CIA's mind-control program in turmoil after scientist's mysterious death
CIA's mind-control program in turmoil after scientist's mysterious deathMy dad was a government scientist working on a secret mind-control program... then the CIA murdered him. Here's the gruesome evidence I believe proves it By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Published: 17:15, 1 May 2026 | Updated: 18:33, 1 May 2026 e-mail 24 shares
Parents of missing DC intern Chandra Levy reveal chilling new extraterrestrial theory of why she vanished 25 years on
Parents of missing DC intern Chandra Levy reveal chilling new extraterrestrial theory of why she vanished 25 years onScientists are vanishing or turning up dead. Now ex-FBI boss reveals chilling plot likely unfolding... and who he fears is behind itBy STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Published: 16:29, 1 May 2026 | Updated: 16:29, 1 May 2026 e-mail View comments
Netflix founder: AI will make these skills as important for technology companies as Maths
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings foresees AI significantly boosting the importance of humanities and emotional intelligence in tech. He suggests a shift away from STEM dominance, emphasizing history and literature. Hastings, who donated $50 million to Bowdoin College for AI and humanity research, believes the next two decades will be exciting, ushering in an era of abundance.
Look up tonight! A full Flower Moon will bloom in the night sky this evening - here's the best time to see it
Look up tonight! A full Flower Moon will bloom in the night sky this evening – here's the best time to see itREAD MORE: What could go wrong? NASA wants to light a FIRE on the moon By WILIAM HUNTER, SENIOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY REPORTER Published: 09:57, 1 May 2026 | Updated: 09:58, 1 May 2026 e-mail 3 View comments
OMODA & JAECOO showcases smart valet parking tech in Beijing, UAE roll-out soon
OMODA & JAECOO has completed the global public real-world test of its advanced Valet Parking Driver (VPD) technology during the Chery International Business Summit, marking a major milestone in the brand’s push towards AI-driven smart mobility.The achievement comes as the brand also celebrates surpassing one million cumulative global vehicle sales, reinforcing its rapid growth and innovation leadership. The next-generation system is expected to be introduced in upcoming OMODA & JAECOO mo...
TRAI pushes for tech that enables real-time accident alerts, traffic monitoring
The technology will be enabled by on-board wireless communication devices and can allow features for safety, such as warning drivers of an impending collision.| India News
Clarifications and Corrections
An article published yesterday reported that a man had been wrongly arrested after facial recognition technology confused him with a man who was then convicted of burglary. In fact, while...
OpenAI Targets Smartphones With AI-First Device Strategy
Fez – OpenAI is moving closer to launching its own smartphone, marking a significant shift from software services to consumer hardware. According to Al Jazeera, the company is working with major chipmakers including Qualcomm and MediaTek, along with manufacturing partner Luxshare, to develop a new generation of AI-powered devices. The project reflects OpenAI’s growing ambition to build its own hardware ecosystem and bring its technology closer to users. Instead of relying on applications or we...
Structured tender model for shipbuilding: Govt aims tech transfer, local manufacturing
India is boosting its shipbuilding capabilities by adopting a "structured tender" approach for specialized vessels like gas and oil tankers. This strategy mandates that a portion of these ships be built domestically, facilitating technology transfer and strengthening local manufacturing. The government aims to aggregate demand for hundreds of vessels to enhance self-reliance in the maritime sector.
AI outperforms doctors in Harvard trial of emergency triage diagnoses
Researchers say results mark a ‘profound change in technology that will reshape medicine’From George Clooney in ER to Noah Wyle in The Pitt, emergency department doctors have long been popular heroes. But will it soon be time to hang up the scrubs?A groundbreaking Harvard study has found that AI systems outperformed human doctors in high-pressure emergency medicine triage, diagnosing more accurately in the potentially life and death moments when people are first rushed to hospital. Continue read...
UAE, South Korea activate trade deal to boost investment and exports
Dubai: The UAE and South Korea have brought their Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) into force, marking a new phase in trade and investment ties between the two economies.Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click here.The agreement is expected to deepen economic cooperation, expand market access and support private sector activity across key industries, including technology, manufacturing and logistics.Tariff cuts, market accessUnder the CEP...
