Harvard’s modern-day Darwin warns against humanity’s downward slope
The Harvard University scientist who has called for setting aside half the planet as a nature preserve says the slope of human history will always be downward unless there is ...
Robotex Cyprus returns after two-year hiatus
The Pancyprian Robotex Robotics Competition made its return earlier this month following two years of cancellations due to the pandemic and its resulting restrictions.
Organised by the Cyprus Computer Society (...
J&J settles most Risperdal lawsuits, with $800 million in expenses
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) said it has settled most of the lawsuits it faced by thousands of men who claimed its anti-psychotic drug Risperdal caused them to develop excessive ...
Move over Apple, Microsoft now the world’s most valuable company
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) lost its crown as the world’s most valuable public company to Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Friday, as the iPhone maker’s shares fell about 2 ...
Alien world under Austria’s doomed glaciers tells tale of their collapse
Scientists are venturing inside otherworldly ice caves growing beneath Austria’s doomed glaciers to study why they are melting even faster than expected, and understand the fate that will befall ...
Microsoft to work with community colleges to fill 250,000 cyber jobs
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Thursday said it plans to work with community colleges across the United States to fill 250,000 cybersecurity jobs over the next four years.
Microsoft said it ...
Facebook changes name to Meta as it refocuses on virtual reality
Facebook Inc (FB.O) is now called Meta, the company said on Thursday, in a rebrand that focuses on investing in the “metaverse,” a shared virtual environment that it bets ...
Israeli startup AIR unveils flying vehicle to be used ‘like cars’
Israeli startup AIR on Tuesday unveiled its first “easy-to-operate” electric, vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that it aims to sell directly to consumers predominantly in the United States starting ...
Setback for Nvidia’s $54 bln ARM bid as EU regulators open probe
Nvidia (NVDA.O) suffered a setback on Wednesday as EU antitrust regulators opened a full-scale investigation into its $54 billion bid for British chip designer ARM on concerns the deal could ...
Goodbye Columbus: Vikings crossed the Atlantic 1,000 years ago
Long before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, eight timber-framed buildings covered in sod stood on a terrace above a peat bog and stream at the northern tip of Canada’s island ...
TikTok tells US lawmakers it does not give information to China’s government
An executive at TikTok faced tough questions on Tuesday during the video-sharing app’s first appearance at a US congressional hearing, saying it does not give information to the Chinese ...
Internet infrastructure company RightForge to host Trump’s TRUTH Social- Axios
Internet infrastructure firm RightForge will host former U.S. President Donald Trump’s new social media platform, the hosting company’s Chief Executive Officer Martin Avila told Axios.
Trump is ...
Focal point for climate change at the top of our world, and agenda
By Sandrine Ceurstemont
Improved climate modelling can predict fish stocks in the North Atlantic, as well as warming effects across the Northern hemisphere, for instance in Europe and North America
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Banking malware on Android increases by almost 50 per cent
The second quarter of the year saw a massive 49 per cent increase in Android banking malware according to Slovak internet security company Eset.
Eset releases a quarterly threat report containing ...
BMW ready for any ban on fossil fuel-burning cars from 2030, CEO says
Germany’s BMW (BMWG.DE) will be ready for any ban on internal combustion engine (ICE) cars from 2030 onwards with an offering of electric vehicles, Chief Executive Officer Oliver Zipse ...
Italy woos Intel over multibillion-euro chip plant
Rome is drawing up an offer to try to convince Intel (INTC.O) to invest billions of euros in an advanced chipmaking plant in Italy, as Germany emerges as frontrunner ...
Energy from bogs: Estonian scientists use peat to make batteries
Peat, plentiful in bogs in northern Europe, could be used to make sodium-ion batteries cheaply for use in electric vehicles, scientists at an Estonian university say.
Sodium-ion batteries, which do ...
Digital tourism brings Larnaca to life
Ancient monuments in Larnaca will be virtually restored in three-dimensional forms in a first for the island, as part of the digital evolution of the town’s tourism.
The Larnaca ...
Wake up and smell the ‘sustainable’ coffee produced in Finnish lab
With climate change threatening traditional coffee farming, Finnish scientists say they have produced coffee from cell cultures with an aroma and taste resembling the real thing.
The VTT Technical Research ...
US surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient
For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient’s immune system, a potentially major advance that could eventually ...
Hypersonic technology still too expensive for military use
The Pentagon wants defense contractors to cut the ultimate cost of hypersonic weapons, the head of research and development said on Tuesday, as the next generation of super-fast missiles being ...
Facebook to change its name?
Social media giant Facebook Inc is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week, the Verge reported, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter.
Facebook Chief ...
Why Windows 11’s muted launch is unsurprising
Panos Panay, the Cypriot American Chief Product Officer at Microsoft, does not mince words when it comes to the Windows operating system.
“Windows is a driving force for innovation, an ...
Moving to digital practices at House to be speeded up
Speeding up the digital transition of the House of Representatives and modernising its operation were the focus of a meeting on Tuesday between House president Annita Demetriou and deputy minister ...