China’s latest war game uses hospital and science ships for espionage
It is self-evident that Beijing is not promoting peace, health or scientific research.
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Fidelity enters crowded stablecoin field with new FIDD token
Fidelity Investments, one of the largest asset managers on the planet, announced on Wednesday it will launch its own stablecoin. Like other stablecoins, Fidelity’s token—known...
Technology
Finance
Probing the jet base of M87's supermassive black hole
Some galaxies eject powerful streams of charged particles—jets—from their centers into space. The prominent jet of Messier 87 (M87) in the constellation Virgo is visible...
Energy
Physics
UK wants to give web publishers a 'fairer' deal with Google's AI overviews
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is recommending measures to give publishers more control over how their content is used in Google’s AI overviews....
Technology
Software
Scientists have identified unique sounds for 8 fish species
Have you ever wished you could swim like a fish? How about speak like one? In a paper recently published in the Journal of Fish...
Biology
Engineering
Brain imaging shows when infants understand verbs
New brain imaging research reveals that by 10 months old, infants are already beginning to understand verbs, before they even say their first words. In...
Technology
Neuroscience
The ‘strongest currency on earth’ just hit an 11-year high — and it’s stirring up trouble in Switzerland
The Swiss franc is widely viewed as a safe haven asset, rising in value in times of geopolitical or macroeconomic uncertainty.
Politics
Economics
Overnight Russian drones strike homes, damage monastery in Odesa
Russian forces launched overnight drone attacks on Ukraine hitting residential areas in the Kyiv region and Odesa, Ukrainian officials said.
Robotics
Space & Astronomy
Amazon confirms 16,000 job cuts after accidental email
The technology giant confirmed the redundancies hours after it told staff in an email sent in error.
Technology
Multiwavelength monitoring reveals distant blazar OP 313's behavior
An international team of astronomers has analyzed the data from long-term multiwavelength monitoring of a distant blazar known as OP 313. Results of the new...
Biology
Multiwavelength analysis finds no radio pulsations from accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar
Using various space telescopes and ground-based facilities, astronomers have performed X-ray and radio observations of an accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar known as MAXI J1957+032. Results...
Physics
Biology
The Download: A bid to treat blindness, and bridging the internet divide
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The first human...
Software
Technology
Omar after being sprayed at event: ‘I’m definitely going to survive intimidation’
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday said she is “definitely going to survive intimidation,” not long after she was sprayed with an unknown substance during...
Marco Rubio tells senators Venezuela transition won't be fast or easy
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Politics
Trump announces 'massive' US armada heading towards Iran, warning Tehran to negotiate
The wave of protests in Iran, which broke out on 28 December over the collapse of the rial currency and the rising cost of living,...
Trump says government will 'de-escalate' in Minnesota following Pretti shooting
The killing of Alex Pretti over the weekend led Minnesota officials and locals to renew calls for Trump to end his immigration operation there.
Politics
Apple's utter silence about AI-generated child porn on X is appalling yet unsurprising
It's now been weeks, Apple, Do the right thing by users instead of your shareholders and block the child porn factory that is still X...
Apple & Mac
Software
'I don't let bullies win,' says US congresswoman Omar after substance thrown at her
The Minnesota Democrat was uninjured and continued to speak at her event, after being sprayed with an unidentified liquid.
Politics
The first direct observation of a liquid charge density wave
Charge density waves (CDWs) are ordered, crystal-like patterns in the arrangement of electrons that spontaneously form inside some solid materials. These patterns can change how...
Materials Science
Physics
NASA research jet makes fiery 'wheels-up landing' after experiencing mechanical issue (video)
One of NASA's high-altitude WB-57 research jet made a fiery wheels-up landing on Tuesday (Jan. 27) after a mechanical issue prevented it from lowering its...
Engineering
Space & Astronomy
STAT+: More high-income countries have used compulsory licenses to gain access to meds, study finds
The use of compulsory licenses by high-income countries to gain access to medicines increased considerably over a recent 10-year period, mostly for treatments of noncommunicable...
Medicine & Health
Biology
Days numbered for 'risky' lithium-ion batteries, scientists say, after fast-charging breakthrough in sodium-ion alternative
An innovative approach to battery materials could bring sodium-ion energy density and charging speeds far closer to those of lithium-ion, scientists say.
Energy
Materials Science
China finally approves the first batch of NVIDIA H200 AI GPU imports
China has agreed to import its first batch of NVIDIA’s H200 AI chips after the government initially rejected the idea, Reuters reported. Several hundred thousand...
Software
Materials Science
Shokz OpenFit Pro review: Reducing distractions while keeping your ears open
Rarely does a set of open-fit earbuds actually impress me. I tend to find them underwhelming because overall sound quality is subpar compared to the...
Technology
Energy