YouTube turns to AI to spot children posing as adults
YouTube has started using artificial intelligence (AI) to figure out when users are children pretending to be adults on the popular video-sharing platform amid pressure to protect minors from sensitive content. The new safeguard is being rolled out in the United States as Google-owned YouTube and social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok are […]
World’s first humanoid robot games begin in China
The world’s first-ever humanoid robot games began Friday in Beijing, with over 500 androids alternating between jerky tumbles and glimpses of real power as they compete in events from the 100-metre hurdles to kung fu. Hundreds of robotics teams from 16 countries are going for gold at the Chinese capital’s National Speed Skating Oval, built […]
Canada captures just 2% of global farm tech investment
Canadian farms are navigating a mixed reality. Farm cash receipts climbed to $25.6 billion in the first quarter of 2025, up 3.1% from last year. And while a country-wide ‘elbows up’ push to buy Canadian goods has proven successful, farmers continue facing tariff-related geopolitical uncertainties and worsening climate change, including increasingly intense wildfires. Behind the numbers, a […]
Deadly colistin-resistance genes ride on imported seafood
China and the United States — the world’s two largest economies — are engaged in a mounting tit-for-tat trade row that has sparked global recession fears and rattled markets – Copyright AFP STR Colistin (polymyxin E) is a last-resort antibiotic. It comes in two forms: colistimethate sodium can be injected into a vein, injected into […]
Google agrees to US$36m fine over Android search deals
Google has agreed to pay a Aus$55 million (US$36 million) penalty for striking “anti-competitive” deals to pre-install only its own search engine on Android mobile phones sold by two leading Australian telecoms firms. Australia’s competition authority said it had launched proceedings in the Federal Court and jointly submitted with Google Asia Pacific that it should […]
