The UK just signed an AI deal with ElevenLabs to make government services accessible in any language and any voice

The UK government and ElevenLabs have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore how voice AI can improve public services, deepen safety research, and build AI talent in the UK. The MoU, signed [...]

20 figures who changed history but are rarely taught in school

From a medieval Islamic engineer to a Black NASA mathematician, these overlooked figures altered the course of science, politics, and human rights in ways most schools never mention [...]

China just approved the world’s first commercial brain implant. The race with Neuralink is no longer theoretical.

Controlling a machine with your mind used to be science fiction. Now it is a regulated medical product, at least in China. Earlier this year, China’s National Medical Products Administration approve [...]

Your empty cuppa could capture carbon

Polystyrene can be upcycled into carbon sponge material. [...]

The Devil Wears Prada, and for Artemis IV, So Will Astronauts

The inner lining on Prada's spacesuits will keep astronauts comfortable and protected from the often harsh temperatures on the moon. [...]

Longevity Startup Doses First Human in Bid to Reverse Age-Related Sight Loss

It'll be the first time ER-100 technology they claim can reverse aging in cells has been tested on a human [...]

Gold isn’t inert, it just has bodyguards protecting it

Individual gold atoms move around to form oxidation-proof structures. [...]

15 pieces of technology that would have seemed like science fiction in 2005

Smartphones, mRNA vaccines, reusable rockets, language models — the past 20 years produced technologies that experts said were decades away or simply impossible [...]

NASA Names Its Artemis III Crew for Crucial Moon Mission Testing

Two months after the rousing success of the Artemis II mission, NASA introduces four new astronauts. But a recent rocket explosion raises questions about timing. [...]