To grow, or to grow less? The PC industry is not growing (outside of Cupertino), and Apple and its investors already know that the inordinately high customer satisfaction ratings its platforms enjoy mean that when people…
GPS often struggles in cities because skyscrapers reflect and block satellite signals, leading to inaccurate locations. A new system called SmartNav tackles the problem with advanced corrections and 3D city modeling, delivering near-centimeter-level precision. Credit:…
While the Home Office says face scanning is designed to be an “additional” tool for border officers and won’t “replace or overrule human judgment,” it did not answer questions about how it plans to use…
“The reference to deemed exports is important, because traditionally that would apply to source code, technology, or technical knowledge being transferred,” he said. “In this case, the thing crossing borders is not necessarily the model…
Artist’s illustration of MoOCl2, whose unusual optical response allows light to be steered very differently depending on direction. The study found one of the strongest reported light-bending effects for a natural material in the visible…
Late last week, Anthropic took its new Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models offline following a United States government export-control directive barring “any foreign national” from using the services. The company has been…
What ties the roster together more than any title or office is a shared preoccupation with artificial intelligence, longevity, and the near future. Asked on a sign-up form to predict the future, registrants returned again…
OpenAI has signed a partnership agreement with Visa that allows the company’s AI agents to use the payment card for e-commerce transactions. The agreements lets users shop for everything from groceries and diapers to airline…
The artificial photosynthesis system produces formic acid from carbon dioxide and water. The right image shows the group’s unique electrolyzer. Credit: Osaka Metropolitan University A self-regulating artificial photosynthesis system makes solar fuel without batteries, offering…
Meta is testing face-recognition software built by a company that sells surveillance tools to police departments and the United States military, as it explores bringing the technology to its smart glasses, WIRED has learned. The…
