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A European aerospace giant selects a winning concept for in-flight entertainment in the metaverse that envisions passengers spending time in a virtual town square.

Even as China bars 1.4 billion citizens from Twitter, its local authorities are splurging on global advertising on the site, helping make the country the platform's fastest-growing overseas ad market and one of its largest non-US revenue sources.

General Motors' self-driving car subsidiary expects to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones as it announces ambitious expansion plans.

Apple allows iPhone users to edit and delete messages sent to each other. The feature is now available as part of an iOS 16 software update.

A recently filed class lawsuit blames Samsung for failing to safeguard personally identifiable information (PII) and notify the affected parties on time.

Quantum computing is gathering momentum, and while the practical applications are yet very scarce, the quantum future is set to break the current cybersecurity infrastructure.

Quantum computers need low temperatures to operate. IBM is getting ready for the quantum computing era by building a super-fridge.

In a drive to replace human call center workers with AI chatbots, companies will invest $2 billion globally this year alone. It could save them up to $80 billion by 2026.

Apple introduced a range of new iPhone 14 models capable of sending a call for help via satellite during an emergency, as well as crash-detection ability and an adventure-focused Ultra Watch.

Part insect, part machine – roboroach to the rescue! Researchers say that remote-controlled cyborg insects could be used to inspect hazardous areas or monitor the environment.

A study finds that artificial intelligence (AI) can detect Covid-19 in people's voices via a phone app. Researchers say it is also more accurate than lateral flow and rapid antigen tests.

Facing a global shortage, countries are retreating to a new Cold War footing.

AgTech is beginning to help farmers produce climate-resilient foods as the industry becomes a part of the solution rather than the problem. But what are the inner dangers it poses?

A study by Cambridge University suggests that robots could be better at detecting mental well-being issues among children than humans.

Two years of hard work paid off – the machine learning program can now tell whether any of her two cats are constipated.

Retail companies have “little room for delay” when adapting to virtual reality, according to professional services company PwC. A third of virtual reality users reported shopping in the metaverse over the past six months.

A story on how Humbled And Honored landed a job at a multi-trillion-dollar company MetAppOogleSoftMazon by author Trung Phan is trending on Twitter. Spoiler alert – the hero was "humbled and honored" at the end.

Even when it struggled at times to distinguish pools from solar panels, the artificial intelligence program did well enough to bring €10 million in tax revenues after sniffing out more than 20,000 undeclared pools from satellite images.