Russia fired more than 6,000 drones on Ukraine in July, more than any other month since it launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, the AFP news agency and the Kyiv Independent reported. The drone attacks killed dozens of people and injured many more. They also damaged civilian targets, including many homes, a kindergarten and an ambulance. According to the AFP news agency, data published by Ukraine's air force showed that Russia fired 6,297 long-range drones into Ukraine last month, up by nearly 16 percent compared with June. The Kyiv Independent reported that Russia launched a record 6,129 Shahed-type drones in July, 14 times more than in the same month last year, when Russia launched just 423 drones.

US tech stocks have catapulted the Nasdaq to a record high as investors bet on strong earnings from corporate heavyweights. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.8 percent on Tuesday, as Google's parent company Alphabet reported forecast-beating earnings for the third quarter. Alphabet's revenue jumped 15 percent to 88.3bn during the July-September period, while profit surged 34 percent to 26.3 bn. Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company was experiencing "extraordinary" momentum due to the strong performance of its search and cloud businesses as well as its focus on innovation, including artificial intelligence. "Our commitment to innovation, as well as our long-term focus and investment in AI, are paying off and driving success for the company and for our customers," Pichai said on an earnings call.

Showing off the Orion glasses, Mr Zuckerberg said: "A lot of people have said this is the craziest technology they've ever seen." Users will be able to interact with Orion through hand-tracking, voice and wrist-based interface. Meta also announced an entry-level version of its Quest line of mixed-reality headsets, with prices for the new Quest 3S starting at 300 ( 225). Some of the world's biggest technology firms have been developing AR glasses but have not yet launched commercially successful mass market devices. In recent years, Meta has pumped billions of dollars into developing AI, AR and other metaverse technologies.

Alex Galvagni, CEO of Age of Learning and a former artificial intelligence researcher with NASA, says advances in AI now make it possible to deliver to children "a personalized and supportive" experience in education. 'TOP PICK': Apple shares rose to a record high during Monday's trading session after Morgan Stanley designated the stock as a "top pick" due to the company's artificial intelligence push to boost device sales. AI AD DEBATE: The iconic toy retailer, Toys "R" Us, is back, and it's not just reopening stores. It's embracing cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology to tell its origin story in a way that's as innovative as it is nostalgic. AI CAR CHAUFFEUR: Scientists at the University of Tokyo, led by Dr. Kento Kawaharazuka, have taken a novel approach to driverless cars.

Investor excitement over artificial intelligence reached a new peak this week when better-than-expected results from chipmaker Nvidia drove stock markets in three continents to record highs. The rally began on Thursday and continued into Friday, as Nvidia overtook Google's parent group, Alphabet, to become the third most valuable company in the US. Its market capitalisation hit 2tn ( 1.58tn), surpassed only by Microsoft and Apple. The artificial intelligence (AI) boom has raised many questions, not least over safety and the impact on jobs, but there are also concerns that it might be driving unsustainable market exuberance. Here we look at the latest share price rise and whether it can be maintained.

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Employees are quitting jobs at record rates and companies are having a hard time luring them back. Exacerbating the problem is the fact that employees are now frequently working from home, making it harder for managers to identify employees who are unhappy. Plus, getting new hires up to speed is more challenging when they can't attend in-person training sessions or shadow experienced employees. To solve all these issues, companies are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence. But there's a limit to how much AI can do.

Even as economies struggle with the chaos of the pandemic, the AI startup space continues to grow stronger with increased investments and M&A deals. According to the latest State of AI report from CB Insights, the global funding in the segment has seen a significant surge, growing from $16.6 billion across 588 deals in Q2 2021 (figures show $20B due to the inclusion of two public subsidiary fundings) to $17.9 billion across 841 deals in the third quarter. Throughout the year (which is yet to end), AI startups around the world raised $50 billion across 2000 deals with 138 mega-rounds of 100 million. As much as $8.5 billion of the total investment went into healthcare AI, $3.1 billion went into fintech AI, while $2.6 billion went into retail AI. The findings show how AI has become a driving force across nearly every industry and is drawing significant attention from VCs, CVCs, and other investors.

Google has launched a way for users to better improve how its Assistant pronounces names. Users will now be able to teach Google Assistant to enunciate and recognise names of contacts as they are supposed to be said. This can be found in Google Assistant's settings, under Basic Info, and then Nickname. "Assistant will listen to your pronunciation and remember it, without keeping a recording of your voice", Google says in a blog post. "The feature will be available in English and we hope to expand to more languages soon."

Shipments of laptop computers in Japan surged 25.1% in 2020 to hit a record high due to increased teleworking amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and the government's policy to supply computers to each elementary and junior high school student, an industry body said Tuesday. Laptop shipments reached 8.9 million units, but fell 0.2% by value to ¥679.7 billion from a year earlier, partly because demand concentrated on low-priced laptops to secure units in a limited budget to distribute them to schools, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association said. The government has promoted the use of information technology in education since before the spread of the coronavirus, although Japan is behind in IT education efforts compared with other developed countries. The pandemic accelerated the schedule of the personal computer distribution, and most municipalities will complete handing out computers or tablets to every student in their schools by the end of March. Regarding demand related to teleworking, the purchase of PCs for working from home further increased since the government called for less commuting as the country declared its first state of emergency for urban areas such as Tokyo in April and expanded it to other parts of the country later in the month and May.