2025-10-23

Nike pitches robotic sneakers and mind-altering mules

Nike is no stranger to a unique footwear concept, be it self-lacing shoes or a "Hyperboot" that can speed up recovery. The company claims its Project Amplify and new "neuroscience-based [...]

2025-10-23

Sakana AI's CTO says he's 'absolutely sick' of transformers, the tech that powers every major AI model

In a striking act of self-critique, one of the architects of the transformer technology that powers ChatGPT, Claude, and virtually every major AI system told an audience of industry leaders this week [...]

2025-10-23

China's latest five-year plan aims for technological self-reliance

China's new five-year plan — an overarching policy proposal for the next term of Chinese Communist Party leadership — is focused on making the nation technologically self-reliant and less vul [...]

2025-10-22

Resistant Bacteria Are Advancing Faster Than Antibiotics

One in six laboratory-confirmed bacteria in 2023 proved resistant to antibiotic treatment, according to the World Health Organization—all related to a variety of common diseases globally. [...]

2025-10-22

Google has a useful quantum algorithm that outperforms a supercomputer

An approach it calls "quantum echoes" takes 13,000 times longer on a supercomputer. [...]

2025-10-22

NASA’s Boss Just Shook Up the Agency’s Plans to Land on the Moon

Sean Duffy called out SpaceX for being “behind schedule” on a lunar lander and said he’d explore other options. [...]

2025-10-22

First Partner to the Stars: Muon Space Adopts Starlink Lasers for Millisecond Data Transfer

By integrating Starlink's mini laser technology, Muon Space will eliminate ground station bottlenecks to build a high-speed, real-time network in orbit. [...]

2025-10-22

Google says it made a breakthrough toward practical quantum computing

Enabled by the introduction of its Willow quantum chip last year, Google today claims it's conducted breakthrough research that confirms it can create real-world applications for quantum computer [...]

2025-10-22

New Report Finds Efforts to Slow Climate Change Are Working—Just Not Fast Enough

By virtually every key metric, efforts to fight climate change are going too slowly, according to findings by a coalition of climate groups. In some cases, things are moving in the wrong direction. [...]