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U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday to provide federal support to address massive energy needs for fast-growing advanced artificial intelligence data centres, the White House said.... Read more »

Elon Musk said a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink, one of many groups working to connect the nervous system to machines.... Read more »

Keep an eye on the sky Monday evening to see the wolf moon, the first full moon of the year. And some sky-gazers will be able to glimpse a cosmic magic trick when the moon appears to pass in front of Mars.... Read more »

Just hours after Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg announced last Tuesday that the social media giant would eliminate its U.S.-based fact-checkers, the iconic hills above Los Angeles began to smolder.... Read more »

Blue Origin will try again to launch its massive new rocket as early as Tuesday after calling off the debut launch because of ice buildup in critical plumbing.... Read more »

Meta's decision to end its fact-checking program looks like the company is 'caving' to political pressures, said Meta's oversight board co-chair Michael McConnell.... Read more »

On Friday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on TikTok’s legal challenge to the law, which the company claims violates its First Amendment rights and those of its 170 million American users... Read more »

School boards across Canada are grappling with the fallout from a significant cyberattack on PowerSchool, a widely used administration software platform.... Read more »

A Manitoba researcher was part of a historic research team that uncovered the oldest ice core ever retrieved.... Read more »

For more than three decades, modern CPUs have relied on speculative execution to keep pipelines full. When it emerged in the 1990s, speculation was hailed as a breakthrough — just as pipelining and superscalar execution had been in earlier decades. Each marked a generational leap in microarchitecture. By predicting the... Read more »

Recently, there has been a lot of hullabaloo about the idea that large reasoning models (LRM) are unable to think. This is mostly due to a research article published by Apple, "The Illusion of Thinking" Apple argues that LRMs must not be able to think; instead, they just perform pattern-matching.... Read more »

Every SOC leader knows the feeling: drowning in alerts, blind to the real threat, stuck playing defense in a war waged at the speed of AI. Now CrowdStrike and NVIDIA are flipping the script. Armed with autonomous agents powered by Charlotte AI and NVIDIA Nemotron models, security teams aren't just... Read more »

Presented by CelonisAI adoption is accelerating, but results often lag expectations. And enterprise leaders are under pressure to prove measurable ROI from the AI solutions — especially as the use of autonomous agents rises and global tariffs disrupt supply chains.The issue isn’t the AI itself, says Alex Rinke, co-founder and... Read more »

OpenAI has introduced Aardvark, a GPT-5-powered autonomous security researcher agent now available in private beta.Designed to emulate how human experts identify and resolve software vulnerabilities, Aardvark offers a multi-stage, LLM-driven approach for continuous, 24/7/365 code analysis, exploit validation, and patch generation!Positioned as a scalable defense tool for modern software development... Read more »

The rise of AI marks a critical shift away from decades defined by information-chasing and a push for more and more compute power. Canva co-founder and CPO Cameron Adams refers to this dawning time as the “imagination era.” Meaning: Individuals and enterprises must be able to turn creativity into action with... Read more »

Researchers at Meta FAIR and the University of Edinburgh have developed a new technique that can predict the correctness of a large language model's (LLM) reasoning and even intervene to fix its mistakes. Called Circuit-based Reasoning Verification (CRV), the method looks inside an LLM to monitor its internal “reasoning circuits”... Read more »

The vibe coding tool Cursor, from startup Anysphere, has introduced Composer, its first in-house, proprietary coding large language model (LLM) as part of its Cursor 2.0 platform update. Composer is designed to execute coding tasks quickly and accurately in production-scale environments, representing a new step in AI-assisted programming. It's already... Read more »

When researchers at Anthropic injected the concept of "betrayal" into their Claude AI model's neural networks and asked if it noticed anything unusual, the system paused before responding: "I'm experiencing something that feels like an intrusive thought about 'betrayal'."The exchange, detailed in new research published Wednesday, marks what scientists say... Read more »

Enterprise AI agents today face a fundamental timing problem: They can't easily act on critical business events because they aren't always aware of them in real-time.The challenge is infrastructure. Most enterprise data lives in databases fed by extract-transform-load (ETL) jobs that run hourly or daily — ultimately too slow for... Read more »

