By Danilo Masoni and Lucy Raitano MILAN (Reuters) – The rapid adoption of generative artificial intelligence has boosted markets this year, but after the initial euphoria, investors are waking up to the possible risks, including the need to be highly selective in stock-picking. Businesses ranging from IT services and consulting to media, information and education…
By Napat Wesshasartar BANGKOK (Reuters) – Climate change might have stimulated a plankton bloom that caused thousands of dead fish to wash up along a 3- to 4-kilometre stretch of beach in Thailand’s southern Chumphon province, an expert said. Thon Thamrongnawasawat, deputy dean of the Faculty of Fisheries at Kasetsart University, attributed the fish deaths…
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Every country in the world will see rates of diabetes rise in the next 30 years without action, according to a new global study. There are currently 529 million people in the world with diabetes, the study led by researchers at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at…
By Chavi Mehta (Reuters) – Generative AI-related job postings in the United States jumped about 20% last month as companies look to harness a technology that has been widely touted as the next big growth driver, according to data from job portal Indeed. The May figure, at 204 per million job postings, was also more…
By Joan Faus and Horaci Garcia LA MASSANA, Andorra (Reuters) -The daughter of French oceanographer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, one of five people inside a submersible missing near the Titanic wreck, said on Thursday she held hope they will be rescued but she is comforted by the knowledge that he is in the place he loved most….
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A previously unknown ancient Maya city has been discovered in the jungles of southern Mexico, the country’s anthropology institute said on Tuesday, adding it was likely an important center more than a thousand years ago. The city includes large pyramid-like buildings, stone columns, three plazas with “imposing buildings” and other structures…
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (HPE) on Tuesday said that it is rolling out a cloud computing service designed to power artificial intelligence systems similar to ChatGPT. HPE’s service is being used by a few customers now, with more availability in North America by year’s end and in Europe next year….
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.N. has adopted the world’s first treaty to protect the high seas and preserve marine biodiversity in international waters, marking a milestone after nearly 20 years of effort, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced Monday. The adoption followed an agreement reached in March by more than 100 countries on the of…
(Repeats to add link to report in paragraph 2) By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) -Glaciers in Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalaya could lose up to 75% of their volume by century’s end due to global warming, causing both dangerous flooding and water shortages for the 240 million people who live in the mountainous region, according to a…
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Libra Group said it aims to become the world’s first space leasing company offering satellites, space ports and other infrastructure, and is setting up a ground station in the Alaskan Arctic, vital for polar orbits that monitor climate change. “There is no space leasing company,” George Logothetis, the executive…
