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US court refuses to overturn Pentagon ban on Anthropic

A US appeals court upheld on Friday the Pentagon's decision to exclude Anthropic from its supply chain, a decision taken when the AI startup refused to remove certain safeguards on its Claude model.

Archaeological 'breakthrough' could confirm origins of Paris

An ancient wall discovered in central Paris was hailed as a "major breakthrough" on Wednesday, as the archaeological find may have settled a long-standing debate about the location of the city's original settlement.

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New species of ghost shark may have been found in Costa Rica

Costa Rican scientists may have discovered a new species of ghost shark in Pacific waters near Cabo Blanco and Cano Island.

UN warns of strong looming El Nino

El Nino will quickly develop into a strong event between July and September, fuelling the likelihood of extreme weather, the United Nations' weather and climate agency warned Friday.

Belgium opens up Congo archives amid global minerals race

From century-old maps to meticulous field notes, Belgium is sitting on a trove of geological records on colonial-era Congo -- a coveted archive it is working to open up amid a global scramble for critical minerals.

El Nino set to be strong, UN warns

El Nino will quickly develop into a strong event between July and September, fuelling the likelihood of extreme weather, the United Nations' weather and climate agency warned Friday.

Crossmint Secures Payment Institution and MiCA Authorization, Completing a Full-Stack EU Regulatory Stack for Stablecoin Payments

With Authorization as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider Under MiCA and Payment Institution Under PSD2, Crossmint Now Operates Under Both of the EU's Core Frameworks for Stablecoin Infrastructure, Giving Enterprise Fintechs One Regulated Provider to Hold Stablecoins and Move Them as Payments

Germany's Infineon opens major chip plant as EU seeks tech autonomy

German semiconductor giant Infineon opened a five-billion-euro ($5.7 billion) microchip plant Thursday, at a time Europe seeks to bolster its high-tech autonomy.

Bones of contention: More research needed on 'd'Artagnan corpse'

More research is needed to determine whether bones buried beneath a Dutch church belong to d'Artagnan, the swashbuckling French soldier who inspired the novel The Three Musketeers, officials said Thursday.

'Job forever': trade schools are all the rage in the AI era

Long looked down upon, skilled trades are booming in the United States, especially among young adults drawn by strong demand -- even as artificial intelligence (AI) eats into service-sector jobs.

GoodData.AI Recognized in 2026 Gartner(R) Magic Quadrant(TM) for Analytics and BI Platforms

GoodData.AI positioned as a Visionary by Gartner® for completeness of vision and ability to execute.

Planned 1.7 million satellites 'devastating' for astronomy: study

The 1.7 million satellites that companies are aiming to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years will have "devastating consequences for astronomy", new research warned Wednesday.

Fear and anger brew inside Meta amid AI frenzy

A frenzied push for artificial intelligence dominance comes with a different kind of cost for Meta, where massive layoffs, employee surveillance and departures have fueled reports of a heated internal climate.

Hydrosat Launches Data Discovery Platform, Unlocking 500 Million sq km of Satellite Imagery

New portal provides on-demand thermal imagery for critical resource monitoring, risk detection, and operational decision-making worldwide.

Clockwork.io Launches The Industry's First Contractual Commitment to End GPU Waste in AI Training

"You Only Compute Once" (YOCO) guarantees to resolve 90% of AI training failures with no lost progress, or customers get credit

Data centres emitting more CO2 than thought: study

Data centres, whose expansion is being fuelled dramatically by the artificial intelligence boom, have a far bigger carbon footprint than previously estimated, a study said Tuesday.

Ride-share group BlaBlaCar taps AI for 20-country expansion

French ride-sharing and travel site BlaBlaCar said Tuesday that it would push into 20 new countries -- double the current number -- thanks to the scaling opportunities provided by AI.

NASA robot mission aiming to rescue space telescope

NASA on Tuesday is set to launch a daring robotic rescue mission, a long shot bid to prevent one of its aging telescopes from vanishing into dust.