The moment Mack McConnell knew everything about search had changed came last summer at the Paris Olympics. His parents, independently and without prompting, had both turned to ChatGPT to plan their day's activities in the French capital. The AI recommended specific tour companies, restaurants, and attractions — businesses that had... Read more »

Enterprises, eager to ensure any AI models they use adhere to safety and safe-use policies, fine-tune LLMs so they do not respond to unwanted queries. However, much of the safeguarding and red teaming happens before deployment, “baking in” policies before users fully test the models’ capabilities in production. OpenAI believes it... Read more »

Presented by Splunk, a Cisco CompanyAs AI rapidly evolves from a theoretical promise to an operational reality, CISOs and CIOs face a fundamental challenge: how to harness AI's transformative potential while maintaining the human oversight and strategic thinking that security demands. The rise of agentic AI is reshaping security operations,... Read more »

Presented by ElasticAs organizations scramble to enact agentic AI solutions, accessing proprietary data from all the nooks and crannies will be keyBy now, most organizations have heard of agentic AI, which are systems that “think” by autonomously gathering tools, data and other sources of information to return an answer. But... Read more »

A roof paint that can cool your home and pull fresh water straight out of the air? It's within reach, as scientists scale up production of a new kind of paint-like coating that shields roofing from the sun's rays and harvests dew from its surface.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: University of... Read more »

Why have just one technological breakthrough when you can have two at the same time? The Royal Navy has installed for the first time a quantum clock into its XV Excalibur robotic submarine for extended precise underwater navigation.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Royal Navy, Submarine, Autonomous Vehicles, Quantum Physics... Read more »

Starting cannabis use before the age of 15 may set the stage for future health struggles, according to a new study linking early cannabis use to higher odds of both mental and physical health problems in young adulthood.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and MindTags: Adolescents, Cannabis, mental health,... Read more »

A finger is among the least practical places possible to strap a watch, and even watches themselves have become a fairly impractical redundancy in the smartphone age. And yet, we want the new Casio G-Shock Nano anyway. A lot. Following up on the 50th anniversary edition ring watch Casio introduced... Read more »

It was late 2013 when I bought my first dash cam. I used to commute from Reno, Nevada, out to Salt Lake City, Utah and once or twice a week at night. It was 502 miles door to door, and I could do it in about 7.5 hours. Let me... Read more »

We're getting down to the business end of one of the best annual competitions, the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards. After nearly 10,000 entries, the finalists have been unveiled – and we've picked out some favorites.Continue ReadingCategory: Photography, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Art, Photographers, Awards, Animals, Images... Read more »

Blurring the line between biology and robotics, Chinese scientists are taking biomimicry to new depths with a small, low-energy bionic jellyfish that's so lifelike in form and movement it’s almost indistinguishable from the real thing.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, TransportTags: drones, Biomimetic, Biomimicry, Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance, Underwater drones, jellyfish, Robots... Read more »

This light-filled tiny house combines compact dimensions with a focus on daylight and home comforts. Featuring an extra-wide interior, it squeezes in a well-proportioned kitchen, a downstairs bedroom, and a bathroom with a bathtub.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, OutdoorsTags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home... Read more »

I've been a plane aficionado for as long as I can remember. I'm not exactly a plane "nut," but I think I might know a bit more than the average person who isn't a pilot. Yet somehow, I'd never heard of this story until I stumbled across it at random.Continue... Read more »

A new study of exceptionally long-lived Rottweilers revealed that keeping their testes for longer may help them age more gracefully, offering fresh clues for how hormones shape frailty and resilience in both dogs and humans.Continue ReadingCategory: Aging Well, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and MindTags: Comparative medicine, Dogs, Aging, Healthy... Read more »

They may be better known for stir-fries than supercomputing, but shiitake mushrooms have now been harnessed to function as living processors, storing and recalling data like a semiconductor chip but with almost no environmental footprint.Continue ReadingCategory: Computers, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Ohio State University, Mushrooms, Fungus, Semiconductors, Chips, Neural Network, RAM,... Read more »

