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In a slight bow to those who don’t want AI built into the apps they use every day, Google said it will now offer a toggle that will allow users of its Google Photos app to return to the previous, faster “classic” search experience rather than a new AI-powered option known as “Ask Photos.” Launched in the US in 2024, the “Ask Photos” feature allows users to search for photos using natural language queries with complex requests. Rollout of the product was temporarily halted last summer as the company worked to address issues with lag following user feedback. Some Google…
A sign is posted in front of Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ world headquarters in Boston.brian snyder reutervertex pharmaceuticals The company said its investigational drug for a rare kidney disease has passed a successful Phase 3 trial. This is an important step for the company to diversify beyond its flagship drug for cystic fibrosis. The Boston-based drug company announced Monday that its immunoglobulin A nephropathy drug pobetacicept reduced levels of markers of autoimmune conditions by 52% in a late-stage trial. This exceeded the threshold that analysts had set for Vertex’s drug to compete with a recently approved treatment from Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and…
Elon Musk and xAI logo.Vincent Filley | AFP | Getty ImagesElon Musk’s xAI scored a victory in Mississippi, with regulators on Tuesday giving the go-ahead for the artificial intelligence company to build a power plant with 41 natural gas-burning turbines in the town of South Haven to power a nearby data center. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality “voted to approve the permit” for xAI subsidiary MZX Tech LLC “after careful consideration of all public comments and community concerns,” MDEQ spokesperson Jan Schaefer told CNBC in an email.The NAACP and other civil rights and environmental activists called for the meeting…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several U.S. Democratic lawmakers concluded a confidential briefing on the war with Iran, saying that 11 days into the conflict, there is still little clarity about President Donald Trump’s legitimacy and ultimate goals.”Frankly, I come out of this meeting feeling just as frustrated and angry as I have for the last 15 years,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal said after Tuesday’s meeting with the Senate Armed Services Committee.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listTheir comments were the latest wave of criticism from Congressional Democrats, who hold minorities in the House and Senate.Members of both houses of Congress recently…
Igor Tudor has become the first Spurs manager to lose his first four games as head coach of Tottenham, but has been unable to say whether he is fit to remain at Tottenham.Tudor endured his most disastrous game to date as Spurs manager, but despite his brief 24-day tenure there was already plenty of competition, with Atlético Madrid defeating his team 5-2 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie. His questionable decision to drop experienced goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario and give 22-year-old Antonin Kinski his first Champions League start backfired spectacularly, with Kinski’s mistakes leading to two of…
The two-year-old AI Research Institute, founded by OpenAI co-founder Mira Murati, has signed a major contract with semiconductor giant Nvidia. Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab on Tuesday announced a multi-year strategic partnership with AI semiconductor giant Nvidia. The size of the deal was not disclosed, but includes the AI Institute deploying at least 1 gigawatt of Nvidia’s Vera Rubin system, which was released earlier this year, starting in 2027. Nvidia has also made a strategic investment in Thinking Machines Lab, which has raised more than $2 billion since its founding in February 2025 from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, and Nvidia,…
The International Energy Agency will convene an extraordinary meeting of member states on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of releasing oil reserves to deal with supply disruptions caused by the Iran war. IEA Director-General Fatih Birol said in a statement that more than 30 member states will “assess the current security of supply and market conditions to inform subsequent decisions on whether to make emergency stocks (…) available to the market.” IEA member countries are primarily developed countries in North America, Europe, and Northeast Asia. Together they hold approximately 1.2 billion barrels of oil. An additional 600 million barrels are…
oracle Shares rose as much as 10% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the software vendor reported quarterly results that beat Wall Street expectations and boosted its fiscal 2027 revenue outlook.Oracle expects fourth-quarter fiscal year adjusted earnings per share of $1.92 and $1.96, with revenue growth of 19% to 20%. LSEG’s consensus included $1.70 per share and 20% earnings growth.Here’s how the company performed for the quarter compared to the LSEG consensus:Earnings per share: $1.79 adjusted vs. $1.70 expected Sales: $17.19 billion vs. $16.91 billion expectedOracle’s overall revenue increased 22% year-over-year in the fiscal third quarter ended Feb. 28, according to…
Bolsonaro’s lawyers have petitioned Trump adviser Darren Beatty to meet with the former president at a prison in Brasilia.listen to this article | 3 minutesinformationLawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have asked the country’s Supreme Court to approve a visit by Darren Beattie, a far-right adviser in President Donald Trump’s administration.Mr. Bolsonaro’s lawyers are arranging to meet with Mr. Beatty next week, during normal visiting hours, on March 16 or 17, according to court filings released Tuesday.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”Exceptional permission will be sought for the visit to take place in the afternoon of March…
A debut in the Champions League should be one of the landmark nights in a young footballer’s career, a chance to present himself on the biggest stage and hopefully make his mark. Unfortunately, Antonin Kinski’s name will become infamous.The 22-year-old’s 17-minute cameo had every negative adjective imaginable thrown at him, and it was simply terrifying and not something you want on any goaltender. Kinski slipped twice early on, allowing Antoine Griezmann and Julian Alvarez to walk straight into the goal. After the second time, all I could do was lie on the floor with my head in my hands. Kinsky…