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2026’s Breakthrough Technologies? MIT Technology Review Chooses Sodium-ion Batteries, Commercial Space Stations – Slashdot
As 2026 begins, MIT Technology Review publishes "educated guesses" on emerging technologies that will define the future, advances "we think will drive progress or incite the most change — for better or worse — in the years ahead."This...
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Trump administration’s legal setbacks are good news for offshore wind — and the grid | TechCrunch
The Trump administration suffered a series of legal setbacks this week after judges allowed work to restart on several offshore wind farms under construction on the East Coast.The Department of the Interior had ordered a stop to five projects...
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Pesticides May Drastically Shorten Fish Lifespans, Study Finds – Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Even low levels of common agricultural pesticides can stunt the long-term lifespan of fish, according to research led by Jason Rohr, a biologist at the University of Notre Dame...
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OpenAI says it will start testing ads on ChatGPT in the coming weeks
OpenAI announced Friday that it will begin testing ads on ChatGPT in the coming weeks, opening the door to another potential revenue stream for the AI company in addition to its subscription-based models. The ads will...
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Watch This Bipedal Robot Stop Itself From Falling With a Hoop Skirt!
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for...
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Meat may play an unexpected role in helping people reach 100
Longevity pioneers like Bryan Johnson are going to extreme lengths in the quest for immortality, but for those of...
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Ashley St Clair, mother of Elon Musk’s child, sues xAI over Grok deepfakes
Liv McMahonTechnology reporterBBCAshley St Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk's children, has sued his company xAI over sexualised deepfakes of her created on social media platform X.The lawsuit filed in New York on Thursday alleges the Grok...
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Use film-style age ratings to limit teens’ social media, say Lib Dems
The Liberal Democrats have proposed introducing film-style age ratings to limit which social media apps children can access.Under the party's plan, platforms that use addictive algorithmic feeds or host "inappropriate content" would be restricted to users over 16 years...
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‘They are essential’ – how smoke detectors are evolving
Chris BaraniukTechnology ReporterMcConnell FamilyOne of the biggest developments in the fire alarm space in recent years has been the rise of smart tech – wi-fi connected alarms that reach you by phone, for example, if they sense smoke while...
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This chip can make future phones thinner and faster through tiny ‘earthquakes’
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder, University of Arizona, and Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new device that generates controlled vibrations on the surface of a microchip. These waves could help future smartphones become thinner, faster, and...
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Faisal Islam: Trump’s Greenland threats to allies are without parallel
Faisal IslamEconomics editorGetty ImagesUS President Donald Trump's apparently coercive threat to force Western allies not to oppose his proposed...