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Chinese humanoid robot stuns during 106 km non-stop world record run: watch China has made history again as a humanoid robot sets a new Guinness World Record for the longest journey across several provinces. The Agibot A2 ran 106.286 km non-stop from Suzhou to Shanghai, without switching off during the trek. The longest journey by…

Meta is facing Spanish investigations over alleged Android data leaks The Spanish government has officially announced an investigation into Meta for the possible privacy violations of its Facebook and Instagram users via a hidden tracking mechanism on Android devices. The investigation stems from international research that found Meta used a mechanism to track the web…

AI powers the previously unprecedented Milky Way model of 100 billion stars A successful breakthrough has been created by an international research team led by Japan’s Riken, and it is the most detailed model of the Milky Way ever created. This is mainly achieved by combining machine learning models with numerical models. The simulation runs…

Elon Musk’s Grok AI makes bizarre claims about its fitness and intelligence Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot recently sparked controversy after users noticed significant bias in the comments, claiming that its owner is smarter and fitter than anyone else in the world. These claims are made in a large number of recently deleted posts that…

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, speaks to the media after meeting Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (not pictured) at the Google Campus in Warsaw.– Reuters Opens a new tab CEO Sundar Pichai said no company would be left unscathed if the artificial intelligence boom collapses, as rising valuations and heavy investment in the…

This file photo shows a Cloudflare logo. —AFP Cloudflare experienced major disruptions on Tuesday, causing outages on popular platforms like X and several major websites, according to its official status page. Cloudflare provides core internet infrastructure and tools that secure websites against cyber attacks and keep them running smoothly even under heavy traffic. Users received…

The ICAST logo can be seen in this image. — icast.pk ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday took a major step forward in its space program with the launch of the International Conference on Applications of Space Science and Technology (ICAST-2025), billed as the largest forum for space science and technology in the region. The conference was…

The Google logo is seen in the Google home at CES 2024, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., January 10, 2024. – Reuters SYDNEY: The remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island has enough energy capacity to accommodate a new Google data center without impacting local supply, but its arrival…

Police in Dubai are installing artificial intelligence (AI) noise radars to monitor vehicles causing excessive noise in the city. — Screenshot via X/@dubaicivility DUBAI: Dubai Police has deployed artificial intelligence (AI) sound radars across the city to detect and monitor vehicles that generate excessive noise. According to Dubai Police, the new radars will detect loud…

The image shows a person using VPN on a mobile phone. — Canva/file The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has started licensing VPN services as part of the reinstated Class Value Added Services (CVAS-Data) regime. This initiative aims to streamline the provision of secure and legal VPN services in Pakistan while ensuring compliance with national regulations…

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Vault Edition cover. — PlayStation LONDON: The world’s best-selling war game franchise, Call of Duty, rolls out its latest installment on Friday, under pressure to match the strong debut of old rival Battlefield. Call of Duty Black Ops 7 places players in a near-future environment as they follow a…

Newly discovered bee species Megachile (Hackeriapis) match. – Curtin University SYDNEY: As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks weren’t enough, Australia now has another disturbing creature: a ‘matchstick’ bee with devil-like horns. Curtin University said on Tuesday the species, called Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer, had been identified in Western Australia. Kit Prendergast from the university’s School…