The case dates back to 2022 when Brussels first accused Apple of blocking rivals from its popular ‘tap-as-you-go’ iPhone payment system. The EU on Thursday approved Apple’s offer to allow…
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Hubble finds evidence for rare black hole in Omega Centauri
An international team of astronomers has used more than 500 images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope spanning two decades to detect seven fast-moving stars in the innermost region of Omega Centauri,…
Study proposes framework for ‘child-safe AI’ following incidents in which kids saw chatbots as quasi-human, trustworthy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have frequently shown signs of an “empathy gap” that puts young users at risk of distress or harm, raising the urgent need…
World leaders unite to embed social participation in health systems
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For the first time in the World Health Organization’s 76-year history, world leaders have unanimously committed to put social participation—people, communities and civil society—at the heart…
3500-year-old ritual table found in Azerbaijan
Archaeologists from the University of Catania have discovered a 3500-year-old ritual table with the ceramic tableware still in situ. The discovery was made at Tava Tepe, a Late Bronze Age…
New method achieves tenfold increase in quantum coherence time via destructive interference of correlated noise
Schematic representation of destructive interference of cross-correlated noise, control sequences and experimental setup. Credit: Physical Review Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.223601 Key achievements of this new strategy include: Tenfold increase in…
Mars likely had cold and icy past, new study finds
The rim and floor of Gale Crater as seen from NASA’s Curiosity Rover. Credit: NASA The question of whether Mars ever supported life has captivated the imagination of scientists and…
Swedish game studio channels fandom in ‘Star Wars Outlaw’
Hundreds of developers spent years making “Star Wars Outlaws”, a process the Malmo, Sweden-based studio’s executives say took them from mere fans to craftspeople on the beloved epic. From Yoda…
Smaller Language Models for Mobile Devices
While large language AI models continue to make headlines, small language models are where the action is. At least, that’s what Meta appears to be betting on, according to a…
