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Throughout history, the pursuit of technology to help us work harder, faster and more safely has led to some truly incredible inventions that have changed the world we live in — from the ancient tools first used by our ancestors to 21st-century breakthroughs such as bionic eyes and artificial intelligence (AI). Our expert writers and editors address the groundbreaking developments in robotics, quantum computing and much more with the latest future technology news, articles and features.
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Artificial IntelligenceStartup's 'oscillator-based' AI technology could be 1,000 times more energy efficient than conventional computingBy Adam Shepherd Published -
Excerpt'A dangerous proposition': How AI is warping the social fabric and the ways we collectively imagine the futureBy Mona Sloane Published -
Electronic EngineeringNew 3D silicon chip stacks circuits on top of each other to boost computing powerBy Rich McEachran Published 2 Comments -
RoboticsRobot dog can climb stairs, navigate a forest and bound over logs thanks to new, rapid AI training techniqueBy Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published 2 Comments -
Artificial IntelligenceAI is giving people bad money advice. Here's what I worry about most, as a finance professor.By Pawan Jain Published -
Life's Little MysteriesDoes fast charging damage your battery more than regular charging?By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published
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Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial IntelligenceStartup's 'oscillator-based' AI technology could be 1,000 times more energy efficient than conventional computingBy Adam Shepherd Published -
Excerpt'A dangerous proposition': How AI is warping the social fabric and the ways we collectively imagine the futureBy Mona Sloane Published -
Artificial IntelligenceAI is giving people bad money advice. Here's what I worry about most, as a finance professor.By Pawan Jain Published -
Artificial IntelligenceComputer scientists are rushing to tame AI's voracious appetite for energyBy Katarina Zimmer Published -
Artificial IntelligenceAI images are more convincing than ever — infiltrating journals and undermining trust in scienceBy Nan Li Published -
OpinionAI companies don't want to be legally responsible for their chatbots. US courts should make them.By Akhil Bhardwaj Published -
Analysis'You can't patch your way out of it': Cheap AI worm can spread between devices without human guidance — but how did scientists create it?By Carly Page Published -
Artificial IntelligenceAI could consume up to 3% of world's electricity the UN warnsBy Amanda Turnbull-McRae Published -
Artificial Intelligence'The best solution is to murder him in his sleep': AI can learn violent tendencies from each other despite zero references to violence in training dataBy Owen Hughes Published 4 Comments
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Communications
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CommunicationsJapan hits 6G key milestone with high-frequency speeds topping 100 GbpsBy Roland Moore-Colyer Published -
CommunicationsCould there ever be a worldwide internet outage?By Abby Wilson Published -
CommunicationsScience history: First computer-to-computer message lays the foundation for the internet, but it crashes halfway through — Oct. 29, 1969By Tia Ghose Published -
Science historyScience history: First two-way phone call across outdoor lines made by Alexander Graham Bell — Oct. 9, 1876By Tia Ghose Published -
CommunicationsScientists invent 'Pulse-Fi' prototype — a Wi-Fi heart rate monitor that's cheaper to set up than the best wearable devicesBy Sophie Berdugo Published -
CommunicationsScientists develop 'full-spectrum' 6G chip that could transfer data at 100 gigabits per second — 10,000 times faster than 5GBy Rich McEachran Published 5 Comments -
CommunicationsGoogle has turned 2 billion smartphones into a global earthquake warning system — it's as effective as seismometers, tests showBy Ben Turner Published -
CommunicationsJapan sets new internet speed record — it's 4 million times faster than average US broadband speedsBy Perri Thaler Published 20 Comments -
CommunicationsYour data is being compromised much quicker than ever before, but you don't have to sit still and take itBy Mike Chapple Published
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Computing
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Quantum ComputingQuantum computing wielded to create extremely rare material critical to nuclear fusionBy Tristan Greene Published -
ComputingDead-end bitcoin mining wastes as much energy as Switzerland's entire hydropower generation capacityBy Adam Shepherd Published 2 Comments -
ComputingChinese supercomputer leapfrogs best US machines to be ranked world's fastestBy Skyler Ware Published 3 Comments -
Quantum ComputingNew chip harnesses quantum computing's biggest weakness — and tries to turn it into a strengthBy Tristan Greene Published -
ComputingIBM creates world's first sub-1nm computer chip — cramming 100 billion transistors into a tiny fingernail-sized spaceBy Tristan Greene Published -
Quantum ComputingIn a first, scientists translated an entire viral genome so a quantum computer could read and analyze itBy Alan Bradley Published -
Quantum ComputingChina unveils first-of-its-kind 'dual-core' quantum computer — its makers say it improves stability and efficiencyBy Alan Bradley Published -
AnalysisMicrosoft's latest quantum chip is 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor — but why is it so controversial?By Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published -
Quantum ComputingScientists trained an AI model using an IBM quantum computer — and it answered questions correctly that the base model couldn'tBy Tristan Greene Published 22 Comments
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Electric Vehicles
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Electric VehiclesWorld's first 'native' color lidar will let robots and self-driving cars map the world in full color 3DBy Fiona Jackson Published -
