Donald Trump responds to Ukraine peace plan criticism: ‘not my final offer’

US President Donald Trump sparked fury among Ukrainians after he gave President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a deadline of one week to accept the 28-point proposal on Thursday. However, on Saturday, Trump told reporters during brief remarks at the White House that the “peace plan” to end the war between Russia and Ukraine was still open for negotiations. The plan had been considered to favour Moscow, with Ukrainians describing it as reminiscent of Neville Chamberlain’s 1938 Munich agreement with Adolf Hitler. “No, not my final offer,” Trump told the reporters. “We’d like…

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Meta buried evidence of ‘social media’s negative impact’ on mental health, claims court

In latest findings a U.S. court has claimed that meta allegedly shut down internal research after discovering casual evidence that Facebook and Instagram negatively impacted users’ mental health. According to Reuters, the document claimed that a 2020 study, code-named “Project Mercury” found users reported lower depression, anxiety and loneliness after deactivating the platforms findings, Meta chose not to publish. “People who stopped using Facebook for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness and social comparison,” said report. “Rather than publishing those findings or pursuing additional research, the filing states,…

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Researchers caution that mind-altering manipulation tools are becoming real

A recent research study indicates that non-lethal and deadly brain weapons that can attack or alter human consciousness are moving rapidly from the realm of science fiction into reality. Primarily, Michael Crowley and Malcolm Dando of Bradford University are about to publish a book that they believe to be an alarming factor to the world. They argued that the human mind is an emerging domain of warfare, and urgent global action is needed to prevent neurotechnology from being used in the military arena. The book published by the Royal Society of…

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Uber teams up with Starship technologies to launch robot deliveries in UK

Uber has announced a major partnership with Starship Technologies to integrate autonomous sidewalk delivery robots into its Uber Eats platform, with plans to expand to additional European markets next year and the US in 2027. This particularly marks a significant move to accelerate its use of last-mile delivery automation. In this connection, Uber Eats consumers will be able to receive their orders via Starship’s robot deliveries in the Leeds and Sheffield areas. The latest partnership is part of a series of deals Uber has struck with autonomous vehicle and technology…

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Chinese humanoid robot stuns with 106km nonstop world-record trek: Watch

China has once again made history as a humanoid robot sets a new Guinness World Record for the longest cross-province journey. The Agibot A2 walked non-stop 106.286-km from Suzhou to Shanghai, without powering off during the trek. The longest journey walked by a humanoid robot kicked off on November, 10 from Suzhou’s Jinji Lake in east China’s Jiangsu province and finished at Shanghai’s Bund on November, 13. The Agibot A2 robot becomes the first humanoid to achieve this Guinness World title due to its highly long-standing functional hot-swappable battery system…

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AI powers unprecedented Milky Way Model of 100 billion stars to date

A successful breakthrough has been created by an international research team led by Japan’s Riken, and it is the most detailed model of the Milky Way ever created. It is primarily achieved by combining machine learning models with numerical models. The simulation operates 100 times faster than the most elaborate previous models, giving astronomers the chance to map billions of years of our galaxy’s evolution, rather than decades. The new simulation contains 100 billion particles representing stars, which is approximately the same number of stars that are called the Milky…

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Meta faces Spanish investigations over alleged Android data breaches

The Spanish government has officially announced an investigation into Meta for the possible privacy violations of its Facebook and Instagram users through a hidden tracking mechanism on Android devices. The investigation derives from international research that found Meta has used a mechanism to track the web activity of Android device users. Sanchez said in a statement, “In Spain law is above any algorithm or any large technology platforms and violating our rights will pay the consequences.” Meanwhile, Meta has violated several European Union laws on security and privacy including the…

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Elon Musk’s Grok AI sparks row with smarter than da Vinci claims

Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot has recently sparked controversy after users noticed a significant bias in its responses, claiming its owner is smarter and more fit than anyone in the world. These assertions are made in a multitude of recently deleted posts that have called the bot’s objectivity into question. Users who have been using the artificial intelligence chatbot have analyzed that, questions ranging from intellectual capacity to mental acuity, Musk would frequently come at the top position. The social media post recently deleted said Musk was fitter than basketball…

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Bitcoin slides leaving investors on edge

Recent market volatility has seen Bitcoin sink to a seven-month low, nearing the USD80,000 level below on Friday, as the cryptocurrency is caught up in a broader risk across financial markets, a trend noted by analysts. It has been observed that Bitcoin fell to USD80,553, marking a four-month low as cryptocurrencies led an extensive flight from riskier assets, prompted by investor worries over elevated valuations and uncertainty over US interest rate cuts. Cryptocurrencies are considered as a barometer of risk, and their slide highlights how sensitive the market has turned…

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