Grand Games: Where gaming meets global ambition
Grand Games is a Kazakhstan-based technology company bringing together mobile gaming, advanced digital products and AI-driven solutions under a single ecosystem. Its flagship title, Grand Mobile, has grown into one of the country’s most successful tech exports, recording more than 70 million downloads and over six million monthly active players worldwide. Designed as an open-world multiplayer role-playing game, it allows users to build virtual lives from scratch, shaping careers, earning income,...
Meta says its business AI now facilitates 10 million conversations a week
Meta doesn’t come up much in discussions of the top AI products these days, but its products are still benefiting from the ongoing surge of interest in the technology. The company’s business AI tools facilitated about 10 million conversations per week as of late March, up from 1 million in the beginning of this year, Meta said during its first-quarter conference call on Wednesday. The growth comes as the company recently expanded the beta program of its business AI assistant in the U...
Kazakhstan at the heart of inDrive’s global push toward a user-driven super-app
inDrive is one of the world’s leading ride-hailing platforms, with Kazakhstan a key market in its global growth. Building on a model centred on user choice, transparency and fairness, the company launched in Astana in 2014, marking its first international expansion. Since then, inDrive has scaled rapidly, achieving unicorn status in 2021 and expanding to 49 countries, with Saudi Arabia its most recent addition.“Our technology is sophisticated and very different from competitors,” says Country Ma...
وزارة الصحة تقدم منحا للدراسة بالصين
أعلنت وزارة الصحة والسكان، أن وزارة التجارة بجمهورية الصين الشعبية، وفي إطار برنامج التعاون الدولي، توفر منحا دراسية لفائدة إطارات قطاع الصحة. وأشارت إلى أن التخصصات المتاحة، هي ماستر في الصحة العمومية “Master of Public Health 2026″، ماستر في الممارسة التمريضية المتقدمة والتكنولوجيا الطبية، (Master Program of Advanced Nursing Practice and Medical Technology). وسيكون التكوين بجمهورية الصين، بالجامعة الطبية الجنوبية بقوانغتشو، ومدرسة علوم التمريض شيانغيا من 01 سبتمبر 2026 إلى 01 جوان 2...
British divers find missing WWI wreck of US combat vessel: Remains of USCGC Tampa are discovered off the coast of Cornwall 108 years after the ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat
British divers find missing WWI wreck of US combat vessel: Remains of USCGC Tampa are discovered off the coast of Cornwall 108 years after the ship was torpedoed by a German U–boatREAD MORE: 600-year-old medieval 'super ship' discovered off DenmarkBy SHIVALI BEST, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Published: 11:22, 30 April 2026 | Updated: 11:24, 30 April 2026 e-mail 1 View comments
Google staff sends letter to CEO Pichai asking for 'Pentagon ban': What they said
Hundreds of Google employees are protesting a potential Pentagon contract, urging CEO Sundar Pichai to block the use of the company's AI for secret military projects. Workers fear their technology could be used for lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance, demanding Google reject all classified workloads to ensure AI benefits humanity.
Meta in row after workers who say they saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs
Meta in row after workers who say they saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobsJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleChris VallanceSenior technology reporterBloomberg via Getty ImagesMeta boss Mark Zuckerberg demonstrating the Meta smart glassesMeta is under pressure to explain why it cancelled a major contract with a company it was using to train AI, shortly after some of its Kenya-based workers alleged they had to view graphic content captured by Meta smart glasses.In February, worker...
OnEMI Technology IPO: Is it a good long-term bet or should you wait?
OnEMI Technology IPO Is it a good longterm bet or should you wait
Odd Lots: Rob Goldstein on Finance’s Next Megatrends (Podcast)
The last few decades have been marked by a number of megatrends in finance including the extraordinary growth of asset managers, the rising importance of technology, and the ascent of private markets. BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, is emblematic of all these developments. On this episode, we talk to BlackRock COO Rob Goldstein about the company’s early technological history, the development of its famous risk management technology Aladdin, and how BlackRock is navigating being bot