During the last academic year, more than one in ten upper secondary school students lost their study grant due to unauthorized absences. The proportion continues to grow year by year. 43,600 upper secondary school students had their study grants withdrawn during the recently concluded academic year, the Central Student Financial Aid Board (CSN) announced. This…
The American chip giant Nvidia has lost about $1 trillion in value in the 16 percent price drop since its peak on May 14. Nvidia’s so-called P/E ratio – that is, the share price divided by the profit forecast one year ahead – is therefore at its lowest level since the beginning of 2019. Wall…
From a Childhood of Poverty to Software and Education Entrepreneurship in Europe: The Inspiring Story of Mehmet Can Seyhan Mehmet Can Seyhan was born in Türkiye in 1994 and faced life’s challenges at a very young age. Coming from a Kurdish family, Seyhan lost his father when he was only 4 years old. Growing up…
Your devices are changing your body in ways you might not realise. It’s not too late to do something about it. When we worry about the effects our screentime might have on us, we tend to focus on the mind. But recently, I looked down and noticed a little calloused bump on my pinky finger….
“We don’t have robots that are nearly as good at understanding the physical world as a rat,” says Yann LeCun, one of the leading figures in the world of artificial intelligence. He worked at Facebook-owner, Meta, for a decade, where he was chief AI scientist, but left in 2025 and founded Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs…
In hospitals across the US, patients and staff have become accustomed to seeing a one-armed, four-foot high, friendly-looking white robot going about its business. Nurses have been known to greet Moxi, as the robot is called by its maker Diligent Robotics, with a “good morning”, a high five or even a hug. Moxi – which…
Microsoft has announced it has cut 4,800 jobs – roughly 2.1% of its workforce – with Xbox to bear a large number of its latest layoffs. Amy Coleman, executive vice president at Microsoft, told employees in a memo that the tech giant needed to focus on areas that can deliver for customers amid a “fast-changing…
apan’s AI robots plan just went from a talking point to a formal national strategy. This week, the government confirmed the numbers everyone’s been quoting: 10 million AI-powered robots deployed across 18 industries by 2040, backed by public funding of up to one trillion yen, or roughly US$6.1 billion, over five years. The headline figure…