São Paulo, Brazil, Oct 2 (EFE). – A team of biologists is investigating whether a biotoxin generated by high temperatures in Brazil’s Amazon region caused the death of up to 120 dolphins of two endangered species. The multiple deaths, recorded over the past week, are the worst event of its kind in at least three … Read more
New York, Sep 25 (EFE).- Amazon is to invest up to $4 billion in artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic, as part of a “broader collaboration to develop business models, the ÄI firm said in a statement Monday. Following the investment, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is expected to become Anthropic’s leading cloud storage provider, with both … Read more
Washington, September 24 (EFE).- In a historic achievement, NASA successfully brought a sample of an asteroid back to Earth on Sunday for the first time in its history. Scientists anticipate that this sample, collected from the asteroid Bennu, will offer unique insights into the origins of life and the solar system’s formation roughly 4.5 billion … Read more
New Delhi, Sep 22 (EFE).- The Indian space agency reported on Friday that it tried, without success so far, to re-establish communication with the probe it sent a month ago to the south pole of the Moon, ending the hope that the vehicle could withstand the low temperatures of the lunar night. “Efforts have been … Read more
Arlington, United States, Sep 20 (EFE).- Creating more interactive, conversational, intelligent, and adaptable devices for each person thanks to artificial intelligence. That is the goal of Amazon, which presented some new products on Wednesday at an event at its headquarters in Virginia. Among them, a new generation of its Echo Sound 8 device, new versions … Read more
New York, United States, Sept 20 (EFE).- Writers George R.R. Martin, John Grisham, Elin Hilderbrand, and 14 others organized by the Authors Guild have sued technology company OpenAI for violating their copyrights. The company gained widespread popularity last year with the launch of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot capable of creating content in a sophisticated … Read more
Beijing, Sep 20 (EFE).- China’s Ministry of State Security accused US intelligence agencies on Wednesday of infiltrating the servers of Chinese technology giant Huawei since 2009. In an article posted on its official Wechat account, the ministry said that the Office of Tailored Access Operations of the United States’ National Security Agency began to infiltrate … Read more
Beijing, Sep 19 (EFE).- European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova on Tuesday defended “essential European interests” in the digital field but clarified that the European Union “does not seek to decouple from China.” EU Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Vera Jourova (R), and Ambassador of the European Union to China, Jorge … Read more
Sarah Yanez-Richards New York, United States, Sept 18 (EFE).- Representatives from the United States, Spain, the United Kingdom, Japan and India insisted on Monday on the need to create national and international regulations for artificial intelligence (AI). During a conference held at the headquarters of the National Library in New York as part of the … Read more
Havana, Sept. 16 (EFE) – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Saturday during the G77+China summit that the countries of the Global South have “all the conditions to be at the forefront” of science, technology and innovation. “Together we will be stronger, as we have been in the past,” Lula said at … Read more
New York, Sept 15 (EFE).- Google agreed to pay 93 million dollars (about 87 million euros) to the state of California to stop a complaint stating that it tracked users’ location without their knowledge. The settlement follows a several years investigation by the California Department of Justice, which determined that Google misled users into believing … Read more
New Delhi, Sep 15 (EFE).- The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is set to carry out the first test of the crew escape system of its ambitious manned spaceflight project Gaganyaan in October and November. This would be the first of four abort missions of the vehicle for the project, that aims to put Indians … Read more