Tech & Science

Sony is in talks to acquire Kadokawa, the Japanese media powerhouse behind the “Elden Ring” game, two sources familiar with the matter said, as the technology giant looks to add ...

Snapchat is transforming how brands connect with digital-first audiences, leading the evolution of augmented reality (AR) in social media, according to Katia Maevskaia, Client Partner, CEE, at Snap Inc. Maevskaia ...

To improve living conditions and reduce buildings’ environmental impact, EU-funded researchers are making deep renovations possible across Europe by securing financing, setting strict standards and building trust with residents. By ...

Artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI are seeking to overcome unexpected delays and challenges in the pursuit of ever-biggerlarge language models by developing training techniques that use more human-like ways for ...

EU-funded researchers are reclaiming Europe’s space in the online world by developing the infrastructure needed to support a greater diversity of European search engines. By Jack McGovan Megi Sharikadze, ...

SoftBank’s Japanese telecoms unit will receive the first chips using Nvidia’s (NVDA.O) latest Blackwell design for its supercomputer, the California-based chip designer said, as Masayoshi Son looks ...

African elephants are Earth’s largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. They also are in peril. Fresh evidence of this comes in a study ...

Amazon.com’s (AMZN.O) cloud computing unit this week said it will offer free computing power to researchers who want to use its custom artificial intelligence chips, aiming to ...

Meta Platforms (META.O) plans to offer Instagram and Facebook users in Europe the option to receive “less personalized ads,” the tech giant has announced, in an effort to allay ...

Netflix (NFLX.O) said this week its ad-supported tier had reached 70 million monthly active users globally, nearly doubling from about six months earlier as customers seek more affordable options. The ...

Shares in Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), the world’s top memory chip maker, fell earlier this week to their lowest level in more than four years amid worries about the impact ...

Cyprus recorded a record-breaking €3.2 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) for 2023, according to Invest Cyprus, the agency tasked with driving investments to the island. This figure was reported during the ...

The European Commission on Thursday fined Meta Platforms META.O €797.72 million ($840.24 million) over abusive practices benefiting Facebook Marketplace, it said in a statement, confirming an earlier report by Reuters. “The ...

British news publisher the Guardian said on Wednesday it will no longer post to X, citing “disturbing content” on the social media platform, including racism and conspiracy theories. The left-leaning ...

Energy technology firm EnergyIntel recently hosted Chief Scientist and Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) president Demetris Skourides, according to an announcement released on Wednesday. Skourides visited the company’s headquarters ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Tuesday released a public invitation to professional trainers who want to participate in EULEP’s Train-the-Trainers (TtT) sessions. EULEP refers to ...

Lisbon will this week play host to Europe’s biggest annual tech conference, Web Summit, where industry leaders and lawmakers will weigh the pros and cons of Donald Trump’s ...

There is a disconnect between the perceived and actual cyber readiness among global enterprises, according to a survey by IT services firm Kyndryl. The survey, titled ‘Cyber Gauge 2024: Navigating the ...

Scientists in Argentina have discovered excellently preserved fossil remains of the oldest-known tadpole, the larval stage of a large frog species that lived alongside dinosaurs about 161 million years ago during ...

Buried with a padlock on her foot and an iron sickle across her neck, “Zosia” was never supposed to be able to come back from the dead. Entombed in an ...

Physical Intelligence, a startup that is developing foundational software for robots, has announced that it has raised $400 million in early-stage funding from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, venture capital firms ...

South Korea has ordered Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) to pay 21.62 billion won ($15.67 million) in fines after finding it had collected sensitive user data and given it to advertisers ...

The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration. LignoSat, developed ...

Nintendo this week cut its operating profit forecast for the year to March 2025 by 10 per cent to 360 billion yen ($2.36 billion), as its ageing Switch console loses steam. The latest forecast ...