
The AI boom is coming for the Switch 2
Data centers are eating up computing resources and pushing chipmakers toward AI-grade memory, tightening supply for Nintendo and other hardware makers

The AI boom is coming for the Switch 2
Data centers are eating up computing resources and pushing chipmakers toward AI-grade memory, tightening supply for Nintendo and other hardware makers

Elon Musk fuses SpaceX with xAI
Acquiring xAI could boost SpaceX’s plans to launch a one-million-strong satellite constellation to act as an orbital data center network


Spiders taught scientists how to make unsinkable metal
Researchers mimicked the air-trapping tricks of diving bell spiders to create aluminum that stays afloat—even when punctured

Software is becoming something you speak into existence
Coding for the rest of us finally feels possible now that tools like Claude Code turn plain English into working software

OpenClaw—what happens when AI stops chatting and starts doing
This open-source agent installs software, makes calls and runs your digital life—redefining what “digital assistants” are supposed to do

Elon Musk’s SpaceX reportedly mulling a merger with xAI
SpaceX and xAI could join forces ahead of Elon Musk’s plan to take the former public later this year, according to Reuters

Heathrow dropped its 100-ml liquids rule. This scanner tech made it possible
New CT scanners can build a 3D model of your carry-on, helping airport staff spot risks without making you unpack or decant liquids into tiny bottles

The new forensic science of proving what’s real
As deepfakes blur the line between truth and fiction, we’ll need a new class of forensic experts to determine what’s real, what’s fake and what can be proved in court

AI’s next battleground is your body
Tech giants are betting that we are finally ready to invite a persistent digital device into our lives

AI isn’t conscious—but we may be bringing it to life
In rethinking whether AI is sentient, we are asking bigger questions about cognition, human-machine interaction and even our own consciousness

The next AI revolution could start with world models
Why today’s AI systems struggle with consistency and how emerging world models aim to give machines a steady grasp of space and time

The White House Wants an AI Fast Lane
The Trump administration’s top science adviser urged the adoption of a single national AI rule book as lawmakers pressed him on who would pay for the build-out