WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump is expected to award the National Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Fox News reported. The National Medal of Science is the nation’s highest honor for scientists and engineers, according to the US National Science Foundation’s website.
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – The Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday it will vote on October 29 to bar all Chinese labs from testing electronic devices such as smartphones, cameras and computers for use in the US, widening a previous action targeting Beijing. The
With the showcased photographs captured by class-of-2025 alumna Hannah Bauch, patrons of the University of Dubuque's Bisignano Aet Gallery are invited to explore the multifaceted identities of student athletes, and the many layers that exist beyond their roles in competition, in the exhibition Beyon
Presented as a special event in the Quad Cities Latino Cinema Series, the beloved 1987 hit La Bamba will be shown at Davenport venue The Last Picture House on October 14, the film a celebration opf rock icon Ritchie Valens' artistry, and one that, according to Rotten Tomatoes' critical consensus, “d
By Diana Novak Jones Oct 7 (Reuters) – Florida asked a state judge on Wednesday to order changes to Instagram and Facebook to better protect young users, pressing ahead with a lawsuit accusing parent Meta Platforms of harming teens after most states resolved similar claims through a sweeping settlem
The Backstory to Mike Evan’s ‘The Whole World Sings Together’ As 2,000 Christians gather in Israel for Oct. 7 commemorations, 17 singers from around the world collaborate across borders on a music video of remembrance, solidarity, and hope By Felice Friedson / The Media Line The Israeli woman who ap
BERLIN, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will launch a joint motion with the small far-left BSW party in a regional parliament calling for an end to military support for Ukraine, an AfD spokesperson said on Wednesday. The motion, to be debated in the state parliame
By Anzar Mehraj and Deepa Seetharaman Oct 7 (Reuters) – Teens spend under 15 minutes a day on average on ChatGPT, while less than 2% of them interact with the chatbot for over three straight hours, OpenAI said, as technology companies face scrutiny over the risks AI chatbots pose to children. Sam Al
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – The US Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday that it will vote on October 29 on whether to advance a new auction of wireless spectrum to boost “direct-to-device” services. The FCC told Reuters it will also hold an initial vote on modern
By Will Dunham Oct 7 (Reuters) – Scientific teams working separately in Vienna and Beijing have developed the world’s first two operating nuclear clocks in what they are calling an important advance in timekeeping that promises wide-ranging practical applications and offers a new tool to investigate
(SRN NEWS) – On the anniversary of the brutal October 7th attacks, a new report offers a look inside a Hamas tunnel near Gaza’s border with Israel. Hamas terrorists killed about 1,200 people-the majority of them civilians who were attending the Nova music festival- wounded more than 5,000, and abduc
By Hannah McKay BIRMINGHAM, Oct 7 (Reuters) – The leader of Britain’s opposition Conservatives, Kemi Badenoch, pledged on Wednesday to abolish inheritance tax on family homes and let couples pass on an additional £1 million ($1.3 million) without incurring the levy if the party wins power. The Conse
By Krystal Hu Oct 7 (Reuters) – The US government and tech heavyweights Meta Platforms and Google parent Alphabet are joining nonprofit Biohub to build open datasets to train AI models for biological reasearch, bringing total investment in the effort to $1.8 billion, Biohub said on Wednesday. Meta,
Oct 7 (Reuters) – Core Stack, Lazzari Group’s digital infrastructure business, and Green Arrow Capital will invest more than €1 billion ($1.12 billion) over the next four years to build 13 mid-size data centres in Italy, the two companies said on Wednesday. • The medium-sized data centres will be po
Oct 7 (Reuters) – Life sciences company Danaher said on Wednesday it plans to launch its first AI-powered autonomous research lab early next year to make drug discovery and development faster and more efficient. Here are more details: • The lab, projected to operate at scale in early 2027, will comb
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Timour Azhari ANKARA/RIYADH, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Turkey is sending mainly defensive and technical support to Saudi Arabia to help it fight Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis, two officials said on Wednesday, after the NATO member and Pakistan pledged to act on the collective defence co
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Aaron Sorkin, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “The Social Network,” wasn’t looking to make another movie about Facebook. Sorkin had been struggling to find an idea for a new project when he met Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee and whistleblowe
By Peter Hobson NADI, Fiji, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Nations including Fiji and Ireland said on Wednesday they were donating about $15 million to a fund to finance climate resilience and adaptation projects in Pacific islands, but pledges remain far below the fund’s target. Pacific islands face acute risks
PONTIANAK, Indonesia, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Indigenous and civil-society organisations in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan criticised the national government for failing to attend the first court proceedings in their class action suit seeking to hold it responsible for the haze engulfing the province. Judges
By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, Oct 7 (Reuters) – A Taiwanese union representing workers at Micron Technology said on Wednesday it had secured authorisation from its members to strike work over a dispute concerning the company’s bonus scheme, escalating a labour conflict at the chipmaker’s largest manufactur
SEOUL, Oct 7 (Reuters) – AMD CEO Lisa Su said on Wednesday that the US chipmaker continues to explore partnership opportunities with Samsung Electronics in the memory and foundry businesses. • In response to tight memory chip supply, Su said AMD is “working with our customers to optimise their memo
KYIV, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Russia fired 70 missiles and also drones in one of its biggest strikes at Ukraine, targeting the Ukrainian energy sector and killing at least 11 people across the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. “One of the key targets was our energy infrastructure. The Russians
BRUSSELS, Oct 7 (Reuters) – The governing board of the International Energy Agency will hold an informal meeting at 1300 local time on Wednesday to discuss the proposed release of oil and diesel stocks, said two European Union diplomats. The representatives of EU nations had already discussed this p
By Chang-Ran Kim TSUKUBA, Japan, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Goodman Group, Australia’s largest property firm by market value, faces mounting criticism of what would be its largest data centre project in Japan, just days after it scrapped plans for a similar development in Sydney following local resistance. T
By Field Level Media Oct 07 (Field Level Media) – Jake Cronenworth hit a tie-breaking homer in the fifth inning and Michael King registered a six-out save as the San Diego Padres staved off elimination with a 4-3 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night in Game 3 of the National
By Field Level Media Oct 07 (Field Level Media) – Auston Matthews scored with 14 seconds remaining in overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied from an early 3-0 deficit to defeat visiting Nashville Predators 5-4 on Tuesday night. Matthews, who also had three assists, passed Bill Guerin (429) into
By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Constitutional Court has found that while Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka’s education documentation for his candidacy in the 2024 election was incomplete, it did not disqualify him from office and left the assessment of his eligibility t
Oct 7 (Reuters) – Australia’s privacy regulator said on Wednesday it had launched an investigation into Shenzhen Qingcheng Future Technology, the maker of the HeyCyan smart glasses application sold through retailers including Big W Marketplace and Amazon. Here are some more details: • The Office of
By Kentaro Okasaka and Sam Nussey TOKYO, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Japan’s Rapidus, with $15 billion in state backing, is tying up with chip design firms as it seeks to answer a major question hanging over the country’s tech ambitions: can it attract enough customers to its state-of-the-art chip factory? Th
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