2025-07-16

How Social Media Is Fueling Gen Z’s Sex Recession

For her new book, journalist Carter Sherman interviewed over 100 young people about why they’re not having sex. She says they’re “very horny” but also more isolated, self-conscious, and fearfu [...]

2025-07-16

Exclusive: German startup takes on ‘solar-only’ rivals with energy-as-a-service model

German startup Enerkii has launched an energy-as-a-service model that aims to cut power bills in half for industrial customers — and decarbonise them in the process. The model uses an in-house opera [...]

2025-07-16

Over Half of Teens Regularly Use AI Companions. Here's Why That's Not Ideal

The study by Common Sense Media also found that nearly a third of teens are as satisfied, if not more, by conversing with AI rather than humans. [...]

2025-07-16

ESA spaceplane project revives bankrupt firm’s hypersonic engine

A bankrupt company’s propulsion system for hypersonic planes is being revived by Invictus, a new European Space Agency (ESA)-backed project aiming to build and fly a hydrogen-powered spaceplane by 2 [...]

2025-07-16

Why I want the EU to pause the AI Act — as a climate advocate

“There is no stop the clock. There is no grace period. There is no pause.” So said Thomas Regnier, a spokesman for the European Commission, in response to calls for a pause on the EU’s AI Act. T [...]

2025-07-16

This cargo ship is turning its CO2 emissions into green cement

A giant cargo ship is trapping carbon from its exhaust and turning it into cement for use in onshore construction. The technology, developed by UK startup Seabound, is billed as the world’s first co [...]

2025-07-16

The next Made by Google event is on August 20

Google will host its next Made by Google event on August 20, the company announced today. In a media invite the search giant shared with Engadget, it promised the event would feature new Pixel phones, [...]

2025-07-16

Steam now bans games that violate the 'rules and standards' of payment processors and banks

Steam has added a new rule to its guidelines that has resulted in certain games getting banned, according to a report by Automaton. The new clause states that "content that may violate the rules [...]

2025-07-16

Norwegian investment firm joins AI gold rush to the frozen north

Norwegian industrial investment firm Aker has announced plans to build an AI “factory” in the Arctic. It’s the latest company heading to the far north to tap into abundant green energy and natur [...]