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AI could boost UK economy by 10% in five years, says Microsoft boss Boss Satya Nadella said it was the biggest investment the firm had made outside of the US.
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Deal is done to keep TikTok in the US, says Trump The social media platform had faced a ban in the US over national security concerns.
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A new community for computational science and engineering
MIT News
A new community for computational science and engineering For the past decade, MIT has offered doctoral-level study in computational science and engineering (CSE) exclusively through an interdisciplinary program designed for students applying computation within a specific science or engineering field.As interest grew among students focused primarily on advancing ...
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How to build AI scaling laws for efficient LLM training and budget maximization
MIT News
How to build AI scaling laws for efficient LLM training and budget maximization When researchers are building large language models (LLMs), they aim to maximize performance under a particular computational and financial budget. Since training a model can amount to millions of dollars, developers need to be judicious with cost-impacting decisions about, for ...
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Decoding the sounds of battery formation and degradation
MIT News
Decoding the sounds of battery formation and degradation Before batteries lose power, fail suddenly, or burst into flames, they tend to produce faint sounds over time that provide a signature of the degradation processes going on within their structure. But until now, nobody had figured out how to ...
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Google owner reveals £5bn AI investment in UK ahead of Trump visit Google's president and chief investment officer Ruth Porat tells the BBC there are "profound opportunities in the UK".
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US says 'framework' for TikTok ownership deal agreed with China The deal will pave the way to US ownership of the social media platform's American operations, according to the US treasury secretary.
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MIT geologists discover where energy goes during an earthquake
MIT News
MIT geologists discover where energy goes during an earthquake The ground-shaking that an earthquake generates is only a fraction of the total energy that a quake releases. A quake can also generate a flash of heat, along with a domino-like fracturing of underground rocks. But exactly how much energy ...
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How to get your business into the flow
MIT News
How to get your business into the flow In the late 1990s, a Harley-Davidson executive named Donald Kieffer became general manager of a company engine plant near Milwaukee. The iconic motorcycle maker had forged a celebrated comeback, and Kieffer, who learned manufacturing on the shop floor, had been ...
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BBC News
BBC News
Musk buys $1bn worth of Tesla shares The purchases, the billionaire's first since 2020, boost his investment in the firm.
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Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen private data ransomed by hackers Kering, the luxury French fashion house which owns the brands, confirmed the attack to BBC News.
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Machine-learning tool gives doctors a more detailed 3D picture of fetal health
MIT News
Machine-learning tool gives doctors a more detailed 3D picture of fetal health For pregnant women, ultrasounds are an informative (and sometimes necessary) procedure. They typically produce two-dimensional black-and-white scans of fetuses that can reveal key insights, including biological sex, approximate size, and abnormalities like heart issues or cleft lip. If your doctor ...
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Climate Action Learning Lab helps state and local leaders identify and implement effective climate mitigation...
MIT News
Climate Action Learning Lab helps state and local leaders identify and implement effective climate mitigation... This spring, J-PAL North America — a regional office of MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) — launched its first ever Learning Lab, centered on climate action. The Learning Lab convened a cohort of government leaders who are enacting ...
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BBC News
AI 'friend' chatbots probed over child protection The Federal Trade Commission is inquiring into seven tech companies including Snap, Meta, OpenAI and XAI.
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Will the latest iPhone kill off the Sim card? The iPhone Air will only have an eSim - will other phone makers also shift away from the familiar - but fiddly - plastic cards?
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BBC News
Ban social media for under-15s, says French report warning of TikTok risks The six-month inquiry also proposes an overnight "digital curfew" for 15-18 year olds from 22:00 to 08:00.
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Children hacking their own schools for 'fun', watchdog warns The Information Commissioner's Office says schools face an "insider threat" from children as young as seven.
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