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Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsWaymo halts freeway rides after robotaxis struggle in construction zones
The service suspension comes as Waymo has also paused operations in Atlanta and San Antonio after its robotaxis drove into flooded streets.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsWho will benefit most from SpaceX IPO? Mostly Elon — and a few from his inner circle
Elon Musk has the largest stake in SpaceX by billions of shares. The other biggest shareholders also have longstanding and deep ties to Musk.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsSpaceX scrubs first Starship V3 launch just before liftoff
SpaceX fueled the third-generation rocket booster and ship and was just moments away from liftoff, before calling a scrub. It's expected to try again Friday.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsWaymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods
Waymo's robotaxi service is now suspended in both Atlanta and San Antonio, as the company works to stop its vehicles from driving into flooded roads.
Source: MIT Technology Review ·
AI / Deep TechTech researchers are suing the Trump administration over the future of online safety
Since its earliest days back in office, the Trump administration has been going after researchers who study and try to counter hate speech, harassment, propaganda, and disinformat…
Source: MIT Technology Review ·
AI / Deep TechClimate tech companies are pivoting to critical minerals
We’re over a year into the second Trump administration here in the US, and support for climate causes is weak. But climate tech companies are finding ways to survive and even thri…
Source: MIT Technology Review ·
AI / Deep TechThe Download: online safety’s future and climate tech’s big pivot
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Tech researchers are suing th…
Source: MIT Technology Review ·
AI / Deep TechAnthropic’s Code with Claude showed off coding’s future—whether you like it or not
The vibes were strong at Code with Claude, Anthropic’s two-day event for software developers in London that kicked off on May 19, the same day as Google’s I/O in Palo Alto. (A coi…
Source: MIT Technology Review ·
AI / Deep TechScaling creativity in the age of AI
Storytelling is core to humanity’s DNA, stemming from our impulse to express ideals, warnings, hopes, and experiences. Technology has always been woven through the medium an…
Source: MIT Technology Review ·
AI / Deep TechRoundtables: Can AI Learn to Understand the World?
Listen to the session or watch below AI companies want to build systems that understand the external world and overcome the limitations of LLMs. Recent developments have brought w…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsHong Kong airport records 13% year-on-year rise in passengers, flights up 5.1%
Hong Kong International Airport has recorded a 13 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger traffic in the first four months of the year, while flight movements rose by 5.1 per …
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsChina slams US ‘big stick’ over Castro charges and ‘unauthorised’ sanctions on Cuba
China has condemned the United States for charging former Cuban leader Raul Castro, as the Trump administration escalates pressure on the island’s socialist government. The US on …
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsChina breaks ground on US$5b aviation complex in UAE as Iran war risks linger
Despite instability in the Middle East, China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has begun building the world’s largest aircraft maintenance complex in the United Arab Emirat…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsHong Kong issues red travel alert for DR Congo as deadly Ebola outbreak spreads
Hong Kong has issued a red travel alert for the Democratic Republic of Congo as Ebola outbreaks escalate in Central Africa, with at least 139 suspected deaths from the disease rep…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsQueen pushed for ex-prince Andrew’s appointment as trade envoy, documents show
Queen Elizabeth pressed for her son Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to be made a government trade envoy back in 2000, according to documents released on Thursday. Mountbatten-Windsor…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsSino Land strengthens commitment to sustainability with global recognition
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Sino Group’s sustained efforts in environmental and social responsibility have earned Sino Land Company…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsChina’s J-10CE jets defeat Eurofighters 9-0 in mock battles, CCTV confirms
China has confirmed that its J-10CE fighter went undefeated against Eurofighter Typhoon jets during nine simulated air combat exercises in 2024. State broadcaster CCTV reported la…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsParis court finds Airbus, Air France guilty in 2009 crash that killed 228
A Paris appeal court on Thursday found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash that killed 228 passengers and crew in France’s …
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsRussia, US increasingly see China as an anchor for peace and prosperity
Beijing is increasingly seen as key to securing international stability and economic opportunities, a status which both Washington and Moscow are converging on. Chinese President …
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsSingapore Airlines faces narrow window to gain market share from Gulf rivals
As high fuel prices and disruption from the Middle East conflict force many Asian carriers to cut capacity and rearrange routes, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is moving in the opposite…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsAI gives China ‘God’s-eye view’ of solar, wind installations as data-centre demand booms
In a significant leap for green-energy tracking, researchers from Peking University and Alibaba Group’s Damo Academy have used AI to map hundreds of thousands of solar and wind in…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsUS jobless claims fall as lay-offs remain low despite economic uncertainty
Fewer Americans filed for jobless aid last week as lay-offs remain low despite a number of uncertainties that continue to cloud the economy. US applications for unemployment benef…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsBuilding collapse kills at least 9 people in Morocco’s Fez
At least nine people were killed and others injured when a four-storey building collapsed overnight in the Moroccan city of Fez, about 200km (124 miles) east of the capital Rabat…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsPhilippine justice chief orders arrest of senator wanted by ICC
The Philippine justice chief ordered authorities on Thursday to enforce an International Criminal Court warrant for the arrest of a senator wanted on an alleged crime against huma…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsPolice to investigate suspected airgun damage to window of Yuen Long flat
A Hong Kong resident has reported suspected airgun damage to her flat window in Yuen Long, with a district councillor warning that similar incidents may have occurred at the same …
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
Geopolitics2 Chinese supertankers join flotilla exiting Hormuz as stand-off appears to thaw
Three fully laden supertankers – including two Chinese vessels – crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, in a possible sign that Tehran may be starting to open up the vital wat…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsYoung Indians protest through parody ‘cockroach’ party
It began as a satirical online project. Now millions of young Indians are flocking to it as an outlet for their frustration. A parody political party called the Cockroach Janta Pa…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsInside YMTC’s IPO plans: how is China’s 3D NAND champion chasing capital markets?
