Engineers are translating the principles of origami and kirigami into commercial technologies, as advances in mathematical modelling and materials science move paper-folding concepts from laboratory experiments towards industrial application. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, researchers have developed 3D-printed materials divided into square tiles
Nvidia has agreed a $2bn investment in Lumentum Holdings as part of
A growing behavioural trend is prompting users and experts alike to reconsider
Japan’s position within the global technology hierarchy is undergoing renewed scrutiny as
The global technology sector is confronting a new inflection point as artificial
Lamborghini has shelved plans to launch its first fully electric supercar, signalling a strategic recalibration
Major technology companies are set to commit to financing and securing their own power supplies
The United States is developing an online portal that could intensify tensions with the European
China’s brain-computer interface sector is shifting from laboratory research to early-stage commercialisation, as coordinated policy
Nvidia is close to finalising a $30 billion investment in OpenAI as part of a
The UK government has proposed new legislation requiring technology platforms to remove intimate images shared
The United States has secured access to one of the world’s richest tantalum deposits in
A data exposure linked to a major Middle Eastern finance gathering has raised fresh concerns
Artificial intelligence’s most commercially valuable battleground moved into prime time during this year’s Super Bowl, as leading developers used advertising slots to promote coding tools rather than consumer chatbots. The campaign shift
Hollywood studios and industry groups are mounting legal and public opposition to Seedance 2.0, a new AI video generator launched by ByteDance, arguing that the tool facilitates widespread copyright infringement. The dispute marks an escalation in tensions between global technology
Newly released Justice Department documents connected to Jeffrey Epstein have offered an unexpected window into Silicon Valley’s electric vehicle boom, revealing how previously obscure
Elon Musk has unveiled a bold new strategic vision that repositions his aerospace and artificial intelligence businesses around lunar infrastructure, proposing “Moonbase Alpha” as
Despite rapid advancements and heightened competition, China’s bid to surpass the United States in artificial intelligence development faces significant structural challenges that could slow its progress over the next several years. Leading figures in China’s AI sector have expressed cautious views about the prospect
Food fraud continues to cost the global economy an estimated £81bn a year, even as testing technologies become more sophisticated. Experts say the persistence of the problem reflects regulatory gaps, economic incentives and the practical limits of high-tech monitoring systems. Commonly consumed and high-value
Meta Platforms has criticised European Union antitrust regulators after being formally charged with breaching competition rules over its policy that blocks rival artificial intelligence services from its WhatsApp messaging platform, a dispute highlighting regulatory pressure on dominant global tech firms. The European Commission sent
Generative artificial intelligence is accelerating the production of digital content at a scale that is reshaping how information is absorbed and acted upon across the global technology sector. As GenAI tools become embedded in everyday workflows, the sheer volume of machine-generated material is emerging
An Australian travel company’s use of artificial intelligence to generate online content inadvertently directed tourists to a hot spring destination in Tasmania that does not exist, illustrating emerging challenges at the intersection
Google’s latest software rollout for its Pixel smartphones has triggered reports of widespread technical problems, prompting industry and user concerns about the company’s update processes and the stability of its Android ecosystem.
Regulators across multiple jurisdictions have stepped up scrutiny of Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after reports that it generated sexualised images without consent, placing global technology governance
An AI-generated British schoolgirl character has unexpectedly become a viral symbol across far-right social media channels, illustrating the unpredictable dynamics of synthetic media in online ecosystems. The trend has drawn attention from
Meta Platforms has reported early results from its newly established artificial intelligence laboratory, part of a strategic push to strengthen its position in foundational AI research amid intensifying competition in global technology.
BMW Group is advancing preparations for the world premiere of the BMW iX3 Long Wheelbase, a new electric Sports Activity Vehicle tailored primarily for China and underpinned by the company’s latest Neue
OpenAI is rolling out a new age prediction feature on ChatGPT designed to estimate whether an account likely belongs to someone under 18 so that additional safety safeguards are automatically applied, part
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, integrated with the social media platform X, has drawn intense global scrutiny after its image-generation and editing functions were used to create non-consensual and sexually explicit