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Physicists predict significant growth for cadmium telluride photovoltaicsToledo OH (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 A solar energy generation technology once considered limited in its potential is poised for significant growth in the United States. That's the conclusion of a team of scientists who analyzed ... more 
Tethered orbital data centers aim to power AI with solar energyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 Penn Engineers have proposed a solar-powered orbital data center architecture that could scale to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence computing without drawing electricity from terrestri ... more 
Organic devices bring light emission and solar power togetherTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 Organic semiconductors are thin, flexible materials that already underpin many consumer displays, and researchers now report a strategy that lets these materials both emit light efficiently and harv ... more  
ClearSky and Hydeco team to revamp carrier P2P messaging economicsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 ClearSky Technologies has entered into a strategic partnership with Hydeco to integrate carrier-grade P2P SMS, MMS, and USSD capabilities into the iCODE Connect ecosystem, targeting modernization of ... more |
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Engineered substrates sharpen single nanoparticle plasmon spectraSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 A research team led by the Singapore University of Technology and Design has demonstrated that spectral broadening in single-nanoparticle plasmons is not an unavoidable consequence of metal losses b ... more  
Gold soars towards $5,600 as Trump rattles sabre over IranHong Kong (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 Gold prices soared to a fresh record near $5,600 Thursday, while oil rallied after Donald Trump ramped up geopolitical tensions with his threatened military strike on Iran. ... more  
Online platforms offer filtering to fight AI slop; EU lawmakers want AI to pay for using copyrighted workNew York (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 As "AI slop" floods the internet, efforts are mounting to stem an online deluge of shoddy images and videos made using increasingly advanced tech tools. ... more  
Electron ordering mapped in quantum material with cryogenic 4D-STEMTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 20, 2026 Electronic order in quantum materials often arises through intricate, non-uniform patterns that shift across space. A well-known example is the charge density wave (CDW), an ordered electronic state ... more |
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Gold supraballs boost broadband solar absorptionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 Sunlight carries a wide range of wavelengths, but many solar harvesting technologies only tap a portion of that spectrum, limiting their efficiency. Researchers have now shown that tiny self-assembl ... more |
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Nvidia boss hopeful of China allowing chip salesTaipei (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang expressed optimism Thursday that Beijing will permit the sale to Chinese buyers of a powerful AI chip model made by the US tech giant. ... more 
Starmer, Xi stress need for stronger UK-China ties to face global headwindsBeijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chinese leader Xi Jinping stressed the need for closer relations between their countries in order to face geopolitical headwinds, as the two met in Beijing on Thursday. ... more 
Hongkongers snap up silver as gold becomes 'too expensive'Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 Hong Kong residents hoping to cash in on a precious metals rally are buying up bars of silver as an alternative to gold that they say has become "too expensive" after reaching record highs. ... more 
Samsung logs best-ever profit on AI chip demandSeoul (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics posted record quarterly profits Thursday, riding massive market demand for the memory chips that power artificial intelligence. ... more |
Amazon to cut 16,000 jobs worldwideNew York (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 US online retail and cloud computing giant Amazon said Wednesday it will cut 16,000 jobs worldwide as the company tries to streamline amid its major push into AI. ... more
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UK proposes to let websites refuse Google AI searchLondon (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 Britain's competition watchdog proposed Wednesday that websites be allowed to opt out of having content used by Google's "AI Overviews" feature as it tackles the technology giant's dominance in online search. ... more  
China added record wind and solar power in 2025, data showsBeijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 China added record amounts of wind and solar power capacity in 2025, while polluting coal and gas power also surged, according to data released on Wednesday by its National Energy Administration. ... more 
Dutch tech giant ASML posts bumper profits, eyes bright AI futureThe Hague (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 Dutch tech giant ASML, which sells cutting-edge machines to make semiconductor chips, reported a significant gain in annual net profit Wednesday and predicted a bright future driven by demand for artificial intelligence. ... more  
'Hard to survive': Kyiv's elderly shiver after Russian attacks on power and heatKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 Shivering in her flat after Russian strikes knocked out the heating, 91-year-old Lidia Teleschuk said she couldn't remember a winter this harsh since World War II. ... more |
Will the EU ban social media for children in 2026?Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 As France moves one step closer to banning social media for children, the European Union is seriously considering whether it's time for the bloc to follow suit. ... more  
Vladimir Padrino: Venezuela's military power brokerCaracas (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 Vladimir Padrino, the man who wields absolute control over Venezuela's powerful military, became a soldier entirely by chance. ... more 
US to conduct multi-day military exercise in Middle EastWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 The United States on Tuesday announced a major multi-day Air Force exercise in the Middle East, as Washington and Tehran face off over Iran's deadly crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. ... more  
EU to show Google how to open up to rival AI services; Microsoft shares slide as AI spending surgesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 Google must provide rival AI services equal access to its features and other search engine platforms access to data, the EU said on Tuesday, as it said it would help the giant over six months to comply with rules. ... more |
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Saudi's Humain secures $1.2 bn to expand AI, digital infrastructureRiyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 Saudi Arabia's Humain artificial intelligence company has secured up to $1.2 billion in financing to expand digital infrastructure, a statement said, as the kingdom bolsters its investment in AI. ... more 
Snapchat settles to avoid social media addiction trialSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 Snapchat on Wednesday confirmed it made a deal to avoid a US civil trial accusing it, along with Meta, TikTok, and YouTube, of addicting young people to social media. ... more  
Elon Musk hints at buying Ryanair amid Starlink spatDublin (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 US tech boss Elon Musk has polled followers on his social network X about buying Ryanair, stoking a clash with the airline's boss Michael O'Leary over using the Starlink system onboard to use the internet. ... more 
Quantum collapse models point to subtle limits in timekeeping accuracyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 Quantum mechanics describes a microscopic world in which particles exist in a superposition of states, being in multiple places and configurations at once, encoded in a mathematical object called a ... more |
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It started with a cat: How 100 years of quantum weirdness powers today's techCollege Station, TX (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A hundred years ago, quantum mechanics was a radical theory that baffled even the brightest minds. Today, it's the backbone of technologies that shape our lives, from lasers and microchips to quantu ... more |
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Primordial magnetism offers fresh angle on the Hubble constant puzzleLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A Simon Fraser University cosmologist reports that new theoretical work on primordial magnetic fields could move researchers closer to resolving the longstanding Hubble tension, the mismatch in meas ... more  
China Sky Eye tracks binary-triggered fast radio burst activityTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 An international team of astronomers has obtained the first decisive evidence that at least some fast radio bursts originate in binary stellar systems rather than from isolated objects. The work cen ... more 
Plastics everywhere, and the myth that made it possibleWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 If there's one material that defines modern life more than any other, it's plastic: present from the moment we're born in newborn stool, in product packaging, in the soil beneath our feet and the air we breathe. ... more 
Pope warns against risks of AI algorithms; Musk makes Davos debut with promise of robots for allVatican City (AFP) Jan 24, 2026 Pope Leo XIV on Saturday stressed the risks of generative artificial intelligence, how it could usurp human identities and relationships, influence public opinion and deepen social polarisation ... more |
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