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08:08 • 19.08.26Sophie Adenot to become first French woman to conduct spacewalk at ISSThe spacewalk is scheduled to start at around 1400 CET and last six and a half hours, with the goal of replacing a space-to-ground antenna on the orbital complex, according to NASA.
12:55 • 13.08.26Total darkness, then sunset as full eclipse wows spectators in SpainSpectators across Spain watched in wonder, some whipping off their protective glasses and rising to their feet in unison, as a rare total solar eclipse swept across the north of the country on Wednesday evening, plunging it into darkness.
18:35 • 07.08.26Meta ordered to pay $567 million over harm to childrenA New Mexico judge ruled Meta created a "public nuisance" that harmed children's mental health, ordering the company to pay over half a billion dollars in damages and overhaul safety features on Facebook and Instagram.
12:07 • 06.08.26SpaceX rocket stage believed to have slammed into Moon, NASA to collect dataThe 4-tonne part poses no risk to Earth, but it has revived the debate on space debris ahead of major space exploration missions like Artemis III.
20:05 • 01.08.26Scientists believe newly discovered demon cavefish may be among the rarest fish in the worldBobcat Cave near Huntsville is home to the endangered Alabama cave shrimp, two species of cave crayfish and the southern cavefish. Those were all Dr. Matthew Niemiller expected to find when he set out to survey the cave system last year.
15:55 • 25.07.26Florence opens Italy's first centre for digital addiction"Discover", Italy's first specialist centre to tackle risks linked to the misuse of digital technologies, is to open in Florence.
23:55 • 21.07.26France becomes the first country in Europe to officially ban social media for under-15sOther EU countries such as Greece, Slovenia and Sweden are planning to restrict minors' access to social media.
12:55 • 18.07.26Apple surpasses Nvidia as world's most valuable companyApple, which does not develop its own large language models, has gone from being seen as a laggard in the AI race to being rewarded by investors for its cautious approach and strong iPhone sales.
13:17 • 17.07.26As Trump accuses China of stealing voter data, Xi pitches Beijing as a responsible tech leaderAs US President Donald Trump accused Beijing of exploiting US election data in a televised speech in Washington, halfway across the world in China, Xi Jinping was delivering a very different message.
21:55 • 11.07.26Apple sues OpenAI over stealing 'trade secrets'Apple has accused the company behind ChatGPT and two of its former employees of misappropriating its trade secrets to benefit OpenAI's foray into consumer hardware.
18:30 • 03.07.26Amazon set to launch Leo, its rival to SpaceX's Starlink internet, later this yearAmazon has deployed enough satellites to begin offering its Leo internet service this year, marking its most significant step yet in the race to take on SpaceX's Starlink.
22:37 • 01.07.26Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first timeScientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell.
14:35 • 30.06.262,500-year-old bronze chariot sheds light on Tartessos historyCSIC archaeologists have unearthed in Guareña (Badajoz) a bronze chariot, Greek pottery, eastern ivories and an Egyptian alabaster vessel, evidence of a Tartessian trade network 2,500 years ago.
21:25 • 27.06.26Screen time can damage under-twos’ development, landmark study suggestsExclusive: Researchers call for urgent investigation of risks to babies of tablets, smartphones and other digital devices
18:50 • 24.06.26World's fastest supercomputer is now from China, surpassing US and GermanyOne of the most interesting use cases for the supercomputer is that it is key to developing models used in artificial intelligence (AI).