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War-affected Sudanese rely on digital money apps for survival

Sudanese people turn to banking apps to access much-needed cash - after the war leaves many brick-and-mortar banks in ruins.

Al Jazeera

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AI helping Holocaust researchers find unnamed victims

Researchers in Israel are turning to artificial intelligence to comb through piles of records to try to identify hundreds of thousands of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust, including those whose names are missing from official memori...

Reuters

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Boeing set to launch first crewed Starliner mission

NASA and Boeing are counting down to Monday night’s (May 6) scheduled launch of the Starliner capsule from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to the International Space Station after years of delays.

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Boeing's Starliner set for first crewed mission to ISS

After years of delays, Boeing's Starliner capsule is set to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), a milestone for the US aerospace giant and NASA. The flight, a final test before Starliner takes up regular service fo...

France 24

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China launches mission to far side of the moon

China has launched an uncrewed spacecraft on a nearly two-month mission to retrieve rocks and soil from the far side of the moon, the first country to make such an ambitious attempt.

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Student-made quake app surges in popularity in Taiwan

After a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in April shook up residents, as well as their confidence in a government warning system, an app that monitors quakes has surged in popularity, created by two students who hope some day to build predictive...

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Robotic dog technology breakthrough to help vision-impaired

Australian researchers are developing a robotic dog to help visually impaired people. With similar traits to a guide dog, the 'robodog' can detect and navigate obstacles. The robotic dog also uses AI for decision-making.

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Huawei secretly backs U.S. research, awarding millions in prizes

Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant blacklisted by the United States, is secretly funding cutting-edge research at American universities including Harvard through an independent Washington-based foundation, Bloomberg reports.

Bloomberg

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High-profile politicians caught up in major cyber breach

The personal data of a million Australians has been leaked in a major breach involving Clubs NSW. Among the victims, high-profile politicians and footballers. Authorities are vowing to shut down a website at the centre of the breach.

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China reforms tighten government control over tech data

A revised state secrets law has come into force in China, prompting Taiwan to warn its citizens against travelling to China and rattling foreign companies amid fears the legislation could be used to punish regular business activities. Th...

Al Jazeera

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Report recommends no smartphones before age of 13

A French team of experts led by addictologist Amine Benyamina delivered a report on children and screens to President Macron. The report contains 29 recommendations, among those are no screen at all under the age of six, no phone before ...

France 24

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Qantas app data breach exposes customer data

Qantas has apologised to customers after its app exposed personal passenger data. The airline blames a technical disruption and says the data breach was not a cyber security incident.

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Australian scientists making jet fuel from landfill gas

Researchers at the University of Sydney said they have developed a chemical process that could produce sustainable aviation fuel from gases emitted from landfills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Optus outage review calls for better triple-zero systems

Telcos will be forced to improve their emergency and triple-zero systems. The recommendations have been made during a review following Optus' national outage which affected millions of people for hours.

10 News First

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Are India's space ambitions election-proof?

Riding on Narendra Modi's space ambitions and the government's $1.5 billion space budget, India has opened the doors for its space startups to attempt their first orbital launch later this year. That impending milestone may serve the pri...

Bloomberg

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DR Congo accuses Apple of using 'blood minerals' from war-torn east

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country have said.

France 24

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The impact of AI on healthcare

Should artificial intelligence (AI) in health care make life-or-death decisions? AI-triage systems are already being tested worldwide. Here's a look at some benefits and risks of AI in health care.

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Microsoft earnings get boost from AI and cloud demand

Microsoft Corp.'s quarterly sales and profit climbed more than projected, lifted by corporate demand for the software maker's cloud and artificial intelligence offerings. Revenue in the third quarter rose by 17%, EPS came in at $2.94.

Bloomberg

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European Space Agency reveals five new astronauts

For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in centrifuges, submerged for hours, deprived temporarily of oxygen, taught to camp in the snow, and schooled in physiology, anatomy, astronomy, meteorology,...

France 24

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Musk's Robotaxi dream causing Tesla chaos

It has been a tough year at Tesla, with its stock sliding more than 40% amid slumping sales, confusing product decisions and more price cuts. And now, Musk has ordered up the company's biggest layoffs ever and staked its future on a next...

Bloomberg

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Start-up using enzymes to break down and recycle plastic

Over the last 60 years, around seven billion tons of plastic has been produced, according to a U.N. report, but less than 90 percent has been recycled. As the world marks Earth Day, France 24 looks at a French start up that says it has d...

France 24

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How Ukraine salvages damaged weapons

While waiting for military support, Ukrainians have been forced to improvise to keep their frontline troops supplied. Engineers are "cannibalizing" scrap artillery at a Ukrainian military facility, essentially making one functional artil...

DW News

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Bill to ban TikTok moves ahead in U.S congress

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that would force the wildly popular social media app TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market.

France 24

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How AI will change the Olympics forever

Olympic organizers shared plans today to transform the sports landscape, using artificial intelligence. The new technology could improve everything from judging to international scouting efforts.

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Fossil found on British beach likely largest known marine reptile

A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England belongs to a gigantic marine reptile from 202 million years ago that appears to have been among the largest animals ever on Earth.

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Google fires 28 workers protesting Israeli contract

Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon to provide the Israeli government and military with AI and cloud services.

Bloomberg

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Microsoft to avoid formal E.U. probe of OpenAI deal

Microsoft is set to avoid a formal investigation by European Union merger watchdogs into its $13 billion investment into OpenAI.

Bloomberg

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Microsoft invests $1.5B in UAE's G42 in pivot from China

Microsoft will invest $1.5 billion in the United Arab Emirates' top artificial intelligence firm, G42, after the Abu Dhabi-based company worked out an unusual deal with the U.S. government to end any cooperation with China.

Bloomberg

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Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure

Since late March, Russian missile strikes have left some of Ukraine’s major power plants in ruins. Electricians and engineers risk their lives to repair some of the worst destruction.

DW News