The "big five" American technology companies—Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Meta—have submitted the most patents for unmanned transportation, according to estimates from the Japanese Nikkei agency. Amazon and its affiliates have submitted the most of patent applications to the U.S. Patent...

According to the company’s website, the iconic W12 12-cylinder engine that Bentley Motors has been making for the past 20 years will be discontinued in favor of electric-powered cars. “Over 100,000 examples of the iconic W12 will have been hand-produced at the Dream Factory in (Crewe, England) by...

Aramco Digital, a Saudi Arabian state-owned digital firm centered on the oil giant Saudi Aramco, will raise $1.9B over three years to develop digital technologies, according to Amin Nasser, chief executive of Aramco. The oil holding company's website quotes Nasser as saying, "We expect to invest...

Microsoft recently disclosed a new multiyear, multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI, an artificial intelligence lab. Microsoft has disclosed a new multiyear investment in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. A week earlier, Bloomberg and Semafor claimed that...

Following China's relaxation of strict zero-tolerance regulations, the number of cases of COVID increased there. As Chinese citizens rush to find a cure for the virus, the cost of lemons and traditional Chinese medicine is also rising.   Due to increased demand, the cost of fruits high in...

According to new projections from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), China's abrupt lifting of stringent Covid-19 restrictions could result in an increase in cases and over a million deaths through 2023.   According to the group's projections, cases in China will peak...

Twitter plans to boost the maximum character count for messages on the social network from 280 to 4,000, according to a statement made by Elon Musk on Sunday. The billionaire had already stated that Twitter planned to soon introduce the ability for users to attach lengthy texts to publications on...

The US corporation Google and the video hosting website YouTube will give $13.2 million in grants to combat false information. "Google and YouTube announce a $13.2 million contribution to the International Fact-Checking Network," reads a statement from the companies. The donation will be the...

The Bank of Japan conducted the first public testing in advance of the June 2023 launch of the world's first three-dimensional holographic banknotes. The Bank of Japan formally said earlier this month that the production of banknotes worth 10,000, 5,000, and 1,000 yen had ended. The new currency is...