Start your day informed with the AnewZ Daily Brief. Here are the top stories for the 10th of September, covering the latest developments about AI and technology.
Apple has entered the foldable smartphone market with the passport-shaped iPhone Duo, featuring a 7.6-inch display, A20 Pro chip and a starting price of $1,999. The launch marks Apple’s attempt to challenge Samsung and Chinese rivals such as Huawei, with analysts expecting the company to capture a major share of the growing foldable phone market.
Huawei has unveiled its Mate XT2 tri-fold smartphone, while Xiaomi launched the Xiaomi 18 Fold, putting fresh pressure on Apple in China’s premium handset market. Both devices use domestically developed chips, highlighting Chinese manufacturers’ push to reduce reliance on foreign technology ahead of Apple’s expected foldable iPhone launch.
Google will invest about $15bn in Finland to expand its AI infrastructure, including three new data centres and an expanded facility in Hamina. The company will also buy up to half of the electricity generated by Finland’s Loviisa nuclear plant under a 22-year agreement to support growing AI demand.
Anthropic safety researcher Evan Hubinger has warned that rapidly advancing AI systems could carry a more than 10 per cent chance of causing catastrophic harm to humanity within the next decade. Hubinger in a post on X said the risk from the models which currently exist was “low” but he was “worried” the technology might develop and improve itself soon to the point where it posed an existential risk to humanity.
OpenAI says a new AI model, working with around 10,000 autonomous AI agents, found a solution to a long-standing challenge linked to the Navier–Stokes equations in just 88 hours. The result has not yet been independently verified, but the company called it a milestone in the progress of AI-powered research.
Russia says no plague cases have been detected among contacts of a laboratory worker who died in Siberia, with most tests negative for infectious d...
Space-agency chiefs and industry leaders met to discuss lunar exploration, satellite networks and orbital security on Tuesday as a major global spa...
Police fired tear gas at protesters blockading French high schools on Tuesday as students, teachers and parents to...
Australian counterterrorism authorities are examining the links of the co-pilot accused of attacking the captain and attempting to take control of a flydubai flight bound for Israel. Authorities in New Zealand have also said they are investigating reports the suspect had spent time in that country.
Right-wing Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro will face leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a runoff of the presidential election later this month, after he exceeded expectations in Sunday's first-round vote with a slight lead over the incumbent.
Russia says no plague cases have been detected among contacts of a laboratory worker who died in Siberia, with most tests negative for infectious diseases and many quarantined people already released.
Iran's Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned, with Hamid Bovard, chief executive of the state-owned National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), appointed as acting oil minister, according to Iranian state media.
Candidates elected to Bosnia and Herzegovina's three-member presidency declared victory after preliminary unofficial results showed Denis Becirovic leading the Bosniak seat, Darijana Filipovic ahead in the Croat seat and Zeljka Cvijanovic likely retaining the Serb seat.
Space-agency chiefs and industry leaders met to discuss lunar exploration, satellite networks and orbital security on Tuesday as a major global space congress entered its second day.
Police fired tear gas at protesters blockading French high schools on Tuesday as students, teachers and parents took to the streets on the biggest day of action in a wave of demonstrations against understaffed and dilapidated classrooms.
A large Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow and the surrounding region has killed two people, damaged homes and sparked a major fire at a key fuel facility, according to Russian officials and military bloggers.
Kenya has confirmed its first case of Ebola after a Kenyan citizen who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) died in Nairobi, prompting health authorities to launch an urgent contact-tracing operation.
A regional conference on Afghanistan in Moscow ended on Monday without a joint statement after Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban delegation failed to agree on wording about terrorism. It was the first time since the inaugural meeting that participants failed to issue a joint statement.
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