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Facebook’s focus has always been to make it easy to stay close to the people and things you love. Today, we’re introducing improvements that help cut through the clutter so you can easily update your profile, find new content via search, and enjoy photos and videos in your Feed. Smarter, Cleaner Fee...
Australia has just launched one of the largest batteries in the world, with a storage capacity of 1.6 gigawatt hours (GWh) and the ability to supply electricity to up to 200,000 homes during the evening peak. The Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub is a battery and solar facility near Hillside, about 17 ...
Australia-based dad Leong Hiew shared that his sons are approaching the age where they're ready to start dealing with little bits of pocket money here and there. Wanting to start them off on the right foot, he sat down to write some appropriate ground rules for healthy money management. That's when ...
Backlog delaying ‘shovel-ready’ ventures will be cleared with aim of building virtually zero-carbon power system by 2030 Britain’s energy system operator is pulling the plug on hundreds of electricity generation projects to clear a huge backlog that is stopping “shovel-ready” schemes from connecting...
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December 4, 2025 – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday that it has deployed a version of artificial intelligence called “agentic AI” for “all agency employees” to assist with complex tasks, including safety reviews, inspections, and compliance. While the release did not specif...
If you’re a longtime reader, you probably know that our newsroom selects 10 breakthroughs every year that we think will define the future. This group exercise is mostly fun and always engrossing, but at times it can also be quite difficult. We collectively pitch dozens of ideas, and the editors meti...
The clipboard on your Android phone can be just as useful as the same feature on your Windows or macOS laptop. Although it can feel as though the cut, copy, and paste functions aren t as well utilized on mobile as they are on desktop operating systems. Whether you re pasting an image from the web in...
Lotus’s new For‑Me plug‑in hybrid mirrors the exterior dimensions of the standard electric Eletre, stretching roughly 200.8 inches long, 79.5 inches wide, and 64.5 inches tall, with a wheelbase of about 118.8 inches. The SUV’s curb weight ranges between 6,735 and 6,790 pounds. Like the electric Elet...
COMPUTING After Neuralink, Max Hodak Is Building Something Even WilderConnie Loizos | TechCrunch What makes this conversation remarkable is how concrete everything sounds. Hodak isn’t hand-waving about someday. He’s got timelines, patient numbers, and regulatory pathways. By 2035, [biohybrid neural ...
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Hantek, a Chinese manufacturer specializing in lightweight aluminum chassis systems, has developed a new frame that expands what can be achieved in large aluminum casting. The company focuses on producing large structural components for automakers, and this latest design addresses long-standing chal...
US scientists have introduced a groundbreaking approach to building nuclear reactor components faster than ever before, using one of the world s largest 3D printers. The researchers at the University of Maine s (UMaine) Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) utilized the super-sized polyme...
A Malaysian agricultural technology firm, Agroz, has partnered with China s UBTECH Robotics to debut its new initiative, Agroz Robotics. Agroz plans to integrate AI-robotics technology directly into its farm operating system. The company is a specialist in AI-powered Controlled Environment Agricultu...
Founded by MIT alumni, the Pickle Robot Company has developed machines that can autonomously load and unload trucks inside warehouses and logistic centers. Watch Video Zach Winn | MIT News Pub...
A real-world trial by scientists in Switzerland has demonstrated that wireless EV charging can achieve up to 90 percent efficiency compared with conventional cable-based systems, while offering far greater convenience. Supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy and the cantons of Zurich and Aar...
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NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational Robots mission set to launch in late 2027. This mission aims to revolutionize in-space operations, a critical capability for sustainably living and working on other planets. By en...
Stanford University researchers say they have developed a nanoscale optical device that could shift the direction of quantum communication. Unlike today s quantum computers that operate near absolute zero, this new approach works at room temperature. The device entangles the spin of photons and elec...
A quote widely attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca says, "Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity." In 2016, a doctoral candidate at the University of California Irvine proved that this is indeed the truth. Nine years ago, Mya Le Thai, PhD was playing around in the lab when she made a...
Scientists at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in the US are experimenting with a surprising source of inspiration for next-generation nuclear fuel: nature’s mathematics. Their latest research focuses on triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) — intricate, repeating lattice structures that occur in b...
The quirky architecture of this place sparks the imagination. A stylized elephant with a huge pink trunk? A fat pink grub crawling through a blue box on stilts? Did a gigantic giant baby put something together out of Lego? Or is it a stranded alien spaceship? It always felt like this building had be...
