Apple’s online store was down this morning in Germany, France, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada as the company prepared to accept pre-orders for the Apple Vision Pro in those five regions. Pre-orders begin at 5 a.m. Pacific Time, or the following local times. The starting prices in local currency below are for the 256GB … Read more
Chinese space officials said Thursday they welcomed scientists from around the world to apply to research the moon rock samples the Chang’e 6 probe brought to Earth on a historic mission, but noted there were limits to that collaboration, especially… By means of HUIZHONG WU Associated Press June 27, 2024, 05:03 ET • 3 minutes … Read more
There is rarely a mountain as majestic as the Himalayas, which rise so high into the sky that people feel like a dot standing in front of them. But it is a lesser known fact that the Himalayas are not only scenic but also a field considered important for the study of geology. A 2023 … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. Central banks of advanced economies expect gold’s share of global reserves to rise at the expense of the US dollar, as these institutions look to follow the lead of emerging markets in buying precious metals. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. A majority of EU countries are pushing to water down new rules to prevent greenwashing, as Brussels comes under increasing pressure from politicians to relax parts of its landmark climate law. The weakening of the … Read more
Google said Thursday it is rolling out NotebookLM, its AI-powered note-taking assistant, to more than 200 new countries, nearly six months after opening its access in the US. The platform, powered by Google’s multimodal LLM Gemini 1.5 Pro, has also been upgraded with new features and languages to help more people use AI to generate … Read more
The IEA report shows that countries’ ambitions and implementation plans are not yet in line with the key objectives of COP28, but that governments have tools to go further in the coming months through the NDC process A new analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA) shows that in the coming months countries have a … Read more