Technology News for Thursday 24th April 2025

1. ATP prevents harmful aggregation of proteins associated with Parkinson's and ALS

Summary: While a comprehensive cure-all to these neurological conditions is unlikely, scientists are making headway into understanding their fundamental characteristics with the hope of preventing or alleviating cognitive and motor impairments. Researchers ...

2. Adobe to launch mobile app for AI image generation tool as OpenAI steps up rivalry

Adobe said Thursday that it will release its Firefly AI image generator on both iOS and Android "soon," without giving a specific date. Adobe also announced the launch of its latest AI models, Firefly Image Model 4 and Firefly Image Model 4 Ultra, ...

3. How to Use Edits, Instagram's New CapCut Clone for Editing Videos

In January, Meta announced its stand-alone video editing app for making Reels, simply called Edits. After release delays, users anywhere in the world can now download the app and try it out. The new video-creation tool is clearly inspired by the ...

4. Microsoft Just Showed the Future of AI, and It's Great News for Intel and AMD

The most powerful generative AI models from the likes of OpenAI, Alphabet, and Anthropic require costly and power-hungry AI accelerators stuffed into data centers to produce results. OpenAI's recent GPT-4.5 model, for example, was rolled out in phases ...

5. Adobe releases 'created without generative AI' tag to label human-generated art

Just as it's introducing the option to use GenAI models like OpenAI, Runway, and Google, Adobe is letting creators draw a new line in the sand between their work and AI.

6. HP launches new range of Copilot AI laptops in India for consumers, business and enterprises

The new HP AI laptops run on Intel Core Ultra 200 V series, AMD Ryzen AI 300 series and Qualcomm Snapdragon X, X Elite, X Plus processors ... HP on Thursday (April 24, 2025) launched its new line up of Copilot+ AI PCs in India expanding the HP EliteBook, HP ...

7. Quantum Network Goes the Distance Using Existing Telecom Infrastructure

Researchers demonstrated secure quantum communication over 254 kilometers of existing telecom fiber using a coherence-based protocol, marking a milestone for practical quantum networks. The system maintained optical phase coherence without cryogenic ...

8. All Roads Lead Back to Oblivion: Bethesda's 'The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered' Arrives on GeForce NOW

Catch the launch of 'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' and 'Sunderfolk,' as well as the addition of Capcom's iconic 'Ace Attorney' series in the cloud, part of eight new games this week.

9. Northern Lights Forecast: 8 States May See Aurora Borealis Tonight

The aurora borealis may be visible again to several states along the Canadian border on Thursday, and it may be the last opportunity this week to catch the phenomenon, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

10. Google DeepMind CEO On What Keeps Him Up At Night: "AGI Is Coming, Society's Not Ready"

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner said AI systems capable of human-level cognitive abilities were only five to ten years away. ... Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has repeatedly warned about AGI.

11. On Motorola's new Razr phones, Google shares the spotlight with Perplexity, Meta and Microsoft

Motorola on Thursday debuted new versions of its Razr flip phone with artificial intelligence-powered features from its own AI technology as well as that of several companies, including Perplexity, Meta and Microsoft and Google.

12. Global clinical trial to test existing drugs as long COVID treatments

Led by Dr. Douglas Fraser, scientists will test the effectiveness of two anti-inflammatory medicines as potential treatments for long COVID. (Rena Panchyshyn/Special to Western Communications). By Swati Pandey, Special to Western News,. April 24, 2025.

13. What to know about the Nintendo Switch 2 preorder chaos

Target, Walmart and Best Buy shoppers hoping to preorder the new gaming console and related game bundles at midnight reported encountering checkout errors, address verification failures and payment glitches, The Verge reported Thursday. According to ...