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China tech shrugged off Trump’s ‘trade war’ − there’s no reason it won’t do the same with new tariffs

When Donald Trump returns to the White House, he’ll be accompanied by a coterie of China hawks, all vowing to use tariffs and export bans to stop …

Silicon Valley’s bet on AI defence startups and what it means for the future of war

From Gaza to Ukraine, today’s war zones are being used as testing grounds for new systems driven by artificial intelligence. Billions of dollars are …

‘AI agents’ promise to arrange your finances, do your taxes, book your holidays – and put us all at risk

Over the past two years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has captivated public attention. This year signals the beginning of a new phase: the …

Safety advocates fear Tesla will face less accountability for car crashes under Trump

In April of last year, a distraught driver called 911 to report a crash in Snohomish County, Wash., outside Seattle. "I hit a person on a motorcycle in my car, on the freeway, on the way home," said the driver, who identified himself to the dispatcher as Scott Hunter. U.S. to probe Tesla's 'Full …

Here’s our forecast for AI this year

Surging emissions, battlefield algorithms, Trump's chip war, and other predictions. In December, our small but mighty AI reporting team was asked by …

Tech companies are turning to ‘synthetic data’ to train AI models – but there’s a hidden cost

Last week the billionaire and owner of X, Elon Musk, claimed the pool of human-generated data that’s used to train artificial intelligence (AI) …

Nuclear fusion could one day be a viable clean energy source – but big engineering challenges stand in the way

Both approaches to fusion share a range of challenges that won’t be cheap to overcome. The way scientists think about fusion changed forever in 2022, when what some called the experiment of the century demonstrated for the first time that fusion can be a viable source of clean energy. The experiment, …

From watts to warheads: Secretary of energy oversees big science research and the US nuclear arsenal

The U.S. Department of Energy was created in 1977 by merging two agencies with different missions: the Atomic Energy Commission, which developed, …

Today’s Robber Barons Hide in Plain Sight

Elon Musk and fellow billionaires are flouting their influence. The looming US presidential inauguration casts a long shadow. Not the least important uncertainty that feeds the fears of many concerns the role of Donald Trump intimate Elon Musk, the richest person in the world. Musk is even more …

Zuckerberg distances from former allies in Joe Rogan interview

Mark Zuckerberg's appearance on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast has made it clear that in the increasingly manichean face-off between government …

AMD stock ‘falling off a cliff’; Should you buy?

The share price of semiconductor giant Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) continues to experience a challenging start to 2025, casting doubt on its …

Nvidia’s AI empire: A look at its top startup investments

No company has capitalized on the AI revolution more dramatically than Nvidia. Its revenue, profitability, and cash reserves have skyrocketed since the introduction of ChatGPT a little over two years ago — and the many competitive generative AI services that have launched since. And its stock price …

​​I asked ChatGPT to predict the market. Here’s what the AI chatbot says 2025 will bring …

Many try, but few succeed in correctly predicting the market — even among Wall Street analysts who do it for a living. Take the S&P 500, for example. The index closed 2024 at 5,882, cementing a second year of more than 20% gains. Yet this time last year, Wall Street's 2024 median year-end price …

Alliance between Meta and Trump is likely to create informational, economic and geopolitical conflicts around the world

Meta’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, announced on Tuesday 7 a series of changes to the content moderation actions on his platforms Facebook, Instagram …

Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse

The decision by Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to end its fact-checking program and otherwise reduce content moderation raises …

How Ozempic Has Forever Changed How Much People Spend on Food, According to a New Cornell University Study

According to a survey conducted by KFF Polling, about 12 percent of Americans have tried Ozempic, Wegovy, or other GLP-1 drugs. (If you aren’t familiar, GLP-1 agonists are a class of prescription drugs used to treat diabetes and prevent heart attacks and strokes, and are also used for weight loss.) …

How America courted increasingly destructive wildfires − and what that means for protecting homes today

The fires burning in the Los Angeles area are a powerful example of why humans have learned to fear wildfire. Fires can level entire neighborhoods in …

Meta’s factchecker cut has sparked controversy – but the real threat is AI and neurotechnology

Mark Zuckerberg’s recent decision to remove factcheckers from Meta’s platforms – including Facebook, Instagram and Threads – has sparked heated …

The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake.

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal health agency has vowed to replace hundreds of staffers and shift research away from infectious diseases and …