The rapid evolution of cloud computing has transformed the business landscape irrevocably. A recent study revealed that 46% of enterprises already use the public cloud, and an additional 8% plan to move more workloads to the cloud within 12 months. The trend is clear: cloud strategies are no longer just about cost savings – they’re … Read more
If President Trump has his way, the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles will soon slam into reverse. He will erase tax credits for electric-vehicle purchases, federal grants for chargers, and subsidies and loans to help retool assembly lines and build battery factories. Executive orders issued by Mr. Trump on Inauguration Day amount to a … Read more
One pterosaur species gave itself quite the makeover as it grew older and larger. Scientists have spent more than a century wondering if a large and anatomically quirky flying reptile fossil represented a distinct species from its much smaller peers. Not so, researchers report January 2 in PeerJ. The Jurassic “giant,” they argue, is a … Read more
Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter SpaceX Senegal’s first satellite hitched a lift on a SpaceX launcher in August One by one, the satellites – each of them encrusted with a hodge-podge of solar panels and other gizmos – detached from their mothership. They had blasted off from Earth just an hour earlier, on 16 August. The … Read more
Shares of Rivian and other electric vehicle companies fell after US President Donald Trump issued an executive order targeting the EV industry. As part of his flurry of first-day actions, US President Donald Trump took aim at electric vehicles, a cornerstone of the Biden administration’s climate change agenda. Trump’s executive order on “Unleashing American Energy” … Read more
Apple is closing in on an investment plan deal with Indonesian authorities that would allow it to resume iPhone 16 sales in the country, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Indonesia banned sales of the device in October, claiming Apple had failed to comply with local manufacturing requirements of 35% domestic content for smartphones and tablets. Apple … Read more
From wiping up spills to serving up food, robots are being taught to carry out increasingly complicated household tasks. Many such home-bot trainees are learning through imitation; they are programmed to copy the motions that a human physically guides them through. It turns out that robots are excellent mimics. But unless engineers also program them … Read more
The first Galaxy Unpacked of 2025 is happening today! By now, most of you probably know what Samsung is about to launch at the event. The star of the show will obviously be the highly-anticipated Galaxy S25 series, but that’s not all we’re expecting Samsung to announce. Here’s a quick roundup of everything we think … Read more
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs told lawmakers that he would prioritize efforts to improve VA’s rollout of its troubled electronic health record system if confirmed to the post. Former Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., told members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Tuesday that he was committed to looking … Read more
Imagine attending a funeral where the person who has died speaks directly to you, answering your questions and sharing memories. This happened at the funeral of Marina Smith, a Holocaust educator who died in 2022. Thanks to an AI technology company called StoryFile, Smith seemed to interact naturally with her family and friends. The system … Read more
