The new highly venomous jellyfish is actually a new species
A new species doesn’t always emerge from some unexplored corner of the ocean. Sometimes, it has been right in front of scientists, hiding behind a familiar name. Researchers studying box jellyfish near Singapore have now identified one such case: a highly venomous species previously mistaken for another jellyfish.A closer look at both their bodies and
US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after South African judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
US President Donald Trump’s administration imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday, 9 October, hours after one of its former judges won the Nobel Peace Prize, South Africa’s Navi Pillay, putting Washington on a diplomatic collision course with European allies. The ICC’s deputy prosecutor, Nazhat Shameem Khan, condemned the sanctions and said
Google is working on HDR emoji for Chat
An APK teardown of the latest version of Gmail revealed that Google is looking to bring HDR emoji to its Chat app. That’s the Google Hangouts successor, which is part of the Google Workspace suite, for those outside the loop on Google software. A specific code string in the newest Gmail build hints at “display-supported
Abundance of US multinationals leaves Ireland prone to undersea cable attacks
Ireland is more vulnerable to undersea cable attacks due to how many key US multinationals it hosts. Elisabeth Braw, a senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security with the US think tank the Atlantic Council, said that increased global instability and a heavy reliance on data connectivity means that undersea cables are
US, European telecom stocks slide as SpaceX spectrum deal rattles sector
US and European telecom stocks tumbled on Friday after SpaceX’s acquisition of low-band spectrum heightened concerns over growing competition from satellite-based mobile services. T-Mobile US, Verizon and AT&T fell between 5.5% and 7.4% in premarket trading, while the STOXX Europe 600 Telecommunications index dropped over 2% to its lowest level since January 30.The slide came
Siri AI Still Isn’t Coming to EU iPhones
Siri AI is Apple’s rebuilt assistant. It can hold real conversations, understand what’s on your screen, and take actions inside apps. In the EU, Apple blocked it on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, including the new chat-style conversation app, expanded Visual Intelligence, new writing tools, and a Siri mode in the Camera app. Three weeks
Anthropic bans users from being ‘cruel’ to its AI systems
Anthropic has raised eyebrows by announcing it will ban users from “sustained and needless” abusive behaviour towards its AI. The Claude-maker said on Thursday it was updating its usage policy to let its tools end interactions where people are “cruel” – something it said it had done in “rare” cases prior. It will now be
ChatGPT specialsafeguards for Teens
In August, OpenAI rolled out its ChatGPT for Teens — a default, safer mode for under-18 users — announcing it in a blog post. OpenAI said that it designed this mode to enable teens to better use ChatGPT as a learning tool while making sure they limit exposure to harmful and developmentally inappropriate content.ChatGPT for
Meta bans TikTok ads on its platforms
Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta has banned advertisements by ByteDance, the Chinese parent of TikTok, on its platforms in the United States and a handful of other countries, a company spokesperson said on Oct 8. The move marks an escalation in the long-running rivalry between Meta and ByteDance, whose video-sharing app TikTok has emerged as one
India’s three-pronged strategy for sovereign AI
India will soon get a consultation paper on the regulation of Artificial Intelligence — laying the groundwork for future governance of the technology across sectors. The announcement came even as top officials highlighted the data transfer risks posed by proprietary AI models and stressed the need for ‘strategic autonomy’. Projections shared by the government at