Category: Technology

NEW YORK — IBM has launched watsonx AI Labs, a new innovation hub in Manhattan aimed at advancing the development and deployment of agentic artificial intelligence solutions for enterprises. The initiative, announced this week, marks a major step in IBM’s strategy to scale responsible AI adoption across industries—and further establish New York City as a […]

SHENZHEN — Chinese consumer electronics firm Honor, a former Huawei subsidiary, announced ambitious plans to enter the humanoid robotics space as part of its newly launched $10 billion AI development initiative, marking a major expansion beyond smartphones. The announcement came during the launch of the new Honor 400 smartphone series, where the company detailed its […]

LONDON — The United Kingdom has formally acknowledged cyberwarfare as a central component of its national defense strategy, as outlined in its 2025 Strategic Defence Review (SDR) published on June 2, 2025. For the first time, the UK is openly integrating cyber operations, artificial intelligence (AI), and electromagnetic warfare (CyberEM) into its broader military doctrine […]

In the age of distributed workforces, cloud-first infrastructures, and data that spans across on-premises and remote environments, cybersecurity is facing a seismic shift. Once-reliable safeguards like firewalls and VPNs are no longer enough to secure today’s digital enterprise. Even more concerning, these traditional defenses have not only become obsolete in certain contexts—they have become attack […]

Vadim Sadovski/Shutterstock The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe — a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang into existence. But what if this was not the beginning at all? What if our universe emerged from something else — something more familiar and radical at the same time? […]

The rolling hills of Umbria present an idyllic view of some of Italy’s finest and oldest olive groves. Now these ancient orchards are helping to combat food fraud, a problem that is costing the EU between €8 and €12 billion every year. Umbrian olive oil producers are providing a group of EU-funded researchers and food […]

Be afraid, be very … FOTOKITA Will quantum computers crack cryptographic codes and cause a global security disaster? You might certainly get that impression from a lot of news coverage, the latest of which reports new estimates that it might be 20 times easier to crack such codes than previously thought. Cryptography underpins the security […]

Big tech sharing economy platforms like Airbnb and Uber are marketed as trustworthy, but a new book by a South African media scholar argues that they are highly vulnerable to scammers who spread delusive speech (a form of disinformation, designed to deceive by criminal intent). Julie Reid draws from first-hand accounts and over 600 cases […]

OpenAI is acquiring LoveFrom io, the AI-focused hardware startup founded by renowned iPhone designer Jony Ive, in a deal valued at just over $6 billion. The acquisition marks a major step in OpenAI’s expansion into consumer hardware, as it seeks to compete with tech rivals including Google, Anthropic, and Elon Musk’s xAI in the race […]

Telkom Indonesia has partnered with Gadjah Mada University (UGM) to develop an innovative earthquake detection system that leverages the company’s existing subsea cable infrastructure. By integrating Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) technology, this initiative aims to enhance early warning capabilities for seismic events in Indonesia’s coastal regions. Harnessing DAS Technology for Earthquake Detection DAS technology utilizes […]