Workplaces look for cheaper AI as 'tokenmaxxing' fades as a corporate fad

A corporate fad of “tokenmaxxing” on artificial intelligence technology is hitting its limits as workplaces throwing AI at everything are seeing the costs rise without a similar spike in productivity.

A generational divide reshapes Italy's nuclear debate

ROME (AP) – Four decades after the Chernobyl disaster spewed radiation across Europe and turned Italy off nuclear power, Premier Giorgia Meloni ‘s government is laying the groundwork to bring it back as the country seeks to improve its energy security.

China memory chipmaker CXMT's shares soar in blockbuster listing

HONG KONG (AP) – Shares of CXMT, China’s largest memory chipmaker, shot skyward Monday as they began trading in Shanghai in mainland China’s biggest initial public stock offering in recent years.

NASA astronauts and Roscosmos cosmonauts return to Earth, landing in Kazakhstan

NASA astronauts and Roscosmos cosmonauts return to Earth, landing in Kazakhstan

Cheaper, open and intelligent: Chinese AI models make inroads in the US

HONG KONG (AP) – China has a hot new product in the United States: artificial intelligence. San Francisco-based Raffi Krikorian, the chief technology officer at Mozilla, which runs the Firefox browser, switched to Chinese AI startup Moonshot’s Kimi K3 for many of his day-to-day activities within days of the new, powerful model’s launch more than a week ago.

US-Russian crew lands safely in Kazakhstan after 8-months on ISS

MOSCOW (AP) – A U.S.-Russian space crew landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday after an eight-month stint on the International Space Station.

SpaceX launches Starship on test flight, with the most advanced Starlinks

SpaceX’s mammoth Starship rocket blasted off Friday on another test flight stretching halfway around the world, this time releasing 20 of the most advanced Starlinks.

EU slaps Google with US$1 billion fine for breaches of digital rule book

BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union on Thursday hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros ($1 billion) after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by setting up Google Play and its ubiquitous search engine to corral consumers towards its own services and apps to the detriment of competitors.

Private mission launches to extend life of out-of-gas communication satellites

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – A two-armed space robot blasted off on a private salvage operation Tuesday to slap life-extending jetpacks on old satellites running low on fuel thousands of miles up.