Scientists fight claim EU nature law hurts farmers
BRUSSELS – Claims by centre-right lawmakers that the EU’s flagship bill to restore nature will hurt farmers and endanger food…
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Security alert Altcoins worth $100 billion dropped in hot water
A slew of altcoins – a catch-all for most cryptocurrencies except bitcoin and ether – have been harpooned in lawsuits…
Scientists document how space travel messes with the human brain
WASHINGTON – Space can be an unfriendly place for the human body, with microgravity conditions and other factors tampering with our physiology,…
Two new bills on artificial intelligence
U.S. Congress to consider two new bills on artificial intelligence WASHINGTON, U.S. senators on Thursday introduced two separate bipartisan artificial…
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to be released on $250mn bond
The 30-year-old former head of the failed cryptocurrency exchange is accused by prosecutors of allegedly carrying out “one of the…
China’s Tencent raises stake in ‘Assassin’s Creed’ maker Ubisoft
A man rides an electric bike past the Tencent headquarters in Nanshan district of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China September 2,…
Gulf states demand Netflix pull content deemed offensive
Signage at the Netflix booth is seen on the convention floor at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, U.S., July…
Saudi GDP up 12.2% in second quarter, exceeding initial estimate
A view shows vehicles driving on a street in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia February 16, 2021. Saudi Arabia’s real gross domestic…
Engineering honours magnet pioneer
IMAGE SOURCE, SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYImage caption, Neodymium-iron-boron is the strongest permanent magnet material in wide-scale use today Name a technology that…
Sony to buy Destiny developer Bungie for $3.6bn
Japanese technology giant Sony says it will buy video game developer Bungie in a deal worth $3.6bn (£2.7bn). Sony says…