The WSJ reported this week that Chinese courts are invalidating patents owned by Western companies in fields considered crucial for the nation. The publication quoted US and EU officials who once more charged Beijing with stealing Western technologies. The officials assert that Beijing is violating international intellectual property rights while assisting Chinese enterprises by utilizing its courts... 

In the era of sealed smartphone designs requiring professional repairs, Nokia, now owned by HMD Global, has taken a different approach with its latest release, the Nokia G22. Recognizing the frustration and environmental impact of expensive and non-repairable devices, Nokia designed the G22 with repairability at its core. The Nokia G22 is the first device from the company that is deliberately crafted... 

According to the New York Times, the US has given up trying to locate the two unidentified flying objects it shot down last week over Alaska and Lake Huron. The site stated on Friday, citing an anonymous US official, that the search was suspended because the terrain in the northern regions made it too difficult to locate the wreckage. The source claimed that attempts to locate the crashed aircraft... 

During the last 300,000 years, there have been numerous near-extinction events affecting the entire human population of the planet. But the genetic structure and capacity to develop higher functions and capabilities characteristic of humans have survived numerous catastrophes and played their crucial role in saving and rebuilding civilization. However, there is a new threat: genetic manipulation.... 

The technology is not fully there yet, but it is moving rapidly in the direction of artificial intelligence (AI) robots one day being able to replace all human doctors and completely take over medicine. Towards this end, researchers looked at Google’s AI chatbot, which they asked a series of common medical questions. They found that the program answered 92.6 percent of questions correctly, this... 

Global electronics manufacturing giant Samsung’s operating profits dropped by 69 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022. The downturn reduced Samsung’s operating profit to $3.4 billion in the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022. The company has cited the diminished demand for electronics products and semiconductors resulting from the slowing global economy as the main cause of the drop. “Amid continued... 

When 6G oogy is eventually rolled out to replace 5G, humans might be used as an energy source to power their wearable devices and possibly larger electronics. Science Daily explains: “One of the most promising breakthroughs in 6G telecommunications is the possibility of Visible Light Communication (VLC), which is like a wireless version of fiberoptics, using flashes of light to transmit information.... 

The owner of a Tesla S EV discovered his car’s battery would not charge during last week’s winter storm that impacted major parts of the US. In footage uploaded to TikTok, Virginia radio host Domenick Nati showed how he was unable to charge his vehicle at a charging station in cold weather, as his vehicle continued to give him a “Battery is heating — keep charge cable inserted” message. Speaking... 

One of the top software developers in the world and US IT giant Microsoft has been compelled to pay €60 million ($64 million) after French authorities found it guilty of breaking local laws. The nation’s privacy authority announced that it had fined the corporation over its dishonest use of ad cookies, which is now the largest this year. When a user visits a website, a web server creates and... 

A tiny delivery robot took a passerby by surprise by ‘politely thanking’ him for his help after it got stuck on an icy pavement. This week a passerby spotted a Starship food-delivery robot struggling to find a way up the large and icy curb in Cambridge. Graham Smith from Cherry Hinton in Cambridge, immediately came to the bot’s aid in Chequers Close on Tuesday. He said: ‘I... 

The Department of Defense has analyzed ‘hundreds’ of UFO reports from its service members since last year, some of objects flying in ways they don’t yet understand, and some in space and underwater, officials revealed. The head of the government’s UFO office Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick and the Under Secretary of Defense Ronald Moultrie made the revelations in a Pentagon briefing to... 

The first domestically built diesel car with Euro-6 emissions technology has been launched by Iran Khodro Diesel Company (IKDC), the country’s largest producer of commercial vehicles. Images of the Foton Tunland, a V-6 pickup truck with 235 horsepower that IKDC officials indicated will join the market in the following three months, were featured in local media reports on Sunday. The truck is... 

The first strategic stealth bomber unveiled by the US Air Force in 30 years was on Friday. The B-21 Raider, which is expected to cost over $500 million, has not yet taken its first flight. In a ceremony at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, the Northrop Grumman bomber, which can transport both conventional and nuclear missiles, was on display. Senior Pentagon officials, including Secretary... 

Elon Musk’s Neuralink company has threatened to start implanting its brain implant microchips into human skulls within six months. Bloomberg reports that Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface firm, said at a Wednesday event at its headquarters that it is almost ready to begin putting its coin-sized computing brain implant into human patients. The news comes despite the fact that an... 

Due to “an unacceptable risk” to US national security, Washington has prohibited the import and sale of new telecommunications equipment from the biggest manufacturers in China. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in a statement on Friday that the ban applies to technological products produced by Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE, as well as Dahua Technology, Hangzhou...