Big Tech Turns to Fossil Fuels for AI Growth
Big Tech’s artificial intelligence race is putting new pressure on its climate promises. After years of presenting themselves as leaders in sustainability, companies including Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta are facing a harder reality: the infrastructure required to power AI is driving emissions higher. Google and Amazon’s latest...
Canada Picks German Submarine Technology for Arctic Defence
Canada’s decision to buy 12 advanced German submarines marks a major defence technology shift, with Ottawa choosing ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems over...
Zuckerberg’s AI Agent Push Slows at Meta
Meta’s aggressive shift towards AI agents is running into a more complicated reality. After months of investment, restructuring and staff changes,...
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IBM Unveils Next-Generation AI Chip Technology
IBM has unveiled what it describes as the world's first semiconductor technology capable of producing chips smaller than one nanometre, marking a...
Memory Chip Demand Lifts SK Hynix
SK Hynix has surpassed Samsung Electronics to become South Korea’s most valuable listed company, marking a significant shift in the country’s...
AI Memory Crunch Reaches Apple Supply
The artificial intelligence boom is creating unprecedented pressure on global memory chip supplies, with shortages now extending beyond smaller...
Alibaba Expands AI Strategy Into Robotics
Alibaba has unveiled its first suite of artificial intelligence models designed specifically for robots, marking a significant expansion of its AI...
UK Social Media Ban Reshapes Digital Future
The United Kingdom’s decision to ban children under 16 from accessing major social media platforms marks one of the most significant interventions in...
Enterprise Software Security Faces Global Scrutiny
A reported cyberattack targeting Oracle PeopleSoft servers at more than 100 organisations is drawing renewed attention to the security risks embedded...
Nvidia, LG Link Robotics With Datacentres
Nvidia is deepening its relationship with LG Group as the artificial intelligence hardware race expands from chips into robotics systems and...
Google Cloud’s AI Security Advice Faces Scrutiny
Google Cloud’s warnings over enterprise AI security are exposing a wider problem for the technology sector: the platforms urging companies to govern...
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Inside Huawei’s Sanctions-Era Chipmaking Bet
Huawei’s latest semiconductor strategy shows how China’s technology sector is trying to turn constraint into engineering direction. At a symposium in...
SpaceX Listing Turns AI Into Infrastructure
SpaceX’s planned Nasdaq debut places artificial intelligence at the centre of one of the most ambitious technology listings ever attempted. The...
AI Investment Clusters Around Domestic Champions
Artificial intelligence investment is proving less borderless than the language of global technology competition often suggests. New research into...
AI Rivalry Reorders Global Power
The contest between the United States and China over artificial intelligence has moved beyond commercial competition into a struggle over strategic...
OpenAI Sketches New Terms For Work
OpenAI has set out a policy vision for an economy reshaped by advanced artificial intelligence, combining market-oriented growth with proposals aimed...
Open Source Breach Exposes Trust Weaknesses
A brief compromise of one of the web’s most widely used open-source projects has exposed how deeply software security can depend on personal trust as...
Europe Pushes Ahead in Humanoid Robotics
Europe has faced challenges in the global tech race, particularly lagging behind China in the electric vehicle market and struggling to catch up in...
Millennium Technology Prize Recognizes Lasting Tech Impact
The Millennium Technology Prize, awarded by Technology Academy Finland, is one of the most prestigious recognitions for technological innovations...
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Chinese Tech Firms Turn to Hong Kong for Global Expansion
Mainland Chinese technology companies are increasingly establishing operations in Hong Kong as they seek to navigate geopolitical tensions and expand...
AI Adoption Rises Despite Deepening Trust Deficit
Artificial intelligence usage is accelerating across the United States, yet public confidence in the technology continues to lag behind its growing...
Regulators Reconsider Tech’s Cognitive Trade-Offs
Governments are coming under growing pressure to treat digital platforms and AI tools as a developmental policy issue rather than a narrow technology...
Helium crunch hits global tech production
A tightening supply of helium linked to the Middle East conflict is beginning to disrupt parts of the global technology supply chain, exposing how...
Nvidia accelerates race for autonomous future
Nvidia is expanding its presence in autonomous vehicle technology through new partnerships with global automakers, signalling a broader push to...
Britain bets big on future technologies
The UK government has committed £2.5bn to artificial intelligence and quantum computing, as part of a strategy aimed at strengthening domestic...
European Firms Challenge EU Tech Independence Push
European companies are warning policymakers in Brussels that efforts to reduce dependence on American technology providers could create operational...
Ford launches AI assistant for fleets
Ford has introduced a new artificial intelligence assistant designed to help commercial fleet operators analyse vehicle data and improve operational...