More than 350 top executives and researchers in artificial intelligence have signed a statement urging policymakers to see the serious risks posed by unregulated AI, warning the future of humanity may be at stake.  More than 350 industry leaders sign letter equating potential AI risks with pandemics, nuclear war. More …

A group involving McMaster University scientists have used artificial intelligence to find a treatment for Acinetobacter baumannii, a deadly superbug that, until now, was resistant to previously known antibiotics.  ‘If it helps us get to discoveries even 10 per cent faster, that’s a huge win for society,’ says scientist. Read …

Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Monday said the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) will soon play a bigger role in the country’s development through earnings from stocks that would be used for projects to spur business activities, create more jobs, and implement needed social programs. The Speaker issued this prediction …

The Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) reaffirmed its solid political alliance with six other parties in the House of Representatives by signing agreements with them on Monday. Renewing pacts with the House’s biggest party were the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), National Unity Party (NUP), Nacionalista Party (NP), Nationalist People’s …

More than 4,000 people were moved to safer ground Monday as Typhoon Betty was raised to Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 2, with Cagayan and Batanes provinces just beginning to feel the strong wind and rains that leveled some old structures in northern Luzon. Packing maximum sustained winds of 155 …

Russian air defences stopped eight drones converging on Moscow, officials said Tuesday, in an attack that authorities blamed on Ukraine, while Russia continued a relentless wave of daylight and nighttime bombardment of Kyiv that began Monday.  Light damage to buildings and minor injuries reported in Russia, while bombardment of Kyiv …

Four years after winning its first election, the United Conservative Party will once again form Alberta’s government. A victorious Premier Danielle Smith promised late Monday she will work for people of all political stripes — and said she hopes Albertans will stand together against Ottawa and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.  …

WELCOME NEWS A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in the rain on Monday, May 29, 2023, in Tokyo. Asian shares are mostly higher after President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a final agreement on …

As crews continue to demolish buildings in the province of Hatay, officials are warning that the Istanbul region is due for a major earthquake.  As the risk of another major quake looms, experts say Istanbul needs to act fast. Turkish shop owner shows earthquake damage in Antakya Mehmet Sirkan Sincan …

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is scheduled to report today to a federal prison in Texas, where she has been sentenced to spend the next 11 years after being convicted on fraud and conspiracy charges.  Holmes lost bid earlier this month to remain free pending appeal of her conviction. Disgraced …