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Scientists Develop Solar Desalination System That Converts Seawater to Drinking Water Without Producing Toxic Brine Technology

Scientists Develop Solar Desalination System That Converts Seawater to Drinking Water Without Producing Toxic Brine

A breakthrough passive solar technology eliminates the environmentally damaging brine waste of traditional desalination by recovering salt as a solid, offering hope for water-scarce regions worldwide.

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Figure AI Humanoid Robots Operate 200 Consecutive Hours Sorting 250,000 Packages With Zero Failures Technology

Figure AI Humanoid Robots Operate 200 Consecutive Hours Sorting 250,000 Packages With Zero Failures

Figure AI achieved a major milestone as three humanoid robots sorted nearly 250,000 packages over 200 straight hours without a single mechanical failure, signaling commercial viability for autonomous warehouse operations.

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University of Houston Scientists Achieve Superconductivity at Record-Breaking Temperature Under Normal Pressure Technology

University of Houston Scientists Achieve Superconductivity at Record-Breaking Temperature Under Normal Pressure

University of Houston physicists demonstrate zero-resistance superconductivity at the highest temperature ever achieved under normal atmospheric pressure, potentially transforming energy, computing, and transportation technologies.

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China Launches Shenzhou-23 Mission with First Hong Kong Astronaut and Yearlong Space Stay Technology

China Launches Shenzhou-23 Mission with First Hong Kong Astronaut and Yearlong Space Stay

China's Shenzhou-23 spacecraft has docked with the Tiangong space station carrying three astronauts, including the first from Hong Kong and one set for a record yearlong mission.

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Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees in Major AI Restructuring as Zuckerberg Warns Success Is Not Guaranteed Technology

Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees in Major AI Restructuring as Zuckerberg Warns Success Is Not Guaranteed

Meta began notifying 8,000 employees of layoffs on Tuesday as the social media giant redirects resources toward artificial intelligence, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg calling AI the most consequential technology of our lifetimes.

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EU Agrees to Delay Key AI Act Deadlines as High-Risk Rules Pushed to 2027-2028 Technology

EU Agrees to Delay Key AI Act Deadlines as High-Risk Rules Pushed to 2027-2028

The European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement to delay enforcement of high-risk AI system rules by up to 16 months, while adding new bans on deepfake intimate imagery.

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European Scientists Build First Block of Unhackable Quantum Internet Using Existing Fiber Networks Technology

European Scientists Build First Block of Unhackable Quantum Internet Using Existing Fiber Networks

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have produced quantum dots that emit over 40 million identical single photons per second at telecom wavelengths, breaking a longstanding barrier to practical quantum communication.

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Jury Rejects Elon Musk's OpenAI Lawsuit in Under 90 Minutes, Finding He Waited Too Long to Sue Technology

Jury Rejects Elon Musk's OpenAI Lawsuit in Under 90 Minutes, Finding He Waited Too Long to Sue

A California jury rejected Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI in about 90 minutes, ruling that the statute of limitations had expired, removing a major legal threat ahead of OpenAI's planned IPO.

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US FTC Launches Antitrust Investigation Into Arm Holdings Over Chip Licensing Practices Technology

US FTC Launches Antitrust Investigation Into Arm Holdings Over Chip Licensing Practices

The Federal Trade Commission is probing whether Arm Holdings is attempting to illegally monopolize segments of the semiconductor market through restrictive licensing of its chip blueprints.

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US Clears Nvidia H200 Chip Sales to Ten Chinese Firms but Beijing Blocks Deliveries Technology

US Clears Nvidia H200 Chip Sales to Ten Chinese Firms but Beijing Blocks Deliveries

The Commerce Department approved exports of advanced AI chips to Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance, but Chinese authorities have stalled purchases leaving billions of dollars in deals in limbo.

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Grok App Downloads Plummet 60 Percent as ChatGPT and Claude Surge Ahead in AI Race Technology

Grok App Downloads Plummet 60 Percent as ChatGPT and Claude Surge Ahead in AI Race

Monthly downloads of Elon Musk's standalone Grok app crashed from over 20 million in January to 8.3 million in April, dropping to fifth place globally behind rivals.

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Waymo Recalls 3,800 Robotaxis After Vehicle Drove Into Flooded Road Technology

Waymo Recalls 3,800 Robotaxis After Vehicle Drove Into Flooded Road

Waymo has issued a voluntary recall of approximately 3,791 autonomous vehicles after one of its robotaxis entered a flooded road in San Antonio and was swept into a creek. The software flaw has since been patched via an over-the-air update.

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