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Sydney, Australia, Aug 9 (EFE).- New Zealand is to triple the marine protection coverage of the Hauraki Gulf to protect its fragile ecosystem, the government announced Wednesday. Auckland city as seen from the Hauraki Gulf, on Sept. 25, 2010. EFE FILE/TARYN WILSON “The gulf … is at risk and its...
New York City/Miami, Aug 6 (EFE).- Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg said Sunday he was “ready today” to fight X’s Elon Musk, but was waiting for his confirmation. In June, the two billionaires agreed to a fight through a series of posts on their respective social media platforms, with Musk even going...
New Delhi, Aug 3 (EFE).- The Indian government on Thursday announced immediate restrictions on the import of laptops, tablets and personal computers for sale, in an attempt to boost the purchase and local manufacturing of electronic products. «Import of laptops, tablets, all-in-one personal computers and ultra small-form factor computers (…)...
Sydney, Australia, Jul 26 (EFE).- Australian authorities confirmed Thursday that they have euthanized 43 pilot whales that were stranded, along with 54 others that died the previous day, on a beach in the southwest of the country. Peter Hartley, of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions in Western Australia...
Beijing, Jul 21 (EFE).- China is developing a new carrier rocket and manned spacecraft to land astronauts on the moon by 2030, state news agency Xinhua reported Friday. The rocket “Long March-10,” is “mainly developed for the purpose of sending spacecraft and moon lander into the Earth-moon transfer orbit,” said...
Madrid, July 19 (EFE).- US technology giant Meta, the parent company of social media apps such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, believes that artificial intelligence (AI) is a «ubiquitous» technology that will affect how “everybody interacts with the online world in the years ahead.” «The metaverse does not work without...
Madrid, Jul 18 (EFE).- US technology giant Meta on Tuesday introduced Llama 2, the next generation of its large language model (LLM), which will be open source and free for both research and commercial uses. An LLM is an artificial intelligence (AI) model that has been trained with deep learning...
Beijing, July 12 (EFE).- China on Wednesday successfully launched the world’s first methane-powered rocket into space. The development marked the first orbital mission fueled by methane, a cutting-edge technology that until now had only been developed by the American companies SpaceX and Blue Origin. The rocket, named Zhuque-2 Y2, lifted...
By Javier Martin Santiago, Jul 10 (EFE).- Chile’s science and technology minister warned of the challenges that lithium development entails in an interview with Efe, saying it cannot be done «at any cost.» Aisen Etcheverry said that industry must take into account the needs of future generations, as well as...
Miami, June 4 (EFE).- Due to high winds at the Florida launch site, NASA and SpaceX on Sunday were forced to postpone by 24 hours the liftoff of their joint mission to resupply the International Space Station. The US space agency announced via Twitter that its CRS28 cargo mission –...
Washington, May 18 (EFE).- The astronauts that will travel to the Moon in 2025 on the Artemis II mission on Thursday on the steps of the US Capitol called on the government not to reduce the budget for NASA. These weeks are critical because Republicans and Democrats have not come...
Bangkok, Apr 19 (EFE).- An unprecedented heatwave is wreaking havoc in Asia with temperatures surging above 40 degrees and causing deaths and significant crop damage in India apart from scorching countries such as China, Thailand and Myanmar. Authorities in India’s western state of Maharashtra on Wednesday cautioned against outdoor activities...
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