The Alibaba logo is displayed on the screen of an iPad. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Alibaba Group on Thursday launched a new version of its artificial intelligence assistant app that will be powered by its own flagship Qwen AI reasoning model, amid a heating global race to produce next-generation tech. The launch…
Russia launched a large-scale drone attack on Saturday night, causing civilian casualties across Ukraine, official have said. Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Force Command, said a “record” 267 Russian drones were launched in a single, coordinated attack. Among them, 138 were intercepted by air defence while 119 disappeared from radars after being jammed and…
Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI on Tuesday unveiled its latest artificial intelligence model, Grok 3, claiming it can outperform offerings from OpenAI and China’s DeepSeek based on early testing, which included standardized tests on math, science and coding. “We’re very excited to present Grok 3, which is, we think,…
Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has launched a meme-coin in a bid to raise the profile of the country, which is one of the world’s poorest. Meme-coins are used to build popularity for a viral internet trend or movement and fans are inspired to collect and give them value, but they are extremely volatile…
BBC “When I saw my school in ruins, a deep sadness overwhelmed me,” says Tareq, a 10-year-old Palestinian from Gaza Tareq, 10, from Gaza, and Safaa, 14, from Sudan live about 2,000km apart. They have never met, but they share a harsh reality – war has stolen their education. “When I saw my school in…
Reid Hoffman, Partner at Greylock and co-founder LinkedIn, speaks during the WSJ Tech Live conference hosted by the Wall Street Journal at the Montage Laguna Beach in Laguna Beach, California, on October 21, 2024. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images LinkedIn co-founder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman became a billionaire from his business…
OpenAI on Tuesday announced its biggest product launch since its enterprise rollout. It’s called ChatGPT Gov and was built specifically for U.S. government use. The Microsoft-backed company bills the new platform as a step beyond ChatGPT Enterprise as far as security. It allows government agencies, as customers, to feed “non-public, sensitive information” into OpenAI’s models…
At least six Palestinians have been killed and 35 injured by Israeli security forces after they launched a major operation in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry says. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s military, police and Shin Bet security service had launched an “extensive and significant” operation to “defeat terrorism”…
US President-elect Donald Trump has launched his own cryptocurrency, which quickly soared in market capitalisation to several billion dollars. His release of the meme coin, $Trump, comes as he prepares to take office on Monday as 47th president of the US. The venture was co-ordinated by CIC Digital LLC – an affiliate of the Trump…
US President Joe Biden, left, and Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, speak on the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, bringing at least a temporary halt to the war…
