Paris, France (AFP) Jan 19, 2026 - Countries including France and Britain are considering following Australia's lead by banning children and some teenagers from using social media, but experts are still locked in a debate over the effectiveness of the move.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 - In North China's Shanxi province, a region long known for coal production, researchers and engineers are now converting the once primarily fuel-oriented resource into high performance carbon fiber f
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 - China has launched a Long March 2C rocket carrying a remote sensing satellite for Algeria, extending long running space cooperation between the two countries. The two stage launcher lifted off
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 - Atomic-6 has secured a key deployment of its Space Armor tiles as the primary micrometeoroid and orbital debris protection system on an upcoming Portal Space Systems spacecraft that will fly on Spac
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 - Gold nanorods can act as tiny light powered devices that accumulate electrical charge and drive chemical reactions, according to new work by researchers at the University of Potsdam. The study shows
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 18, 2026 - Old-school fruity reels have their own appeal, sure, but they get stale really fast. Slot developers know this, and that's why so many providers in recent years have been really putting their backs into coming up with all kinds of different themes.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 18, 2026 - As we push further into space, handling payments and ownership won't work the same way it does on Earth. Distance, trust, and the need for independence make our old financial systems a poor fit for lunar settlements or Mars outposts.As we push further into space, handling payments and ownership won't work the same way it does on Earth. Distance, trust, and the need for independence make our old financial systems a poor fit for lunar settlements or Mars outposts.
Taipei (AFP) Jan 16, 2026 - Taiwan vowed Friday to remain the world's most important AI chipmaker, after reaching a trade deal with the United States that will reduce tariffs on the island's shipments and increase Taiwanese investment on US soil.
San Francisco, United States (AFP) Jan 16, 2026 - OpenAI announced Friday it will begin testing advertisements on ChatGPT in the coming weeks, as the wildly popular artificial intelligence chatbot seeks to increase revenue to cover its soaring costs.
New York (AFP) Jan 16, 2026 - US aviation authorities issued notices Friday warning airlines to exercise caution in the airspace over Mexico and Central America due to military activities.
Raleigh, NC (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 - Researchers have created a self-healing composite that is tougher than materials currently used in aircraft wings, turbine blades and other applications - and can repair itself more than 1,000 times
Zurich (AFP) Jan 15, 2026 - The Swiss Competition Commission said Thursday that it had opened a preliminary inquiry into Microsoft's licensing fees, after complaints by rivals over what it called significant price hikes for the Microsoft 365 software suite.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 - The space industry handles some of the most complex data in existence. Satellite images cover millions of square kilometers. Telemetry from a single spacecraft involves thousands of data points.
Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Jan 15, 2026 - Amazon's cloud computing division said Thursday that it would expand its sovereign cloud across the European Union, hoping to cash in as EU governments seek to safeguard their citizens' data.
Taipei (AFP) Jan 15, 2026 - Taiwan has located the black box of a F-16 fighter jet that apparently crashed into the sea last week, the Air Force said Thursday.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 - A joint research team from Seoul National University and Drexel University has reported a fully stretchable organic light-emitting diode that achieves a record external quantum efficiency of 17 perc