Tenstorrent Sets New Performance Records, Launches TT- Ascalon S, and Expands Across Japan

At TT-Deploy JP, Tenstorrent set new records on language and video models, launched TT-Ascalon S RISC-V CPU IP for agentic AI, and joins ai&'s sovereign heterogenous inference platform with Tenstorrent Galaxy™ superclusters, a general-purpose system that can drop in beside GPUs or stands alone.

Sauce Labs Becomes the First Dedicated Software Quality Platform to Achieve ISO 42001 Certification for Responsible AI

As AI takes on decisions that used to belong to engineers, the world's largest continuous testing cloud joins the small group of companies in any industry independently certified to govern AI responsibly

US Supreme Court rules on dragnet searches of cellphone location data

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled partially in favor of a man challenging the use of sweeping "geofence" searches of cellphone location data in his robbery conviction, sending the case back to a lower court for further consideration.

NOVARION Systems showcases NOVARA

Europe’s Sovereign and Trustworthy AI Virtual Coworker, at GITEX Europe Berlin 2026

Cycling industry bets on smart bikes to boost sales

At the Eurobike trade fair, hopes are high that smart and AI-enabled bicycles can revive an industry that has been dealing with years of flagging sales.

World's largest particle smasher halts for upgrade to boost hunt for dark matter

The world's most powerful particle accelerator will Monday shutter operations for four years of renovations to dramatically boost its collision-capacity and the potential for unlocking one of the greatest mysteries of the Universe: dark matter.

Should we fear an AI bubble bust?

Recent swings in tech stocks are reviving fears of an AI bubble -- and some experts warn that if it pops, the fallout could be bigger than anything Wall Street has ever seen.

Europe heatwave shattering temperature records: UN

Europe's heatwave has smashed several temperature records, the UN's weather and climate agency said Friday, adding that it would determine the full impact once the phenomenon has ended.

Secret cameras, mics and AI reveal rare Cambodia wildlife

Above the patter of rain cascading through the jungle canopy comes the haunting call of a pileated gibbon singing to fend off intruders in Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains.

TIS Warns that Companies are Underprepared for Impact of ISO 20022 Financial Transaction Standard

Treasury Intelligence Solutions (TIS) reports that payment disruption is now reaching corporates as banks enforce stricter data standards under the new standard for transaction messaging, and critical gaps are appearing.

Eudia Announces Collaboration with Microsoft to Scale Expert Digital Twins for the Enterprise

Joint co-sell and technical integration across Microsoft 365 bring Eudia's Expert Digital Twins and suite of specialized agents to in-house legal departments and adjacent teams at the world's most ambitious companies

GA-ASI Adapts Ground Control Station to Fly MQ-9B

World Leader in UAS Invests in Upgrades That Ease MQ-9B Procurement

Hydrosat and Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary Sign Agreement to Advance Satellite-Based Water Intelligence Across Kazakhstan and Central Asia

BRUSSELS, BE / ACCESS Newswire / June 25, 2026 / Hydrosat, the leading provider of thermal infrared satellite data and AI-powered analytics, and JSC "NC "Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary" (JSC "NC "KGS"), Kazakhstan's national space company, announced the signing of a Joint Activity Agreement during a ceremony held in Brussels on 23 June 2026. The agreement establishes the framework for a national-scale program to digitize water resources management using satellite-based thermal analytics and AI, with the potential to expand across Central Asia.

'Fingerprints' of black hole's event horizon detected for first time

Scientists have detected the "fingerprints" of a black hole's event horizon -- the boundary from which nothing can escape -- for the first time, according to research published on Wednesday.

Euclid telescope snaps best photo yet of Milky Way's heart

The Euclid space telescope has captured the largest and most detailed photo ever taken of our galaxy's crowded heart, a dazzling image packed with 60 million stars, the European Space Agency said Wednesday.

Japan PM heckled at WWII memorial

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was heckled at a World War II memorial event by protesters angry about Tokyo's further shift away from its decades-long pacifist stance, television footage showed.

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