Microsoft signs power purchase deal with nuclear fusion company Helion
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Private U.S. nuclear fusion company Helion Energy will provide Microsoft with electricity in about five…
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Ecuador seals record debt-for-nature swap with Galapagos bond
By Marc Jones and Rodrigo Campos LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ecuador sealed the world’s largest “debt-for-nature” swap on record on…
Metaverse could contribute up to 2.4% of US GDP by 2035 – study
(Reuters) – The metaverse could contribute as much as $760 billion or about 2.4% to U.S. annual gross domestic product…
Amazon plans more warehouses and higher headcount in Europe
By Helen Reid BARCELONA (Reuters) – Amazon plans to open new warehouses and hire more people in Europe, an executive…
Google AI pioneer says he quit to speak freely about technology’s ‘dangers’
(Reuters) – A pioneer of artificial intelligence said he quit Google to speak freely about the technology’s dangers, after realising…
Virgin Galactic to start commercial flight in late June, shares rise
(Reuters) – Space-tourism company Virgin Galactic Holdings said on Monday that a four-member test flight will take place in May…
After weight loss, Alzheimer’s may be next frontier for drugs like Ozempic
By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – Diabetes drugs that also promote weight loss such as Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic, becoming a…
Lawmaker and head of NSF warn of delays to funding U.S. tech research
By Jane Lanhee Lee Santa Clara, California (Reuters) – Silicon Valley’s U.S. Democratic Representative Ro Khanna and the director of…
CDC to scale back data collection as US ends COVID health emergency
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday it would…
Drones over Kremlin likely launched from inside Russia – US experts
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The drones that crashed over the Kremlin earlier this week probably evaded an extensive…