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By Will Dunham

(Reuters) - You thought the living organism with ;/"he largest genome might be the blue whale, an African elephant or perhaps a giant redwood tree? Not even close. A human being? Wrong again. That honor instead goes to a little fern that grows in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific Ocean.

New research shows that this fork fern species, called Tmesipteris oblanceolata, has a genome - all... (continue reading...)

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland's state news agency PAP was probably hit by a Russian cyberattack on Friday, a government minister said, after a false article about military mobilisation appeared on its news feed.

Warsaw has repeatedly accused Moscow of attempting to destabilise Poland because of its role in supplying military aid to Ukraine, allegations Russian officials have dismissed.

"Everything indicates that we are dealing with a cyberattack... (continue reading...)

By Daphne Psaledakis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. on Friday issued sanctions targeting entities it accused of enabling Iran's drone program, in Washington's latest action seeking to disrupt the production and proliferation of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used by Russia against Ukraine.

“Today’s action reinforces our commitment to disrupt Iran’s production and proliferation of deadly UAVs that continue to be used by Russia... (continue reading...)

By Medha Singh

(Reuters) - Nvidia could soon surpass Apple to become the world's second-most valuable company, as the kingmaker behind the AI revolution takes on the iPhone maker that has ruled Wall Street for decades.

The reliance of virtually all artificial intelligence applications such as OpenAI's ChatGPT on Nvidia's high-end chips has helped the stock nearly triple in value over the past year to $2.72 trillion.

In... (continue reading...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a longtime Democrat who often bucked his party leadership, said on Friday he had registered as an independent with no party affiliation.

"Our national politics are broken and neither party is willing to compromise to find common ground," Manchin said in a statement, adding that both parties had embraced "partisan extremism" and were putting democracy in jeopardy.

He announced... (continue reading...)