to the Tiangong space station will include the country's youngest ever astronaut to undertake a space mission, authorities said Thursday, as well as four lab mice.

Meta shares sink as $16 bn US tax charge tanks profit

Meta shares dove more than eight percent in after-hours trading Wednesday after the tech giant reported a US tax charge took a roughly $16 billion bite out of its quarterly profit.

AI chip giant Nvidia becomes world's first $5 trillion company

AI chip juggernaut Nvidia became the world's first $5 trillion company on Wednesday, as investors remain confident that artificial intelligence will deliver a new wave of innovation and growth.

Investment Firm Alpha Star invests 1 million USD in AI Art Authentication Company Art Recognition

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND / ACCESS Newswire / October 29, 2025 / Art Recognition , the Swiss pioneer in AI art authentication, is delighted to announce a new strategic partnership with Alpha Star , a leading Luxembourg-based investment fund with a strong track record of supporting innovative companies in the art market. This collaboration marks an important milestone as Alpha Star becomes Art Recognition's anchor investor.

Archaeologists unearth clues on French colonial massacre in Senegal cemetery

Holes in the ground, clods of earth next to headstones, dislocated concrete outlines: the Thiaroye military cemetery near Dakar bears the marks of recent excavations meant to unearth the truth behind a WWII-era massacre by French colonial forces.

GoodData Brings AI-Native Data Intelligence to Financial Services

Embeddable, compliant, and auditable AI agents unlock trusted automation for banks, insurers, and financial institutions.

Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc. and Chemtatva Chiral Solutions Pvt. Ltd. to Establish Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Pvt. Ltd. in Hyderabad, India

Strategic Partnership to Establish Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Pvt. Ltd. in Hyderabad's Genome Valley, Enhancing Global Production and Supply of Isotopically Enriched Chemical Solutions for Pharmaceutical and Electronics Industries

Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc. Unveils ISOAPI-D - a New Standard in Deuterated Reagents for Pharmaceutical Innovation - at CPhI Frankfurt 2025

With ISOAPI-D, CIL offers pharmaceutical partners a secure, global supply of deuterated reagents - manufactured to the highest quality standards for faster, more efficient API development.

Novartis acquiring US firm Avidity Biosciences for $12 bn

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced Sunday it had agreed to buy Avidity Biosciences, with the San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company being valued at $12 billion.

'Food for the soul': Germany's Yiddish revival

A push to revitalise Yiddish and its cultural traditions has gained momentum in Germany, the very place where the Nazi regime's Holocaust sought to eradicate the Jewish communities who spoke it.

Sauce Labs and Deque Systems Partner to Deliver Comprehensive Accessibility Testing at Scale

SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / October 24, 2025 / Sauce Labs Inc., a leading provider of continuous testing solutions, and Deque Systems, Inc., a trusted leader in digital accessibility, today announced a strategic partnership to help companies ensure compliance with accessibility regulations and deliver accessible digital experiences across all devices and platforms.

'Functionally extinct': Heat wave left Florida coral species on brink

A record-breaking marine heat wave in 2023 left two ecologically vital coral species "functionally extinct" in Florida's Coral Reef, a study said Thursday, highlighting the growing dangers a warming climate poses for the world's oceans.

Europe plans satellite powerhouse to rival Musk's Starlink

Three leading European aerospace groups announced Thursday a plan to merge their satellite operations to create a powerhouse for competing in particular against Elon Musk's Starlink internet system.

Fortune 500 Leaders Share AI-powered Supply Chain Excellence on Stage at OMP Conference

Industry giants, including AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, General Mills, and Kraft Heinz, to present real-world case studies in Miami

OpenAI unveils search browser in challenge to Google

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Tuesday announced an "Atlas" search browser, leveraging its artificial intelligence prowess in a direct challenge to Google Chrome.

Chinese woman charged over gold theft at Paris Natural History Museum

A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the theft of gold from the Natural History Museum in Paris, in one of several recent high-profile break-ins targeting French cultural institutions, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Malaysia Expands Deployment of BlackBerry Secure Communications for the 46th and 47th ASEAN Summits

Malaysia modernizes mobile command and control, securing voice and messaging for inter-agency coordination with BlackBerry AtHoc and BlackBerry SecuSUITE

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