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Dubai Launches Its First Electric Air Taxis, Decreasing Commute Times from 40 to 12 Minutes

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Dubai Announces Launch of Electric Air Taxis — 45-Minute Commute Cut to 12

Dubai’s plan to introduce electric air taxis has moved beyond an announcement into flight testing, vertiport construction and preparations for commercial operations, with Joby Aviation working toward launching passenger service in the emirate. The project centers on Joby’s electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, or eVTOL, designed to carry four passengers and a pilot. Dubai’s … Read more

Why Financial Pressure Is Reshaping When Americans Start Families

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Why Financial Pressure Is Reshaping When Americans Start Families

For one young Austin couple, financial readiness for children came with an unusually ambitious number: a combined annual income of about $350,000. Matthew and Brooke Bennett were already earning roughly $180,000 when they discussed delaying parenthood until they felt financially prepared, but their personal target reflected more than the basic cost of raising a baby. … Read more

Pope Leo Takes On AI as a Potential Threat to Humanity

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Pope Leo Takes On AI as a Potential Threat to Humanity

Pope Leo warned politicians of the challenges posed by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), addressing its potential impact on younger people as a prime concern. Speaking at an event attended by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and parliamentary delegations from 68 countries, Leo revisited a topic that he has raised on a number of … Read more

Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Is in Force—Early Data Shows Its Limits

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Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Is in Force—Early Data Shows Its Limits

Australia’s world-first social media restrictions for children under 16 are now in force, turning one of the world’s most closely watched online-safety experiments from legislation into a test of whether governments can meaningfully enforce age limits across global technology platforms. Since December 10, 2025, major services including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, Reddit and X … Read more

Chinese Crypto Manufacturers Expand to USA to Beat Trump Tariffs

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Chinese Crypto Manufacturers Expand to USA to Beat Trump Tariffs

Chinese bitcoin mining equipment manufacturers Bitmain, Canaan, and MicroBT, which together control over 90% of the global mining rig market, are establishing production facilities in the United States to sidestep rising tariffs and maintain access to the global market. According to reports; The move comes as U.S.-China trade tensions intensify and domestic regulatory scrutiny increases. … Read more

Helsing Reaches $18 Billion Valuation as Europe’s Defence-Tech Funding Boom Accelerates

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Helsing Reaches $18 Billion Valuation as Europe’s Defence-Tech Funding Boom Accelerates

Helsing’s €600 million funding round in June 2025 was already one of Europe’s biggest defence-technology investments. Barely 13 months later, the Munich-based company returned with an even larger deal: $1.8 billion in Series E financing at an $18 billion valuation, reinforcing its position as one of Europe’s most heavily funded private technology companies. The July … Read more

MIT Researchers Find Using AI Makes You Stupid and Impairs Critical Thinking

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MIT Researchers Find Using AI Makes You Stupid and Impairs Critical Thinking

Relying on AI tools like ChatGPT may be making people less intelligent, according to a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The research found that individuals who used AI to write essays showed significantly lower brain activity and performed worse in critical thinking tasks compared to those who completed the tasks unaided. … Read more

Trump Mobile One Year Later: What Happened to the T1 Phone and $47.45 Plan

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Trump Family Enters Telecom Industry with ‘Trump Mobile’

Trump Mobile entered the U.S. wireless market in June 2025 with a politically branded $47.45 monthly service plan and a $499 gold-colored smartphone promoted around American manufacturing. Nearly a year later, the wireless service remained available and the long-delayed T1 Phone finally began shipping, but several elements of the original pitch had changed. The T1 … Read more

Meta Appoints Marketing Veteran Arun Srinivas as Head of India Operations

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Meta Appoints Marketing Veteran Arun Srinivas as Head of India Operations

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, has announced the appointment of Arun Srinivas as the new Head of its India operations, effective July 1, 2025. The announcement is marking a significant leadership shift in one of Meta’s fastest-growing markets globally. Srinivas will succeed Sandhya Devanathan, who has been elevated to an expanded role overseeing … Read more

Alexandr Wang Built Scale AI to $29 Billion—Now He Leads Meta’s AI Push

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From College Dropout to AI Visionary: Alexandr Wang Builds $29B Startup Backed by Meta

Alexandr Wang’s rise from MIT dropout to the founder of a $29 billion artificial-intelligence company was already one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent startup stories. But the more consequential development came in June 2025, when Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI, took a 49% stake and recruited Wang to lead a major overhaul of … Read more

Japan-Led Team Sends 1.02 Petabits Per Second Through 19-Core Fiber

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ustration of a 19-core optical fiber used for 1.02-petabit long-distance transmission.

A Japan-led international research team has demonstrated data transmission at 1.02 petabits per second over 1,808 kilometers using a 19-core optical fiber — a record that could help advance the high-capacity backbone networks needed to carry growing volumes of digital traffic. The achievement should not be confused with a 1.02-petabit consumer internet connection. It was … Read more

Europe’s Tech Sector Closes May 2025 with a €1.9 Billion Investment Surge

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Europe’s Tech Sector Closes May 2025 with a €1.9 Billion Investment Surge

In the final week of May 2025, Europe’s tech scene proved its strength and resilience with a major funding surge, locking in over 75 deals worth more than €1.9 billion. This remarkable influx of capital signals growing investor confidence in the region’s innovation ecosystem—particularly in AI, sustainability, and digital infrastructure. Leading the charge was the … Read more

Opera Unveils Neon: A New AI-Powered Browser That Can Code Websites, Build Games, and More

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Opera Unveils Neon: A New AI-Powered Browser That Can Code Websites, Build Games, and More

Opera has officially announced Opera Neon, a new AI-driven browser that aims to redefine how users interact with the web. Unlike traditional browsers, Neon is designed to actively assist users by performing tasks such as coding, shopping, filling out forms, and even building websites or games — all through simple text prompts. The announcement marks … Read more

Nvidia to Launch Cheaper Blackwell AI Chip for China After US Export Curbs

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Nvidia to Launch Cheaper Blackwell AI Chip for China After US Export Curbs

Nvidia is preparing to release a lower-cost version of its cutting-edge AI chip for the Chinese market, responding to U.S. export restrictions that have limited the availability of its more powerful models. According to sources familiar with the matter, the new chip based on Nvidia’s latest Blackwell architecture is expected to enter mass production as … Read more

AI Error: Chicago Sun-Times Lists Fake Book by Real Author

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AI Error: Chicago Sun-Times Lists Fake Book by Real Author

The Chicago Sun-Times, the largest newspaper in Chicago by circulation, is under fire after publishing a summer reading list riddled with AI-generated errors including multiple fake books wrongly attributed to real, bestselling authors. In what’s being called a glaring editorial oversight, the Sun-Times’ recently released “Summer Reading List for 2025” featured 15 book recommendations, but … Read more

EU, US Authorities Take Down Malware Network, Seize €3.5M in Cryptocurrency

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EU, US Authorities Take Down Malware Network, Seize €3.5M in Cryptocurrency

In a powerful show of international cooperation, law enforcement agencies from Europe and North America have dismantled one of the most dangerous malware networks in the world, seizing millions in cryptocurrency and charging key suspects behind the operation. Authorities from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada joined forces … Read more

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