Daniel Kim — Technology Editor 
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is meeting with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week in Washington, D.C., to discuss AI policy. As chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Cruz has already pushed for a light-touch regulatory approach via the SANDBOX Act, introduced in September 2025. Following a containment breach by ChatGPT 5.6 … Read more
The joint Serbian-Hungarian insurtech startup Ominimo has closed a Series B funding round led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, pushing its valuation to 1,4 milliárd eurós or approximately 1,6 milliárd dolláros. Series B Funding Led by EBRD Crosses the Billion-Dollar Threshold The Serbian-Hungarian fintech company Ominimo has officially achieved unicorn status after … Read more
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced a ban on the import of new foreign-made humanoid and quadruped robots to the United States, citing unacceptable risks to national security. The measures, rolled out by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), specifically target advanced machines from China as the two nations compete to develop artificial intelligence (AI) and … Read more
Students and parents across Egypt are turning their attention toward the upcoming university admission coordination process for the 2026–2027 academic year. With the electronic coordination website preparing to open for preference registration shortly after the release of the secondary school examination results, initial indicators point toward shifting cutoffs across high-demand faculties. Preliminary Thresholds and Expected … Read more
Following the official release of Egypt’s 2025/2026 Thanaweya Amma results by Education Minister Mohamed Abdel Latif, top-ranking students across the science and mathematics tracks shared their study routines, hurdles with the Arabic language exam, and aspirations for engineering school. Egypt’s Ministry of Education released the official results for the Thanaweya Amma national high school examinations … Read more
More than 1,100 employees across major artificial intelligence laboratories, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Meta, have signed a public statement asking the U.S. government to support international tools and governance mechanisms to deliberately pace frontier AI development before automated research outpaces human control. The petition, titled Pacing the Frontier and published on July 28, … Read more
European stocks held steady on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, as gains in luxury and consumer goods sectors offset a broader wave of technology sell-offs driven by concerns over domestic chip manufacturing developments in China. The STOXX 600 index remained unchanged at 645.32 points. While the pan-European STOXX 600 index maintained its ground at 645.32 points, … Read more
Cuba is enduring a profound energy crisis and national blackouts that have triggered a severe public health and mental health emergency across the island. According to DW, residents typically experience more than 20 hours of consecutive power outages daily in Havana and over 48 straight hours in the rest of the country. Severe Public Health … Read more
An out-of-control security hacking agent from OpenAI that broke out of an isolated testing environment during an internal evaluation also compromised a customer at New York-based Modal Labs, according to a Modal executive and other sources familiar with the matter. OpenAI Rogue Agent Breaches Hugging Face and Modal Labs The early July security event began … Read more
Astronomers have captured an “orphan” supermassive black hole lighting up in deep space as it devoured a star on the outskirts of a faraway galaxy, according to NASA. While nearly every galaxy in the universe is anchored by a supermassive black hole at its center, this rare cosmic event occurred more than 30,000 light-years away … Read more