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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 »

The rumors were true, all of them (and then some): OpenAI today is releasing GPT-6 Astra, a new frontier model that the company says likely marks the onset of artificial generalized intelligence (AGI), its long sought goal of "highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work." In... Read more »

A Chinese state-linked hacking group compromised executive laptops at an agricultural industry conference on Hainan Island this spring — not through phishing or a network breach, but by breaking into hotel rooms and booting the machines from a USB stick while the executives were at dinner. CrowdStrike, which tracks the... Read more »

Meta’s newest AI model Muse Spark 1.3, unveiled yesterday, is faster and more performant on third-party benchmarks than its predecessor — with a caveat. "Muse Spark 1.3 is rolling out today with frontier performance almost too cheap to meter," Meta co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote on X, calling it... Read more »

Microsoft AI on Thursday released MAI-Transcribe-2, a speech-recognition model the company says is faster, more accurate, and cheaper than anything OpenAI, Google, or ElevenLabs currently sells. Then it priced the thing at 10 cents per hour of audio.That figure deserves a pause. When Microsoft AI shipped the first model in... Read more »

Presented by ContentfulMost marketing teams still measure visibility the same way they always have: rankings, click-through rates, and organic traffic. But buyers have moved on. Search tools and AI engines now synthesize answers directly on the screen, creating a world of zero-click searches where your website is entirely bypassed. The... Read more »

Google keeps cranking out Flash models: the company on Wednesday announced two versions of a new 3.8 Flash. The variants include a standard Flash, a “workhorse” model for agentic tasks, software development, and multi-step reasoning, and Flash Cyber optimized for vulnerability detection and mitigation.Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in an X... Read more »

A few weeks back, we took a look at the SkyNomad N90, a large SUV that's a critical product launch for the Chinese electronics and autos maker Xiaomi. Beyond being a high-spec, versatile family hauler, the SkyNomad N90 has also been designed to work as a stock micro-camper thanks to... Read more »

The folks at Thermal Master are producing so many gadgets that it’s hard to keep up with – but this one, the DV2, is more than worth a look, even if nature decided to fight me in testing it for he last six weeks.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Thermal Imaging,... Read more »

Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is commonly added to plastics to make them more flexible. It may also affect genes that play a critical role in brain development, promoting symptoms of autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).Continue ReadingCategory: Brain Health, Body and MindTags: Plastics, ADHD, Autism spectrum disorder, Pollution, neurodiversity, Brain... Read more »

If you often pack food and drinks for outdoor trips, you know the struggle of keeping those items cool. This new piece of kit for camping and hiking looks like a simple way to keep your stuff chilled for longer.Continue ReadingCategory: Gear, OutdoorsTags: Camping, Outdoors and Camping, xxKickbooster, Kickstarter, Titanium,... Read more »

From the high-end aesthetic and high-tech internals of its lifestyle projectors, it's easy to imagine that AWOL Vision has been in the home entertainment space for a long while. But the crowdfunding favorite is still a relative baby.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: xxAffiliate, Projectors, 4K UHD, Laser TV,... Read more »

Hermeus has unveiled its latest plans for the Quarterhorse supersonic aircraft, which will be used to launch a high-Mach test vehicle called Ramjet-X. The new platform will allow clients to test components under realistic high-speed flight conditions.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Hermeus, Supersonic, Ramjet... Read more »

When I was shopping for a basic fitness tracker a few months ago, I opted for the Nothing Watch 3 Pro because it included a recorder for capturing voice notes on the go – which I do often. That model beams your notes over to your phone, where they're handily... Read more »

Prior to this week, the terms "world's largest electric motorhome" and "1,000-km range" could have led to only one conclusion: one of China's latest high-mileage extended range electric vehicle (EREV) platforms got outfitted with a big motorhome box. But the most massive electric motorhome we spotted at this year's Düsseldorf... Read more »

While gimbal-stabilized video cameras are great for smoothing out the shakes, sometimes it's nice to have a tiny wearable camera, too. Well, Hohem's just-announced Eyepic will soon let you have both in one modular device.Continue ReadingCategory: Photography, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Video Cameras, Gimbals, Actioncam, IFA 2026, Modular... Read more »

Remember when "Chinese car" and "safety" were two phrases that didn't exactly belong in the same sentence? Well, the European New Car Assessment Programme’s (NCAP) latest crash tests have a rather awkward update for you.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Electric Vehicles, China, Road Safety, crash test... Read more »

Parkinson’s disease is significantly less common among people who smoke cigarettes. It’s a paradox that has perplexed researchers for decades, drawing speculation that tobacco smoke somehow protects the brain from developing the neurodegenerative condition.Continue ReadingCategory: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body and MindTags: Smoking, Parkinson's Disease, Dopamine, Heart Disease, Lung disease,... Read more »

