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Canadian astronomer calls Japan’s Mars moon mission ‘a whole new level of challenge’

Japan has launched a spacecraft on a five-year round trip to a strange little moon of Mars. If all goes well, it will bring a piece of it home.

Meet the researchers leaving the U.S. because of Trump’s funding cuts and politicization of science

When the Trump administration began upending U.S. scientific research last year, dismantling the federal grant-giving process and attempting to exert more political influence over what projects get funded, foreign universities saw an opportunity. They adopted programs to lure U.S. researchers abroad, promising more stable streams of funding and academic freedom.

California settles 23andMe data breach claims for US$6M

California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday announced the state will receive a US$6 million settlement payment in 23andMe’s bankruptcy, resolving California’s legal claims related to a 2023 data breach that exposed 6.9 million customers’ genetic and other personal information.

Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging conference room planned to fly to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say

A former OpenAI engineer had been 'mere days' away from absconding to Saudi Arabia before his arrest last week, U.S. federal prosecutors revealed in new court filings.

Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples

A Japanese spacecraft rocketed toward Mars on Tuesday on an unprecedented quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back samples.

News publishers launch copyright suit against AI company Anthropic in Ontario

A coalition of news publishers that includes Canada’s largest newspapers is suing the AI company Anthropic in an Ontario court.

Russian satellite makes possibly unprecedented approach to another spacecraft without permission

A rare move by a Russian-made satellite may have brought it within less than a mile of a commercial Earth-observation satellite that may be used to provide national security services to countries such as Ukraine.

U.S. banning Chinese AI DeepSeek from government agency IT systems

The U.S. Homeland Security Department is ordering the removal of DeepSeek products and third-party services from U.S. civilian agency IT systems.

How one hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into scores of sites: Reuters exclusive

Over the past couple of weeks, a cybersecurity researcher watched as a Chinese-speaking hacker broke into websites belonging to more than 100 companies.

What exactly are Mars’ two moons? Japan’s new mission will land on one to find out

Mars’ largely unexplored moons are getting their moment in the spotlight as a first-of-its-kind mission prepares to take flight.

How ‘repair cafes’ are trying to save household items from the landfill

As Canada's waste increases, "repair cafes" are popping up in an effort to keep broken electrical items and electronics out of landfills.

U.S. is reviving shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing electricity demand and to power data centres

The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet rising energy demand, including from large-scale data centres.

China moves to curb tech exports, including AI, citing national security risks

China on Friday said it plans to restrict or ban exports of 40 technologies that span artificial intelligence, chips and solar power as its technology race with countries including the United States intensifies.

EverWind says $10B AI data centre proposal largest private investment in N.S. history

A company pursuing an ambitious wind and hydrogen development in Nova Scotia says it now has plans for a $10-billion AI data centre in Cape Breton.

This time adjustment was in place for more than 50 years. An international body just abolished it.

International timekeepers have voted to eliminate a 50-year-old time adjustment that has long been an operational bane to data servers, financial traders, websites and other technologies.