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TOKYO: Japan’s space agency toasted a successful blast-off for its new flagship rocket on Saturday, making it third time lucky after years of delays and two previous failed attempts. The next-generation H3 has been mooted as a rival to SpaceX’s Falcon 9, and could one day deliver cargo to bases on the Moon. “I’ve been in the space industry for …

The total amount of money invested in bitcoin surpassed $1 trillion on Wednesday for the first time since November 2021 as inflows to U.S. spot bitcoin exchange traded funds continued to support prices. Bitcoin’s price reached $51,606 on Wednesday, its latest 25-month high and a rise of 4.1% on the day, taking the token’s market cap to $1.005 trillion according …

The total amount of money invested in bitcoin surpassed $1 trillion on Wednesday for the first time since November 2021 as inflows to U.S. spot bitcoin exchange traded funds continued to support prices. Bitcoin’s price reached $51,606 on Wednesday, its latest 25-month high and a rise of 4.1% on the day, taking the token’s market cap to $1.005 trillion according …

Technology company Nokia on Wednesday unveiled an AI-powered tool that generates messages for industrial workers, including warnings about faulty machinery based on real-time data and recommended ways to boost factory output. The tool, “MX Workmate”, will expand on Nokia’s existing communications technology used by industrial clients by harnessing generative AI large language models (LLMs) to write human-like text, the company …

BEIJING: Twenty-five-year-old Chinese office worker Tufei says her boyfriend has everything she could ask for in a romantic partner: he’s kind, empathetic, and sometimes they talk for hours. Except he isn’t real. Her “boyfriend” is a chatbot on an app called “Glow”, an artificial intelligence platform created by Shanghai start-up MiniMax that is part of a blossoming industry in China …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, has said technology is changing demands for various skills and there is dire need to be innovative in meeting changing labour demands. Speaking at the concluding session of the ministerial consultation of the Abu Dhabi Dialogue on Sunday, Mr Tirmizi said time has come for diversifying skill sets and …

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sold around 12 million shares of the online retail and cloud services firm for roughly $2 billion, according to a company filing on Friday, soon after laying out a plan to sell his shares over the next year. The sale took place on Wednesday and Thursday, the filings showed. Last week, Amazon said that Bezos would …

WASHINGTON: An all-European quartet of astrona­uts, including Turkiye’s first, splashed down off the Florida coast on Friday mor­ning, completing Axi­om Space’s third private mission to the International Space Station. The Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) was the company’s first launch where all three paid seats were bought by national agencies rather than wealthy individuals. A livestream showed a SpaceX Crew Dragon …

Baidu has partnered with Lenovo to feature its generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology on Lenovo’s smartphones, in the latest team up with a phone manufacturer as it seeks practical applications for its AI model. A spokesperson for Beijing-based Baidu told Reuters this week that the partnership involves Lenovo using its Ernie large language model (LLM) and is similar to collaborations …

Saturn’s moon Mimas is known for its uncanny resemblance to the dreaded Death Star in the original “Star Wars” movie. But it has another intriguing distinction as well, according to researchers – a subsurface ocean hidden under its icy and crater-scarred outer shell. Astronomers said on Wednesday that data obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on the rotational motion and orbit …