Outdoor cooks have traditionally had to face a tricky decision: pack a heavy basecamp barbecue or settle for single-purpose minimalist backpacking gear.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoor Cooking, Gear, OutdoorsTags: xxKickbooster, Kickstarter, Titanium, Foldable, Flat, Cooking, Camping, Portable... Read more »

Apple just unveiled its first-ever foldable phone, the iPhone Duo.Continue ReadingCategory: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Apple, Smartphones, iPhone, Foldable... Read more »

If you've ever bought a clock worth north of US$15,000 and wished that it were more like a piece of flatpack furniture, then MB&F and Maison Alcée feel your pain. The result is the Nostromo, a haute horlogie clock you put together yourself.Continue ReadingCategory: Good Thinking, TechnologyTags: Clock, MB&F, DIY... Read more »

Clinical trials are costly and slow, have low success rates but are essential in improving healthcare. Let's see the various ways AI can help the process. The post AI Assistance In Clinical Trials: The Practical Opportunities appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

The Futures Wheel helps us understand the cascading consequences and opportunities. This is the easiest way to start thinking about the future in a productive manner. The post How To Predict The Future Of Healthcare: Method #2 – Futures Wheel appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

Over the past years, I have given more than a hundred keynotes to Medical Affairs teams around the world. These conversations have given me a […] The post 5 Things That Will Define The Future Of Pharma’s Medical Affairs appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

We hear a lot about AI, but almost nothing about the work essential for the healthcare AI revolution: labeling and annotating data so algorithms can learn from it. Who does it? How? Why? Let's see! The post Data Annotators: The Unsung Heroes Of Artificial Intelligence Development appeared first on The... Read more »

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making headlines practically every day. Some praise its ability to provide new medical insights, while others point to concerning privacy risks […] The post 3 Health Innovations That Would Not Exist Without AI appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

We can have a more accurate estimate of the future using the right prediction methods. Here is one, called forecasting. Part 1 of our "Futures series" The post How To Predict The Future Of Healthcare: Method #1 – Forecasting appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

What if you loath the AI friend of your human friend? Will you be punched in the face because your AI Karen just told a random stranger in the supermarket they are talking nonsense? How will you deal with losing a friend to a hardware failure? We have so many... Read more »

Car crashes, home injuries, fires, natural disasters: every minute – if not every second – spent without treatment in such cases of medical emergencies and […] The post The Future of Emergency Medicine: 6 Technologies That Make Patients The Point-of-Care appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

Existing digital health solutions can take on new, critical roles beyond their conventional uses. The post Best Examples Of Digital Health For Patients With Intellectual Disability appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

The newly discovered Type Ia supernova SN 2026aaiv in NGC 7331 offers amateur astronomers and astrophotographers a rare opportunity to observe and image an exploding star before it fades.... Read more »

Rocket Lab launched an Earth-observation satellite to orbit for a confidential customer on Thursday night (Sept. 10), without providing a livestream or many details about the mission.... Read more »

NordVPN is recommended as one of the best VPN services, offering online security and convenience, and is now up to $370 cheaper.... Read more »

The sun may have swallowed a super-Earth planet in its early history, and our star may still be hiding the evidence, new research suggests.... Read more »

Federation fashions have gone through many evolutions over the last six decades, from pastel pajamas to back-breaking Spandex.... Read more »

A dune field on Mars, as seen by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.... Read more »

On Sept. 11, 1985, the International Cometary Explorer, or "ICE," became the first spacecraft to fly by a comet. Here's why it mattered.... Read more »

Two spacecraft operated by the company Impulse Space pulled off an impressive orbital feat recently, coming within less than 650 feet of each other.... Read more »

NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson saw the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks from the International Space Station in 2001. His view and his reaction were captured on video.... Read more »

Our best compact image-stabilized binoculars, the Nikon Stabilized 12x25 binoculars, just dropped to the lowest price we've seen since Black Friday. Now available for $626.95.... Read more »

Faint in X-rays but bright in ultraviolet light, new objects found by NASA's Chandra space telescope could help solve two great astrophysical mysteries.... Read more »

The Summer Triangle dominates the night sky long after summer begins to fade. So what makes Vega, Altair and Deneb a distinctly summer sight?... Read more »

On Sept. 10, 2011, NASA's GRAIL spacecraft launched on a mission to the moon! Here's why the moon gravity mapping mission mattered.... Read more »

Operations aboard the Katalyst Space LINK satellite continue, despite the spacecraft's inability to complete its mission of boosting the orbit of NASA's Swift Observatory.... Read more »

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