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Google’s AI shake-up puts Demis Hassabis where the company needs him most, insiders say

Hassabis, who cofounded DeepMind in 2010 and sold it to Google four years later, has long been passionate about AI's potential for scientific breakthroughs — even when they aren't an obvious revenue generator for his employer.

Generative AI Could 'Invent' Biological Discoveries That Don't Exist : ScienceAlert

An AI system could help scientists identify a promising new drug.

Google DeepMind's top AI researchers leave to build a startup focused on scientific breakthroughs: Here's what it does

Discovery Loop is betting that AI's biggest impact will not be chatbots, but accelerating scientific breakthroughs. The founders believe future AI systems could generate original research ideas, test thousands of hypotheses and help scientists solve problems that would otherwise take years.

Technology breakthroughs

Tianjin Shines in Human Rights and Sustainability - Investors Hangout

Tianjin's green innovations lead global discussions on human rights, showcasing a successful blend of technology and sustainable development.

Indonesia Tech & Innovation Expo 2026: Jakarta Largest B2B Technology & Innovation Exhibition – World Exhibitions

The Indonesia Technology and Innovation (INTI) Expo is a leading showcase that unites leaders, innovators, and professionals from across the technology and innovation landscape. This prestigious platform highlights the latest advancements in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud computing, ...

TikTok to lay off over 200 employees in US, close Nashville office - US News | The Financial Express

The international media report ... of hundreds of new specialist safety roles here in Dublin, and advancing platform safety through the latest technological innovations.”...

Space exploration

'Not looking good right now': Starship likely to be lost at sea 2 weeks after epic 13th test flight, Elon Musk says | Space

SpaceX is still towing Starship's upper stage toward shore two weeks after its latest test flight, but the unprecedented effort is unlikely to succeed, according to Elon Musk.

On this day in space! Aug. 8, 1977: Soviet Union's Salyut 5 reconnaissance space station burns up in Earth's atmosphere | Space

Salyut 5 was a Soviet space station and part of the highly-secretive Almaz military space station program.

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (video) | Space

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Aug. 8) from California's scenic central coast.

Renewable energy progress

Mexico launches major clean energy expansion

Mexico is launching a $43 billion energy infrastructure push aimed at expanding electricity generation and attracting more private investment. The plan calls for most new capacity to come from clean energy, but industry experts warn that investment hurdles and the country's aging transmission ...

Clean power targets - House of Commons Library

By 2030, the government aims to meet Britain’s electricity demand with energy from clean sources. 66% of British electricity currently comes from clean sources.

Yan Yao Joins Columbia Climate School and Columbia Engineering to Advance Next-Generation Energy Storage – State of the Planet

Yao's arrival advances the university's shared mission to develop innovative solutions at the intersection of energy, sustainability and the environment.

Medical advancements

Scientists Sound Alarm on AI-Generated Biological Viruses Amid Unregulated Industry | Common Dreams

"The ability to compose viral genomes using generative AI now exists; the governance to safely steer it does not," a pair of researchers said.

🔒 Can AI improve my parenting?

There are genuinely useful ways the technology can help with this. But Sam Altman’s ChatGPT tips are not among them

Why this vaccine scientist welcomes vaccine skepticism : NPR

The COVID-19 vaccine was developed in record time, but many people were hesitant to take it. Immunologist Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire shares lessons learned about communicating medical breakthroughs.

World news

BBC Audio | The Global Story | Is it OK to talk about Ariana Grande's body?

Reactions to a new music video expose a fine line between care and criticism

News: U.S. and World News Headlines : NPR

NPR news, audio, and podcasts. Coverage of breaking stories, national and world news, politics, business, science, technology, and extended coverage of major national and world events.

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Artificial intelligence

Job listings show Nvidia hiring for a new AI safety team to address one of the biggest ‘AI threats’ - The Times of India

The internal safety push aligns ... SpaceX, and Hugging Face, focused on developing open-source security defenses for machine learning applications. Get the latest technology news and updates....

Big shake-up in Google’s AI team as DeepMind chief executive steps down | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian

Two senior engineers are leaving company to launch startup amid fears Google is falling behind in AI race

'Turned it in…': Google's 30th employee Jeff Dean posts photo of everything he handed back on his last day at Google after 27 years - The Times of India

That badge is now in a photograph.Dean ... across machine learning, chip design and drug discovery. Sundar Pichai called it a privilege to have worked alongside Dean and Ghemawat, and Alphabet is providing compute for the first year.Inside Google, employees reacted mostly with memes. One line summed up the mood well: Google isn't losing Jeff Dean, it's open-sourcing him. Get the latest technology news and ...

Climate solutions

Climate Reports | United Nations

The report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability warns that climate change is causing dangerous disruption in nature and is affecting billions of people, stressing the urgency to act.

This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan | The Guardian

Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

Nature based solutions for climate change - House of Commons Library

These include high level multilateral ... as well as national strategies to address climate change and tackle biodiversity loss. The government has expressed support for NbS for climate change, describing work to join up action on adaptation, mitigation and nature restoration as ...

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Five Myths That Continue to Shape Nepal's Hydropower Debate | New Spotlight Magazine

The next must be about building an economy powered by renewable electricity. The real measure of success is no longer megawatts installed or electricity exported. It is the number of industries electrified, the decline in petroleum imports, the growth of domestic manufacturing, the expansion of high-value services and the competitiveness of Nepal's economy. Hydropower has already transformed Nepal's electricity sector...

Tom Holland film Spider-Man: Brand New Day grosses over Rs 455 crore in India | Hollywood News - The Indian Express

Spider-Man: Brand New Day box office collection day 10: The Tom Holland film earned Rs 31 crore on Saturday across 13,482 shows, taking its gross domestic collection to Rs 455.33 crore and its net collection to Rs 380.75 crore.

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) Price Target Raised to $1,410.00 - Markets Daily

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY – Free Report) had its price target increased by Cantor Fitzgerald from $1,350.00 to $1,410.00 in a report published on Thursday, MarketBeat reports. Cantor Fitzgerald currently has an overweight rating on the stock. Several other brokerages have also weighed ...

'Turned it in…': Google's 30th employee Jeff Dean posts photo of everything he handed back on his last day at Google after 27 years - The Times of India

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Nikola Tesla developed the alternating current (AC) electrical system in the 1880s–90s, enabling long-distance power transmission.

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