• Tim Cook: Apple CEO Tim Cook says looking into possibility of building manufacturing facility in Indonesia

    Apple Inc will look into the possibility of building a manufacturing facility in Indonesia, its CEO said on Wednesday after meeting President Joko Widodo. Apple CEO Tim Cook arrived in Jakarta on Tuesday, after visiting Vietnam. He met with Jokowi, as the president popularly known, and will be inaugurating an academy for Apple developers on the island of Bali. "We talked about the president's desire to see manufacturing in the country, and it is something that we will look at," Cook told...

  • NASA Is Leveraging AI to Combat Climate Change—Here's How

    NASA is intensifying its efforts to understand and address the planet's warming with AI. Amid escalating extreme weather events fueled by climate change, NASA is intensifying its efforts to understand and address the planet's warming.

  • Scotland to ditch key climate change target

    The Scottish government is to scrap its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030.

  • Digital Clone: Your AI Doppelganger Could Soon Attend Your Meetings

    Tired of waiting for AI to take over your tasks? Now, you can be in multiple places at once (virtually) with your digital twin! A tech company is giving users an unmissable chance to create their digital clone, capable of performing several tasks, such as attending Zoom calls.Delphi AI, a platform powered by artificial intelligence, lets users create a digital representation of themselves that can handle tasks like attending Zoom meetings. This virtual twin goes beyond looking like you - it can...

  • Tim Cook meets with Vietnamese officials, developers, and students

    Apple CEO Tim Cook has spent a second day in Vietnam, discussing investment with the country's prime minister, as well as being shown developers working on Apple Vision Pro apps. Tim Cook visits a school in Vietnam On the second of his two-day visit to Hanoi, Tim Cook once again met with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. They discussed Apple increasing its investment in the country, and the government creating a working group to help with the company's expansion efforts. "There is no...

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    In Amazon, Butterflies Play Key Role In Combating Climate Change

    Biologists on a trail in the Ecuadoran Amazon hold their breath as they distribute a foul-smelling delicacy to lure butterflies, critical pollinators increasingly threatened by climate change.

  • World's workers increasingly at risk as climate changes, ILO says

    GENEVA: More than 70 per cent of the global workforce is exposed to risks linked to climate change that cause hundreds of thousands of deaths each year, the International Labour Organization said on Monday, adding governments would need to act as the numbers rise. Workers, especially the world's poorest, are more vulnerable than the general population to the dangers of climate extremes such as heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and hurricanes because they are often the first exposed or exposed for...

  • Climate change education needs review, say Cambridge experts

    Cambridge Press & Assessment survey says students need to be empowered with skills and knowledge.

  • Pope will attend G7 summit to discuss AI, Italy says

    Pope Francis will attend this year's Group of Seven (G7) leaders' summit to discuss the challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI), Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday. The pope this year warned against the "perverse" dangers of AI and renewed a call for worldwide regulations to harness it

  • Italian Prime Minister Meloni announces Pope Francis to attend G7 meeting on AI

    Though Pope Francis is reportedly discussing AI, the G7 is committed to ensuring access to abortion internationally.

  • AI for Earth: How NASA's artificial intelligence and open science efforts combat climate change

    As extreme weather events increase around the world due to climate change, the need for further research into our warming planet has increased as well. For NASA, climate research involves not only conducting studies of these events, but also empowering outside researchers to do the same. The artificial intelligence (AI) efforts spearheaded by the agency offer a powerful tool to accomplish these goals.

  • Tim Cook visits Singapore as Apple invests in a $250 million AI campus expansion

    CEO Tim Cook has continued his tour of Asia by visiting Singapore, where he announced that Apple will spend $250 million to expand its existing campus there. Apple Marina Bay Sands store, Singapore Apple does not release Tim Cook's schedule in advance, but following visits to Vietnam and then Indonesia, the CEO is concluding what appears to be a week-long Asia trip. His apparently final stop is a two-day visit to Singapore, and at the same time Apple has announced a significant expansion...