Category: Technology

The laboratory, funded by the UK government’s investments in ESA, will be used to assemble the optical benches for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission. To meet mission deadlines ESA is supporting the construction of the new lab and clean rooms at the Science and Technology Facility Council’s (STFC) UK ATC site in Edinburgh. […]

Estonia is set to launch an ambitious AI initiative, “AI Leap,” aimed at equipping students and teachers with essential digital skills using AI tools like an educational version of ChatGPT. The program will begin in September 2025, initially reaching 20,000 high school students and 3,000 teachers. By 2026, the initiative is expected to expand to […]

Not long ago I attended a concert. It was a band that I had been waiting a while to see and so I was excited to be there in the crowd. Part way through, they played my favourite song and I noticed that I felt something different. It felt like a pinnacle moment where the […]

Further information The projects Stability of the South African power grid: a data-driven statistical physics-based approach Queen Mary University of London International Stellenbosch University University of the Free State South Africa’s reliance on coal-fired power leaves millions without reliable electricity, with frequent load shedding disrupting society and the economy. This project uses advanced modelling and […]

Seattle-based startup Edera has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round to advance its innovative Kubernetes workload isolation technology. The round, led by Microsoft’s M12 Venture Fund, also attracted investments from Mantis VC, In-Q-Tel (IQT), and other venture firms, bringing Edera’s total funding to $20 million. Founded by Emily Long, a former Chainguard […]

Skybox Security, a cybersecurity firm that raised over $300 million in funding, has abruptly shut down, laying off its entire workforce of around 300 employees across Israel and the United States. The closure follows the sale of the company’s business and technology assets to its rival, Israeli firm Tufin. The shutdown was announced by Skybox […]

There are many risks associated with taking expired medicine and with not properly disposing of medication. JGI/Tom Grill When last did a headache have you reaching into your medicine cabinet – and finding a bottle of aspirin that expired three years ago? Did you take it anyway? And, if you decided instead to get rid […]

The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) ISIS Neutron and Muon Source (ISIS) and the National Research Council of Italy, or Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), have a long-standing and successful partnership. In 2024, the two organisations celebrated 40 years of collaboration through events at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK and in Rome. […]

Following the breakthrough launch of DeepSeek’s R1 model, which has shaken the AI landscape with its low-cost, efficient approach, Chinese tech giants have ramped up their orders for Nvidia’s AI chips. According to Reuters, companies like Tencent, Alibaba, and ByteDance have significantly increased their demand for Nvidia’s H20 chips, which remain unaffected by the US […]

Apple has announced a bold $500 billion investment plan over the next four years, signaling a major push for innovation and U.S.-based manufacturing. The investment will include the construction of a large artificial intelligence (AI) server factory in Texas and the creation of 20,000 research and development jobs nationwide. In collaboration with Foxconn, Apple plans […]