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Billionaire Elon Musk enters courtroom showdown with OpenAI
by Benjamin Legendre - April 25, 2026 - 11:23am
Jury selection is to begin Monday in a high-profile legal battle between billionaire Elon Musk and artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, which he accuses of betraying its non-profit mission.
Zuckerberg grilled over underage users at social media trial
by Benjamin Legendre - February 19, 2026 - 8:20am
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday he regretted Meta's slow progress in identifying underage users on Instagram, as he faced stinging criticism at a landmark social media trial over accusations that his company...
YouTube says it is not social media in landmark addiction trial
by Benjamin Legendre - February 11, 2026 - 9:02am
A lawyer for YouTube insisted Tuesday that the Google-owned video platform was neither intentionally addictive nor technically social media, as a landmark US trial targeting tech giants entered its second day. ...
OpenAI introducing ads to ChatGPT
by Benjamin Legendre - January 17, 2026 - 9:22am
With its move, OpenAI brings its business model closer to tech giants Google and Meta, which have built advertising empires on the back of their free-to-use services.
Wearable fashion: AI pendants, brooches back in vogue
by Benjamin Legendre - January 11, 2026 - 2:56pm
Pendants and brooches packed with artificial intelligence abounded at the Consumer Electronics show.
'Sport of the future': Humanoid robots box for knockout at Vegas fight night
by Benjamin Legendre - January 11, 2026 - 12:33pm
The contenders were a departure from the usual lineup at the event, known for wheeled machines equipped with wrecking tools.
Meta unveils new Ray-Ban as part of expanded AI glasses line
by Benjamin Legendre - September 18, 2025 - 2:35pm
Meta showed off new smart glasses on Wednesday as it continued to bank on a lifestyle shift toward blending reality and virtual space despite the efforts inflicting heavy financial losses.
Microsoft AI weather forecast faster, cheaper, truer — study
by Benjamin Legendre - May 22, 2025 - 8:31am
Microsoft has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that beats current forecasting methods in tracking air quality, weather patterns, and climate-addled tropical storms, according to findings published...
Climate finance billions at stake at COP29
by Benjamin Legendre - November 4, 2024 - 1:48pm
Rich nations will be under pressure at this month's UN COP29 conference to substantially increase the amount of money they give to poorer countries for climate action.
UN biodiversity conference: what's at stake?
by Benjamin Legendre - October 20, 2024 - 4:16pm
The world's pledges to halt humankind's destruction of nature will be put to the test when the 16th UN conference on biodiversity opens Monday in Colombia.
Climate finance: What you need to know ahead of COP29
by Benjamin Legendre - September 17, 2024 - 11:46am
Developing countries will need trillions of dollars in the years ahead to deal with climate change -- but exactly how much is needed, and who is going to pay for it?
ICC prosecutor wants court to try 'environmental crimes'
by Benjamin Legendre - February 8, 2024 - 8:14am
Karim Khan said chemical attacks or assaults on nuclear plants could come under the existing terms of offenses the court is authorized to prosecute: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity or crimes of ag...
2023 to be hottest year on record after 'extraordinary' November
by Benjamin Legendre - December 6, 2023 - 2:31pm
This year will be the hottest in recorded history after an "extraordinary" November became the sixth record-breaking month in a row, Europe's climate monitor said Wednesday, piling pressure on the COP28 talks to...
COP28 president 'cautiously optimistic' on success of key climate conference
by Benjamin Legendre - November 27, 2023 - 4:27pm
The UAE's Sultan Al Jaber, the president of the forthcoming UN climate conference in Dubai, is "cautiously optimistic" that the pivotal talks will be successful, he told AFP in an interview on Saturday.
The four battles to follow during COP28
by Benjamin Legendre - November 2, 2023 - 3:09pm
Reduce emissions, eliminate fossil fuels, supply developing nations with the means for a just energy transition... Here's a look at four highly contested issues of this year's COP28 climate negotiations in Dub...
Climate change, El Niño drive hottest June on record
by Benjamin Legendre - July 6, 2023 - 4:49pm
The world saw its hottest June on record last month, the EU's climate monitoring service said Thursday, as climate change and the El Nino weather pattern looked likely to drive another scorching northern...
UN aims to deliver draft plastics treaty by year's end
by Benjamin Legendre - June 3, 2023 - 9:27am
The world should see the first draft of a highly anticipated and much needed international treaty to combat plastic pollution by the end of November, 175 nations gathered in Paris decided Monday after five...
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