Category: Technology

larisa Stefanjuk/Shutterstock Dogs are sociable, enthusiastic and widely used to comfort people in settings like hospitals, schools and care homes. But an increasingly popular alternative is emerging: therapy cats. The term is often used loosely in the media and inconsistently within the scientific community. But in its strictest sense, animal-assisted therapy is a structured activity […]

Volkswagen has introduced its first in-house automated driving system, developed through Carizon—a joint venture between its software division Cariad and China’s Horizon Robotics. This system, showcased at the Shanghai Auto Show, marks a significant step in Volkswagen’s strategy to enhance its presence in China’s competitive electric vehicle (EV) market. Key Features and Development The new […]

Morocco Partners with Nokia and Ericsson to Advance Digital 2030 Vision In a strategic move to accelerate its digital transformation, the Moroccan government has signed separate Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with telecom giants Nokia and Ericsson. The agreements are part of Morocco’s Digital 2030 strategy, aimed at expanding high-speed connectivity, fostering local innovation, and enhancing […]

The European Commission has introduced a comprehensive strategy to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across member states, while bolstering the region’s technological autonomy in key sectors. The plan, known as the AI Continent Action Plan, includes a €20 billion investment to support AI infrastructure, chip production, and access to computing power. Announced on […]

OpenAI has introduced two advanced AI reasoning models, o3 and o4-mini, enhancing the capabilities of ChatGPT by enabling it to process and reason with images. These models represent a significant leap in multimodal AI, allowing for more complex tasks involving visual inputs. Key Features: Availability: The o3 and o4-mini models are accessible to ChatGPT Plus, […]

Darryl Fonseka/Shutterstocl What do you think of when it comes to extra terrestrial life? Most popular sci-fi books and TV shows suggest humanoid beings could live on other planets. But when astronomers are searching for extra-terrestrial life, it is usually in the form of emissions from bacteria or other tiny organisms. A new research paper […]

OpenAI is developing a social networking platform that integrates AI functionalities directly into the user experience. An internal prototype of the platform reportedly exists, focusing on combining a social feed with ChatGPT’s image generation capabilities. CEO Sam Altman has been gathering external feedback as the company considers whether to launch the platform as a standalone […]

Susan Stolovy (SSC/Caltech) et al., NASA SPitzer/IRAC Astronomers have long been puzzled by two strange phenomena at the heart of our galaxy. First, the gas in the central molecular zone (CMZ), a dense and chaotic region near the Milky Way’s core, appears to be ionised (meaning it is electrically charged because it has lost electrons) […]

A British cabinet minister’s verified X (formerly Twitter) account was hijacked on Tuesday and used to promote a fake cryptocurrency linked to the UK Parliament, according to a spokesperson for the minister and reporting by Agence France-Presse (AFP). The compromised account belonged to Lucy Powell, Leader of the House of Commons, who has held the […]

NASA/ESA/STScI In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast moving body using the world’s most powerful telescopes. It was found to be one quarter mile (400m) long and very elongated – perhaps 10 times as long as it was wide. Researchers named it […]