A dentist has taken to social media to share a common toothbrush mistake that people make in the morning, which could be causing serious damage to their teeth
Sir Keir Starmer jokes that "old habits die hard" as he appears to give the leader of the opposition his old job back.
Sir Keir Starmer accidentally called Rishi Sunak "prime minister" while speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, 22 July, weeks after Labour won the general election.
Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary (TGPS), Education District III, Dr. (Mrs.) Idowu Olufunke Oyetola has celebrated the teachers and staff of the District for their excellence, outstanding achievements as well as significant contributions to the teaching profession in Lagos state. Oyetola made this known at the 20th Annual Merit Award and Honours Day ceremony for the outstanding staff …
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida has made a phone call to the Iranian president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian to stress his country's hope to develop bilateral relations with Iran.
New York (AFP) July 19, 2024
US video streaming companies are joining forces to attract new viewers, boost ad sales, and finally turn a profit - something only Netflix has managed to accomplish so far.
Be it Disney Plus, Hulu, and Max, or ESPN, Warner Brothers Discovery and Fox - the streaming world is reshaping into unlikely alliances.
The sudden team spirit is all about the bottom line, with Netflix the only s
Belgrade (AFP) July 19, 2024
The European Union and Serbia were set to sign a deal Friday over the supply of battery materials during a "critical raw materials summit", just days after Belgrade allowed work to resume at a disputed lithium mining project.
The memorandum of understanding will be signed during the summit attended by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and European Commission V
Hong Kong (AFP) July 19, 2024
Equities sank Friday as hopes for US interest rate cuts were offset by uncertainty over the US presidential election and worries about China's economy, while technical disruptions delayed London's open as a widespread outage hit global computer systems.
Investors were already on edge after a report said the White House was considering a crackdown on firms supplying chip technology to Beijing
Belgrade (AFP) July 19, 2024
The European Union and Serbia signed a deal Friday to develop the supply of lithium batteries that are seen as a crucial building block needed to power Europe's transition to a green economy.
The memorandum of understanding inked during a "critical raw materials summit" in Belgrade is seen as the first step in developing Serbia's mineral resources and potentially building supply chains, incl
Paris (AFP) July 19, 2024
Azerbaijan said Friday it hopes to raise money from fossil fuel producers for green projects in developing countries as the petro-state prepares to host the world's most important climate summit.
The proposal, announced in Baku by the hosts of November's UN COP29 climate summit, attracted immediate criticism from activists who slammed it as "greenwashing".
The "climate finance action fu
Washington (AFP) July 19, 2024
Catastrophic computer outages caused by a software update from one company have once again exposed the dangers of global technological dependence on a handful of players, experts warned on Friday.
A flawed update sent out by the little-known security firm CrowdStrike brought airlines, TV stations, and myriad other aspects of daily life to a standstill.
The outages affected companies or
Washington (AFP) July 19, 2024
CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity company behind a massive global IT outage, is the leader in its sector, known for building software defenses for the cloud computing age and exposing Russian and North Korean threats.
Based in Austin, Texas, the company was founded in 2011 by George Kurtz, Dmitri Alperovitch and Gregg Marston.
Both Kurtz and Alperovitch had extensive backgrounds in cybersec
Paris (AFP) July 20, 2024
Planes were gradually taking off again Saturday after global airlines, banks and media were thrown into turmoil by one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years, caused by an update to an antivirus programme.
Passenger crowds had swelled at airports on Friday as dozens of flights were cancelled after an update to a programme operating on Microsoft Windows crashed systems worldwide.
By Sa
New York (AFP) July 21, 2024
Over the next two weeks, the quarterly results of Big Tech giants will offer a glimpse on the bankability of artificial intelligence and whether the major investments AI requires are sustainable for the long haul.
Analysts at Wedbush Securities, one of Wall Street's biggest believers in AI's potential, expect "growth and earnings to accelerate with the AI revolution and the wave of transform
Baghdad (AFP) July 21, 2024
Iraq said Sunday a new power line will bring electricity from Turkey to its northern provinces as authorities aim to diversify the country's energy sources to ease chronic power outages.
The 115-kilometre (71-mile) line connects to the Kisik power station west of Mosul and will provide 300 megawatts from Turkey to Iraq's northern provinces of Nineveh, Salah al-Din and Kirkuk, according to a
Istanbul (AFP) July 21, 2024
Turkey is pushing for diplomatic and economic influence on the world stage - not least in Africa, where it announced plans this week to search for oil and gas off Somalia.
Over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two decades in power, Ankara has consolidated its foothold on the continent, quadrupling its number of embassies there.
Here are five of Turkey's diplomatic and economic interests
London, UK (SPX) Jul 22, 2024
Direct air capture is one of the 'Seven chemical separations to change the world' due to the difficulty of extracting carbon dioxide from the air, where its concentration is only about 0.04%. Although we emit roughly 40 billion tons of carbon dioxide annually, separating it from the atmosphere remains a significant challenge.
"Dilute separation processes are the most challenging separation
London, UK (SPX) Jul 18, 2024
In an age where creating AI-generated images is increasingly accessible, identifying fake pictures, especially deepfakes, is becoming crucial.
What if you could detect them just by looking into someone's eyes?
Research presented at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in Hull suggests AI-generated fakes can be identified by examining eye reflections, similar to
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 18, 2024
Have you ever wondered how insects manage to travel far from their homes and still find their way back? This intriguing question not only fascinates biologists but also aids in the development of AI for tiny, autonomous robots. Researchers at TU Delft have drawn inspiration from how ants visually recognize their surroundings and count their steps to create a similar autonomous navigation strateg
London, UK (SPX) Jul 18, 2024
An international team of physicists, based at Trinity College Dublin, has formulated new theorems in quantum mechanics that define the "energy landscapes" of quantum particle collections. This work addresses long-standing questions, paving the way for more accurate computer simulations of materials, which could aid in developing new green technologies.
The theorems, recently published in t
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 19, 2024
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced a comprehensive space-ready reference design for the AMD Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302 Adaptive SOC. Developed in collaboration with AMD, the ISLVERSALDEMO3Z power management reference design incorporates key space-grade components for effective power management.
This design targets
San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2024
When it comes to diatoms that live in the ocean, new research suggests that photosynthesis is not the only strategy for accumulating carbon. Instead, these single-celled plankton are also building biomass by feeding directly on organic carbon in wide swaths of the ocean. These new findings could lead researchers to reduce their estimate of how much carbon dioxide diatoms pull out of the air via
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2024
Research led by scientists at the University of Michigan reveals a substantial decline in the cooling power of sea ice, with the Arctic losing around 25% and the world losing up to 15% since 1980. This study utilized satellite data spanning from 1980 to 2023 to measure cloud cover and the solar radiation reflected by sea ice.
The researchers discovered that the reduction in sea ice's cooli
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 21, 2024
China launched a remote-sensing satellite on Friday morning to fulfill several tasks, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor.
The State-owned conglomerate said in a news release that the Gaofen 11E was carried by a Long March 4B rocket that lifted off at 11:03 am at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province
London, UK (SPX) Jul 22, 2024
GKN Aerospace has introduced H2FlyGHT, an ambitious Pounds 44 million project aimed at developing a 2-megawatt (MW) cryogenic hydrogen-electric propulsion system. This innovative initiative seeks to advance the future of sustainable aviation by focusing on the next generation of larger, eco-friendly aircraft.
H2FlyGHT builds on the foundation laid by the H2GEAR project, incorporating adva
