Category: Technology

SoftBank has officially announced a landmark partnership with OpenAI, committing to a hefty $3 billion per year to utilize OpenAI’s cutting-edge technology across its subsidiaries. The deal, revealed Monday, also includes the creation of a new joint venture, SB OpenAI Japan, which will exclusively market OpenAI’s enterprise solutions to top corporations in Japan. This agreement […]

The quantum computing sector is on the brink of transformation, with recent advancements showing the potential to radically outpace traditional supercomputing. Google’s latest achievement, the launch of its Willow chip, has demonstrated the unprecedented speed of quantum calculations. Willow completed a benchmark task in less than five minutes—an operation that would take one of today’s […]

President Donald Trump has called for the development of a space-based missile defense system designed to protect the U.S. from a wide range of aerial threats, including ballistic and hypersonic missiles. His executive order, issued on Monday, directs Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to present an implementation plan within 60 days. This plan includes space-based kinetic […]

OpenAI has announced a strategic partnership with U.S. National Laboratories, aiming to advance scientific research and strengthen nuclear weapons security using the company’s cutting-edge AI models. The collaboration, which involves OpenAI’s powerful reasoning-focused o1 series, will allow up to 15,000 scientists at the National Laboratories to access its advanced technology. In addition, OpenAI will team […]

Wikimedia, CC BY-SA The mere mention of Leonardo da Vinci evokes genius. We know him as a polymath whose interests spanned astronomy, geology, hydrology, engineering and physics. As a painter, his Mona Lisa and Last Supper are considered works of mastery. Yet one great achievement that frequently goes unrecognised is his studies of human anatomy. […]

Many of us have witnessed unusual and even anti-social behaviour at an airport or on a flight. These may range from benign acts such as sleeping on the floor or doing yoga in front of the flight information display system to serious incidents like early morning drunken arguments or even trying to open the aeroplane […]

The global DevOps market is on track for impressive growth, with expectations to reach £27.2 billion ($33.9 billion) by 2034, a significant leap from £10.5 billion ($13.2 billion) in 2025. This represents an annual growth rate of over 11%, according to a new report by Market Research Future (MRFR), driven by an increasing demand for […]

Competitive swimmers know that swimming underwater causes less drag resistance than swimming at the surface. Splashing around making waves isn’t the most efficient way to swim. Any energy spent creating waves is essentially wasted, as water is moved without providing forward thrust for the swimmer. New research by my colleagues and I has found evidence […]

Phemex, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Singapore, has been targeted by hackers in a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of more than $85 million in digital assets. The breach, which occurred on January 23, initially saw suspicious transactions across multiple blockchains, with initial estimates of the losses pegged at around $29 million. However, further […]

Meta has exceeded Wall Street’s expectations with a record-breaking performance in its fourth-quarter earnings for 2024. The company reported a 21% year-over-year increase in revenue, reaching $48.6 billion, alongside a 49% jump in profit, which surged to $20.8 billion. These figures were significantly higher than analysts’ forecasts, which predicted earnings of $6.75 per share on […]