China’s push for semiconductor self-reliance is hitting the capital markets. The parent company of Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC), the nation’s leading 3D NAND flash memory…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsOperation targeting fire safety in old Hong Kong buildings extended for 2 years
Hong Kong authorities are extending an operation targeting poorly maintained fire safety equipment for another two years, aiming to inspect 5,000 high-risk old buildings after an …
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsChina and Russia unite on world order, but Putin departs without concrete gains
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit this week offered China another opportunity to showcase its diplomatic weight after hosting US President Donald Trump. But behind the disp…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsHong Kong mobile ice cream vendor told to stop selling product due to bacteria
Hong Kong authorities have ordered a licensed mobile ice cream vendor in Central to stop selling soft ice cream after a sample was found to contain coliform bacteria levels exceed…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsHistoric Legco trip to Beijing to include tech sector tours, seminars and visits
All 90 Hong Kong lawmakers are set to head to Beijing for a historic “national affairs study visit” in July, attending seminars, visiting key authorities and inspecting the tech s…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsCourt rules to oust leadership of Turkey’s main opposition party
An Ankara court on Thursday annulled the 2023 leadership election of Turkey’s main opposition CHP party in a sharp escalation against the country’s embattled opposition. It is the…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsDR Congo police fire warning shots as protesters burn Ebola patient tents
Police fired warning shots and tear gas as part of a dispute in Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeast over the burial of a suspected Ebola victim, a footballer who played for …
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsMother arrested in Portugal after young sons blindfolded and abandoned
Portuguese police on Thursday arrested the mother of two young French boys found abandoned by a main road in the south of the country, alone and crying. The boys, aged four and fi…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsHong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan becomes first woman to lead San Francisco Symphony
Hong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan has been named music director designate of the San Francisco Symphony, capping months of intense industry speculation over her next permanent po…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsUN ‘concerned’ over Taliban law that includes child marriage provision
The United Nations expressed “grave concern” on Thursday about a new law issued by Afghanistan’s Taliban government on separation in marriage which includes provisions on child ma…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsTrump scraps signing AI executive order to keep ‘lead’ over China in industry
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had postponed the signing of a planned executive order on regulating artificial intelligence (AI), out of concern that it might …
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsPair charged in US under new law for creating AI celebrity porn
US federal prosecutors have charged two men with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities under a newly enacted law meant to halt the s…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsUS foreign affairs chairman warns of China role in Argentina contract bid
US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast has warned US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of “Chinese malign influence” in a bid for a major contract in Argentina, accor…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsUS casts Cuba as China-linked security threat while still pushing for talks
One day after the United States brought criminal charges against former Cuban leader Raul Castro over the 1996 shooting down of two civilian aircraft, President Donald Trump and S…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsUS voices hope for Iran deal as Pakistan mediator seeks to break impasse
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday voiced hope of progress on ending the war with Iran, with mediator Pakistan’s army chief poised for talks in Tehran. The role played …
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsNot even a quick end to Iran war can save AI stock bubble now
The Iran war has baked in stagflation and starvation through big reductions in the supply of oil and fertilisers. This inflationary pressure will only increase. As inflation sucks…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsChina is replacing Middle East oil with Xinjiang coal. What does it mean for the world?
As the war in Iran disrupts global oil and chemical supplies, China’s coal-heavy energy sector is seizing an unprecedented opportunity. Dannie Peng visited the Changji Hui Autonom…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsIsrael deports hundreds of Gaza flotilla activists as arrivals recount abuse
Israel said on Thursday it had deported all the foreign activists seized by its forces from a Gaza-bound flotilla, as the first group arrived in Turkey following global outcry ove…
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