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Nvidia is nipping at the heels of Apple to become the world's second-most-valuable company, as investors cannot get enough of the semiconductor maker whose chips power popular artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT.An AI-induced jaw-dropping rally in Nvidia shares has taken the company's valuation from $1 trillion to more than $2 trillion in just nine months, overtaking Amazon.com, Google-parent Alphabet and Saudi Aramco on the way. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

Infinite Roots (IR), formerly Mushlabs, is a German biotech company which has been plying the furrow of Mycelium, the material coming from fungi which has been hailed as something of an answer to everything from food to building materials. In a significant move for both it and what passes for the nascent Mycelium startup sector, IR has now closed a $58 million Series B funding round, making it one of the largest investments in the technology in Europe to date. The round was led by Dr. Hans Riegel Holding (HRH),…

The year of 2023 was the hottest on record, with the increase in Earth's surface temperature nearly crossing the critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius, EU climate monitors said Tuesday. Climate change intensified heatwaves, droughts and wildfires across the planet, and pushed the global thermometer 1.48 C above the preindustrial benchmark, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported.Monthly global surface air temperature anomalies (°C) relative to 1991–2020 from January 1940 to December 2023.…

Apple's stock climbed to an intra-day record high on Wednesday, and was on the cusp of ending the session for the first time with a market capitalization above $3 trillion.The iPhone maker's shares rose as much as 1% to $189.90, their highest ever. With the stock last trading off that session high, up 0.4% at $188.81, the iPhone maker's stock market value stood at $2.97 trillion, according to Refinitiv data. Apple's stock market value briefly peaked above $3 trillion in intra-day trading on Jan. 3, 2022 before closing…

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the rare and fleeting phase of a star on the cusp of death.NASA released the picture Tuesday at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. The observation was among the first made by Webb following its launch in late 2021. Its infrared eyes observed all the gas and dust flung into space by a huge, hot star 15,000 light-years away. A light-year is about 5.8 trillion miles. Shimmering in purple like a cherry blossom, the cast-off material once comprised the star's outer…

NASA's James Webb telescope has captured the stunning image of a super bright, massive Wolf-Rayet star.…

An Israeli company is on the very edge of creating a cure for diabetes. The cure is essentially an artificial pancreas that is made out of real human cells, according to the company’s medical director. The company in question, Kadimastem, is currently holding a pre-clinical phase in Ness Ziona, a central Israeli town. But, so far the results from the pre-clinical are looking very promising. Being able to provide diabetes patients with a cure would be revolutionary. With over 450 million people living with…

The Artemis 1 mission taking off from the Kennedy Space Center early Wednesday morning. Photo: NASAThe launch of NASA’s Artemis 1 mission sent the Orion capsule on a journey to the Moon, in addition to 10 cubesats included as secondary payloads. The Space Launch System’s upper stage successfully deployed the tiny satellites yesterday, but one of them appears to be malfunctioning. The jumbo Moon rocket took off on Wednesday at at 1:47 a.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, officially kickstarting NASA’s Artemis…

Newbie brand Nothing is just two products old but seems to have already carved an identity for itself, thanks to its radical gadget designs. Its debut offering was the ear (1) (review), a pair of TWS earbuds that came in a transparent case. The brand followed that up with the much-hyped Nothing Phone (1), a smartphone that stood out for the interesting Glyph light thingamajig on its rear panel. The Carl Pei-led company is back now with its third offering, another pair of TWS that comes in the form of the Ear…

It has been a whirlwind couple of years for Nigeria’s Asake. Armed with a sparkling voice and a gift for penning lyrics that speak directly to the soul, the rising musician has been churning out blissful tunes since 2018, but he got his big break in 2020 with cuts like “Lady” and “Mr. Money”, which blended his woozy, warm vocals with sweltering Afrohouse and jazz production. Asake’s trajectory in the music industry should not come as a surprise to anyone—especially with his unmatched tenacity on the creative front. Since…