Electric VehiclesThe first flying taxis could start operating in 2026 — will this new form of transport actually take off?By Edd Gent Published -
Electric VehiclesMeet Sky Dragon, the giant 10-person 'flying taxi' that just passed its first flight test in ChinaBy Alan Bradley Published -
Electric VehiclesChina puts a sodium-ion battery into an EV for the first time — it can drive 248 miles on a single chargeBy Rory Bathgate Published 9 Comments -
Electric VehiclesSodium-ion batteries are getting ready for prime time. How can they improve EVs?By Rory Bathgate Published 2 Comments -
Electric VehiclesChinese EV maker claims it's engineered the world’s first semi-solid-state EV battery with huge 620-mile rangeBy Alan Bradley Published 6 Comments -
Electric VehiclesNew EV motor invention could cut 1,000 pounds from future vehicles, making them much lighter while boosting their rangeBy Alan Bradley Published 26 Comments -
Electric VehiclesScientists create new solid-state sodium-ion battery — they say it'll make EVs cheaper and saferBy Rory Bathgate Published 5 Comments -
Electric VehiclesWatch four flying cars go toe-to-toe in new 'Formula One of the skies'By Damien Pine Published
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Engineering
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Electronic EngineeringNew 3D silicon chip stacks circuits on top of each other to boost computing powerBy Rich McEachran Published 2 Comments -
EngineeringNew sodium metal battery design charges in just 4 minutes and retains its capacity for yearsBy Rory Bathgate Published 8 Comments -
Electronic EngineeringScientists figured out how to shrink huge ultrafast lasers so they fit on a tiny chip — the 'holy grail' of the fieldBy Roland Moore-Colyer Published 2 Comments -
Electronic EngineeringNew device could make processors run 1,000 times faster without additional waste heat — scientists say it could reduce data center energy demandsBy Peter Ray Allison Published 16 Comments -
Electronic EngineeringIt's illegal to repair most of our devices. There's a surprising reason for that.By Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy Published -
EngineeringChina installs world's largest floating wind turbine in deep water test — it generates enough energy to power 4,200 homes annuallyBy Alan Bradley Published 9 Comments -
EngineeringNew water battery could last until the 24th century — and it can be safely discarded in the environmentBy Rory Bathgate Published 10 Comments -
EngineeringQuantum battery charges in a quadrillionth of a second with a laser — larger prototypes could last for years after charging for just a minuteBy Rory Bathgate Published 5 Comments -
EngineeringWe went to Finland to hear about the new 'sand battery' that will turn stored renewable energy back into power for the electrical gridBy Sophie Berdugo Published 6 Comments
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Robotics
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RoboticsRobot dog can climb stairs, navigate a forest and bound over logs thanks to new, rapid AI training techniqueBy Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published 2 Comments -
RoboticsScientists build tiny 'diving suit' for cockroaches, turning them into search-and-rescue cyborgsBy Sascha Pare Published -
RoboticsScientists found the optimal robot body, and it has 20 legs — watch it scale walls and move through treesBy Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published 31 Comments -
RoboticsChina's real-life 'transformer' mech is a giant humanoid robot that can switch from bounding on 4 legs to walking on 2By Alan Bradley Published -
RoboticsHumanoid robots have outpaced human runners in the half-marathon, beating the world record — here are the secrets to this astonishing featBy Alan Bradley Published 4 Comments -
RoboticsAdvanced AI-powered table-tennis-playing robot can match up to the professionals — watch it in actionBy Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published -
RoboticsThis humanoid robot does all your housework for you — and its makers say it's ready for your homeBy Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published 8 Comments -
RoboticsAI compressed billions of years of evolution into seconds to create 'Lego-like robots' that can recover even when they lose limbsBy Alan Bradley Published 3 Comments -
RoboticsHumanoid robots show off creepily impressive kung-fu moves during Lunar New Year festival in ChinaBy Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published 8 Comments
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Artificial IntelligenceStartup's 'oscillator-based' AI technology could be 1,000 times more energy efficient than conventional computingBy Adam Shepherd Published -
Excerpt'A dangerous proposition': How AI is warping the social fabric and the ways we collectively imagine the futureBy Mona Sloane Published -
Electronic EngineeringNew 3D silicon chip stacks circuits on top of each other to boost computing powerBy Rich McEachran Published 2 Comments -
RoboticsRobot dog can climb stairs, navigate a forest and bound over logs thanks to new, rapid AI training techniqueBy Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published 2 Comments -
Artificial IntelligenceAI is giving people bad money advice. Here's what I worry about most, as a finance professor.By Pawan Jain Published -
Life's Little MysteriesDoes fast charging damage your battery more than regular charging?By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published -
EngineeringNew sodium metal battery design charges in just 4 minutes and retains its capacity for yearsBy Rory Bathgate Published 8 Comments -
RoboticsScientists build tiny 'diving suit' for cockroaches, turning them into search-and-rescue cyborgsBy Sascha Pare Published -
Quantum ComputingQuantum computing wielded to create extremely rare material critical to nuclear fusionBy Tristan Greene Published -
Life's Little MysteriesAre CAPTCHAs obsolete in the age of AI?By Alice Sun Published
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