Category: Technology

The solar corona viewed by Proba-3, a European Space Agency-led mission. ESA/Proba-3/ASPIICS/WOW algorithm, CC BY-NC-SA When a solar storm strikes Earth, it can disrupt technology that’s vital for our daily lives. Solar storms occur when magnetic fields and electrically charged particles collide with the Earth’s magnetic field. This type of event falls into the category […]

For as long as humans have buried their dead, they’ve dreamed of keeping them close. The ancient Fayum portraits – those stunningly lifelike images wrapped in Egyptian mummies – captured faces meant to remain present even after life had left the body. Effigies across cultures served the same purpose: to make the absent present, to […]

KYIV / LYON — International law enforcement agencies have delivered a major blow to the Black Basta ransomware syndicate, a “transnational hacker group” responsible for over 600 high-profile cyberattacks and hundreds of millions in extorted cryptocurrency. Following coordinated raids in Western Ukraine on January 15, 2026, authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for the […]

Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse was meant to reimagine how we interact with each other and the world, providing us with an immersive world where we could seamlessly combine digital and physical information. The parent company, renamed Meta along the way, had begun introducing headsets and reimagining everyday computing with its Project Orion augmented-reality […]

The red-nosed cuxiu is endangered. Cavan-Images/Shutterstock Look down at the rainforest floor. Rotting flowers shift under the assault of tiny petal-eating beetles. Vividly coloured fungi pop up everywhere like the strange sculptures of a madly productive ceramicist. Look in front of you and heliconias and calatheas, tropical plants familiar from garden centres and greenhouses, vie […]

Autonomous vehicles have made remarkable progress over the past decade. Driverless cars and buses that once struggled to stay in lane can now navigate busy city streets, recognise pedestrians and cyclists, and respond smoothly to traffic signals. Yet one challenge remains stubbornly difficult. The hardest situations on the road are not the common ones but […]

The return of humans to the British Isles after the end of the last ice sheet, which covered much of the northern hemisphere, happened around 15,200 years ago – nearly 500 years earlier than previous estimates. This movement of people coincided with a sharp rise in summer temperatures in southern Britain, research by our group […]

MEMPHIS, TENN. — In a milestone that redefines the sheer physical scale of artificial intelligence development, Elon Musk’s xAI has officially brought Colossus 2 online.2 Confirmed on Saturday, January 17, 2026, the facility has become the first AI training cluster in the world to reach 1-gigawatt (GW) power capacity.3+1 The activation marks a significant leap […]

REDMOND, WA — Microsoft has officially entered the next frontier of retail with the debut of Copilot Checkout, a sophisticated conversational commerce tool designed to transform static e-commerce sites into interactive shopping experiences. Announced on January 14, 2026, the platform allows brands to deploy custom “shopping agents” that guide consumers from initial discovery to final […]