Category: Technology

The BBC has just announced that it will start an emergency radio service for listeners in Gaza. Daily news bulletins will be produced in London and Cairo by BBC News Arabic, the corporation’s Arabic-language television service. The radio service will broadcast on medium wave, initially with a single afternoon programme from November 3, and an […]

The UK Space Agency has signed an agreement with a US company called Axiom Space to develop a space mission carrying four astronauts from the UK. The flight would most likely use the SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle and travel to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew is expected to include a reserve astronaut recently […]

Social media platforms are a great source of information and entertainment. They also help us to maintain contact with friends and family. But social media can also – and has, often – become a toxic environment for spreading disinformation, hatred and conflict. Most people can’t or don’t want to opt out of social media. Efforts […]

The significant risks that AI poses to global security are becoming clearer. That’s partly why UK prime minister Rishi Sunak is hosting other world leaders at the AI Safety summit on November 1-2 at the famous second world war code-breaking site Bletchley Park. Yet while the technology of AI is developing at an alarming pace, […]

Seagliders wing-in-ground-effect vehicles for coastal transportation to safely carriage passengers by 2025, in high-speed, and zero-emission. Regent is developing and manufacturing all-electric, passenger-carrying, wing-in-ground-effect vehicles to service coastal routes, drastically decreasing fuel costs, and maintenance. Viceroy is Regent’s flagship Seaglider, a 12-passenger vehicle operating exclusively over water, traversing the sea in one of three modes: […]

Time is one of those things that most of us take for granted. We spend our lives portioning it into work-time, family-time and me-time. Rarely do we sit and think about how and why we choreograph our lives through this strange medium. A lot of people only appreciate time when they have an experience that […]

Twenty years ago, Shoaib Akhtar became the first person recorded to bowl at 100mph (161km per hour) during the 2003 One-Day International Men’s World Cup match for Pakistan against England. There was an expectation afterwards that this feat would become a regular occurrence. As humans have continued to run faster, throw further and jump higher, […]

Airbus’ new transatlantic fleet to feature lower-emission boats.  By 2030, the new fleet will generate 50% fewer CO2 emissions than 2023. Airbus will renew the entire fleet of chartered vessels that transport aircraft subassemblies between production facilities in Europe and the United States with three modern, low-emission roll-on/roll-off (RORO) vessels, supported by wind-assisted propulsion. Airbus […]

The Ark- renovation of an old cement factory, a project involving a futuristic rooftop extension. MAD Architects unveils plans for The Ark, renovation, and a warehouse extension at an old cement factory in Shanghai, China. MAD’s renovation envisions a three-dimensional hierarchy of time and physical dimensions by juxtaposing old and new structures. Like a rising […]