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Huawei Used TSMC, Samsung, and SK Hynix Parts for Its AI Chips
Huawei Technologies Co. used advanced components from Asia’s largest technology firms in at least some of its leading Ascend AI processors.

By The Financial District
Oct 71 min read


Conservationist and Primate Expert Jane Goodall Dies at 91
Renowned conservationist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91.

By The Financial District
Oct 42 min read


Amed Roboticist Says Humanoid Robot Bubble Is Doomed to Burst
Renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has a warning for investors pouring billions into humanoid robot startups: You’re wasting your money.

By The Financial District
Oct 21 min read


Ben Horowitz: AI is early. Culture Decides Who Wins.
Ben Horowitz did not come to soothe. In a conversation with Columbia Business School Dean Costis Maglaras, the Andreessen Horowitz co-founder argued that today’s AI moment is only the prologue to a far longer story.

By The Financial District
Sep 263 min read


Geologists Discover Largest Iron Ore Deposit in Australia Worth $5.7 Trillion
Geologists have uncovered a colossal iron ore deposit in Western Australia’s Hamersley region, estimated at 55 billion metric tons and valued at more than $5.7 trillion.

By The Financial District
Sep 261 min read


China-Made Flying Cars Collide at Air Show Rehearsal
Two flying cars collided during rehearsals for an air show in China meant to showcase the country’s cutting-edge technology.

By The Financial District
Sep 231 min read


Magnitude-7.4 Quake Rocks Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula over the weekend.

By The Financial District
Sep 171 min read


Resource-Scarce Japan Gets More Trains Running on Renewables
Rail operators in resource-poor Japan are increasingly turning to renewable energy as part of the country’s push to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

By The Financial District
Sep 171 min read


Elon Musk’s $500,000 Optimus Robot Flunks Test
The latest video of Tesla’s “Optimus” robot—touted as a pillar of the company’s future—shows the humanoid struggling to function for nearly a full minute.

By The Financial District
Sep 121 min read


AI Shakes Up the Call Center Industry, but Humans Still Beat Clankers
AI agents have taken over many routine call center duties.

By The Financial District
Sep 102 min read


Afghanistan Quake Death Toll Passes 1,400
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has risen past 1,400, with more than 3,000 people injured.

By The Financial District
Sep 51 min read


Tribes Slam Trump for Axing Deal for Salmon Recovery in Columbia River
Time is running out for wild salmon in the Columbia River Basin, where populations of salmon and other native fish have been declining for decades.

By The Financial District
Sep 41 min read


Japanese Camera Makers Ramp Up Mirrorless Lineups as Demand Rises
Major Japanese camera manufacturers are expanding their mirrorless offerings to meet growing demand for advanced features such as AI-assisted shooting.

By The Financial District
Sep 41 min read


Hungarian Scientists Create a New Kind of Fish in the Lab
A paper in Genes describes how two different types of fish — sturgeon and paddlefish — were bred to create a hybrid offspring.

By The Financial District
Aug 292 min read


UCLA Vaccine May Prevent Certain Cancers from Returning
An experimental vaccine has shown promise in preventing pancreatic and colorectal cancers from recurring.

By The Financial District
Aug 281 min read


At Least 520,000 Japanese may Face Advance Evacuation for Nankai Quake
At least 520,000 people across Japan could be asked to evacuate for a week if authorities issue a special alert signaling an elevated risk of a massive Nankai Trough earthquake.

By The Financial District
Aug 271 min read


U.S. Secretly Tracked AI Shipments to See if They Ended Up in China
U.S. authorities secretly placed tracking devices in certain shipments of advanced computer chips they believed could be illegally diverted to China.

By The Financial District
Aug 201 min read


AI Developers Lag Behind Market Expectations
We’re officially in the era of “the AI ate my homework”—at least if you’re in the business of making AI.

By The Financial District
Aug 181 min read


Potato Resulted from Hybridization with Tomato 9 Million Years Ago: Study
Scientists have finally uncovered the ancient secret behind the potato’s origin — and it involves an unexpected genetic romance.

By The Financial District
Aug 172 min read


AI Hasn’t Caused Job Losses, Researchers Find
The U.S. labor market is cooling, but one potential culprit can be ruled out: artificial intelligence (AI) does not appear to be causing a slowdown in hiring across the U.S. economy — at least not yet.

By The Financial District
Aug 161 min read


Life-Like Robots on Sale to The Public in Beijing Store
A new robot shop has opened in Beijing, selling everything from mechanical butlers to human-like replicas of Albert Einstein.

By The Financial District
Aug 151 min read


Great Barrier Reef Suffers Worst Coral Decline on Record
Parts of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered the largest annual decline in coral cover since records began nearly 40 years ago.

By The Financial District
Aug 151 min read


Elon Musk’s AI Rapped For Making Lewd Taylor Swift Videos
Elon Musk’s AI video generator has been accused of making “a deliberate choice” to create sexually explicit clips of Taylor Swift, according to an expert in online abuse.

By The Financial District
Aug 152 min read


Apollo 13 Moon Mission Leader James Lovell Dies At 97
James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly engineering, has died at the age of 97.

By The Financial District
Aug 122 min read
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