Science & Technology

UK study to look into effects of restricting social media for children ———————– A large-scale study examining the effects of restricting social media use among children in the UK has been announced, as governments worldwide debate tighter regulations, The Guardian…

OpenAI Expands Global Push for AI Infrastructure and Government Use ……… OpenAI is stepping up efforts to persuade governments worldwide to build more data centers and expand the use of artificial intelligence in public sectors such as education, healthcare and…

AI “participant” achieves high scores on Japan’s university entrance exams —————————— Artificial intelligence (AI) models achieved remarkable results after being used to participate in Japan’s 2026 Common Test for University Admissions, with OpenAI’s model taking top spot with perfect scores…

Utah Launches AI Program to Renew Prescriptions Without Doctors ——————— In a first for the United States, Utah has begun allowing artificial intelligence (AI) to autonomously renew certain medical prescriptions, bypassing human doctors, according to The Conversation. The pilot program,…

Two major publishing companies, Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group, have asked a federal court in California for permission to join a high-profile copyright lawsuit against Google, Reuters reports. The case alleges that Google used copyrighted works without authorization to…

Researchers from Yale University and the University of Missouri have reported the development of a redesigned, low-cost catalyst that shows unexpected durability while converting carbon dioxide into formate, a compound widely studied for hydrogen storage. The findings were published in…

A 60-year-old man with no prior history of mental illness was admitted to a hospital emergency department after claiming his neighbour was poisoning him, before developing worsening hallucinations and attempting to flee the facility within 24 hours. Doctors later determined…

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying an international crew from Roscosmos, NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully landed on Earth on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reported. Crew-11, which included NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA astronaut Kimiya…

Alphabet, the parent company of Google and one of the leading US technology firms, saw its market value reach $4 trillion for the first time on Monday, driven by gains in its share price following positive developments in artificial intelligence…

A hospital in eastern China has begun using an artificial intelligence system known as “PANDA” to assist in the early detection of pancreatic cancer, Shia Waves Persian reported citing The Decoder. The Affiliated People’s Hospital of Ningbo University has deployed…