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Nvidia earnings spark rare share price fall across US tech stocks | Business News
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US tech stocks are falling despite Nvidia, the chipmaker driving the artificial intelligence (AI) led stock market boom, reporting stronger than expected earnings. The company, which has been the darling of US markets with shares up 150% this year alone, reported second quarter revenue of just over $30bn – more than double the sum achieved…
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Tom Hanks warns fans not to fall for deepfake advert using his face | Ents & Arts News
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Tom Hanks has warned his 9.5 million Instagram followers not to fall for an advert that appears to use his face but which he says is using an artificial intelligence (AI) version of him, without his authorisation. The two-time Oscar winner wrote: “Beware!! There’s a video out there promoting some dental plan with an AI…
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The rise and fall of BlackBerry – and why director thinks world may be ready for its return | Science & Tech News
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With the latest iPhone now in people’s hands and Google’s annual Android flagship not far behind, it’s a pertinent time to release a film about the once iconic device that paved the way for both. BlackBerry hasn’t appeared alongside them on shop shelves for years, and any remaining devices were effectively killed off last January…
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Traditional TV sees biggest fall in viewers since Ofcom records began | Ents & Arts News
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Viewers are switching off traditional TV at record rates, according to a new Ofcom report. With more competition than ever from streamers, the proportion of people watching a programme on broadcast TV each week dropped from 83% in 2021 to 79% in 2022 – the biggest decline since records began, the watchdog said. Younger viewers…
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Aeolus: Date set for European Space Agency satellite to fall to Earth in landmark re-entry attempt | Science & Tech News
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A satellite set to return to Earth via a first-of-its-kind assisted re-entry will splash down into the Atlantic Ocean next week. The European Space Agency (ESA) said the Aeolus craft will be brought back down from orbit in stages, with an operations centre in Germany to guide it on its way. It will begin on…
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Sewage spills fall by nearly a fifth, but it’s ‘not down to water firms’ actions’ | UK News
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Sewage spills in England fell by almost a fifth last year, figures show – but the Environment Agency (EA) says this was not because of actions taken by water companies. A total of 301,091 spills were recorded last year – 824 a day on average – according to EA data covering all 10 water and…
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Good news on fall in sewage spills only highlights the scale of the challenge facing water companies | Climate News
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Well, first the good news: untreated sewage was pumped into our rivers and seas less frequently last year than the year before. Overall, storm overflow spills – when sewage gets released into the environment due to treatment works being overwhelmed – were down 19% in 2022, according to the latest data. But the raw figures…
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NASA’s Earth Radiation Budget Satellite to fall to Earth after 38 years in space | Science & Tech News
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A NASA satellite is expected to fall to Earth this weekend after nearly 40 years in space. The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) was launched in 1984 aboard the space shuttle Challenger. It was initially sent into space with a lifespan of just two years to study how the Earth absorbed and radiated energy from…
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Facebook parent Meta reports fall in quarterly revenue – but still beats expectations | Business News
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Facebook parent Meta has beaten estimates for its quarterly revenue, helped by its continued dominance of the online advertising market. Revenue in the third quarter fell for a second consecutive time to $27.71bn (£23.83bn) from $29.01bn (£24.94bn). But it was still above analysts’ expectation of $27.38bn (£23.54bn), according to Refinitiv data. Net income fell to…
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Scientists discover origin of one of the rarest meteorites to fall to Earth | UK News
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The source of one of the rarest meteorites on Earth has been identified by UK scientists. The Ivuna meteorite was found in Tanzania in December 1938. It was later split into a number of samples now housed at the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London. After comparing it with samples from an asteroid known as…