You can now get astride an MV Agusta without totally breaking the bank – well, at least not by a whole lot more than you'd spend for other middleweight naked motorcycles, anyway.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: MV Agusta, Naked bike... Read more »

A new study has looked into whether electric cars are really better for the environment than gas-powered cars. It turns out that this is indeed the case: after two years of use, EVs start reducing their total carbon footprint compared to gas cars.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Transport, Electric Vehicles, Greenhouse... Read more »

Imagine pulling over for a coffee and gaining another 60 miles of range before your cup cools. That’s the kind of promise BBM Motorcycles is making with its new Hiro platform. The Spanish-built modular EV aims to blend rapid charging with everyday versatility — and in doing so, it might... Read more »

Until the early 2010s, sleep tracking was a rather niche interest, being the focus of research projects and clinical assessments of those with specific health […] The post The Digital Evolution Of Sleep Tracking appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

Some of the greatest ideas and medical technology developments that could give us a glimpse into the future of medicine. The post 10 Medical Technology Advances: Medicine In The Future appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

Recently, the company called Oura, which develops smart rings, just raised over $900 million in a new funding round, bringing the company’s valuation to $11 […] The post Four Scenarios For The Future of Smart Rings appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

Nowadays, stethoscopes have become synonymous with the medical profession. You will be hard-pressed to see a doctor or nurse without one wrapped around their neck […] The post The Digital Evolution Of The Stethoscope appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

Technological advancements are revolutionizing healthcare. Here are 10 groundbreaking technologies in healthcare that will strongly determine how medicine will be practiced in the future. The post 10 Ways Technology is Changing Healthcare appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

Uncover the art of 'prompt engineering' with our comprehensive guide, designed to help you get the most from ChatGPT. Learn to craft effective prompts, understand ChatGPT's capabilities, and navigate its limitations. Transform your interactions with AI today The post Prompt Engineering For Healthcare: 11 Tips To Craft Great ChatGPT Prompts... Read more »

Radiologists’ creative work will be necessary in the future to solve complex issues and supervising diagnostic processes; but AI will definitely become part of their daily routine in diagnosing simpler cases and taking over repetitive tasks. The post The Future of Radiology And Artificial Intelligence appeared first on The Medical... Read more »

ECG (or, sometimes, EKG) is short for electrocardiogram, a device that records and provides a graphical representation of the electric signals originating from the human […] The post The Evolution Of Portable ECGs appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant promise in healthcare, but it has quietly become a companion at every step of the patient journey. […] The post AI In The Patient Journey: Infographic appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

NASA's astronauts living in space are still going to work during the government shutdown.... Read more »

We wanted to show space agencies that were already planning three-year missions to Mars what they were overlooking.... Read more »

The International Space Station just notched a major milestone, but its days are numbered: The ISS will crash to Earth over Point Nemo in the Pacific Ocean in late 2030.... Read more »

India launched the powerful CMS-03 military communications satellite to orbit on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025.... Read more »

SpaceX launched its 140th Falcon 9 mission of the year today (Nov. 2), sending the "Haven Demo" tech demonstrator and 17 other payloads up on the Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission.... Read more »

This intimate look at the design, building, and operation of the ISS airs on PBS Nov. 5 and Nov. 12.... Read more »

On Episode 184 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik look at why space can be scary with a survey of some of the best (and most laughable) movies about critters from outer space!... Read more »

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket has successfully completed a static fire test ahead of launching NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars.... Read more »

After an asteroid struck Finland long ago, microscopic life colonized the impact site within a few million years, new research reveals.... Read more »

Research shows a full moon can modestly affect sleep, but its influence on mental health is much less certain.... Read more »

"The reason for 3I’s rapid brightening, which far exceeds the brightening rate of most Oort cloud comets at similar distances, remains unclear."... Read more »

Footage from a NOAA satellite taken Oct. 28 shows Melissa’s deadly spin as it moves across the Caribbean.... Read more »

The European Southern Observatory captured a nebula bat during a survey of the Milky Way's galactic plane.... Read more »

From Orwell's dystopian paranoia to Jeff VanderMeer's ecological nightmares, these science-fiction horror novels explore fear on every scale.... Read more »

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