Innovation
Return of the dire wolf? More like a Colossal case of conservation-washing
US biotech startup Colossal Biosciences has resurrected the dire wolf — or at least that’s what the company would like you to believe. Social media is abuzz with viral...
Labor Leaders Fear Elon Musk and DOGE Could Gain Access to Whistleblower Files
In the memo, the AFL-CIO highlights some two dozen accidents and alleged safety issues reported at Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company since 2016 as the basis for its...
An answer to AI’s energy addiction? More AI, says the IEA
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published its first major report on the AI gold rush’s impact on global energy consumption — and its findings paint a worrying, and...
The Download: AI co-creativity, and what Trump’s tariffs mean for batteries
Existing generative tools can automate a striking range of creative tasks and offer near-instant gratification—but at what cost? Some artists and researchers fear that such technology could turn us...
How AI can help supercharge creativity
He’s far from the only researcher worrying about the cognitive impact of these technologies. In February a team at Microsoft Research Cambridge published a report concluding that generative AI...
Defence tech startup ARX targets 1,800 land drones a year at new UK plant
German startup ARX Robotics has announced plans to invest £45mn into a new UK facility, where it will build autonomous battlefield robots for deployment in war zones around the world....
Spotify CEO’s Neko Health opens its biggest body-scan clinic yet
Body-scanning startup Neko Health has opened its largest clinic yet, continuing its expansion in London — just six months after launching its first site in the city. The futuristic...
Tariffs are bad news for batteries
Since Donald Trump announced his plans for sweeping tariffs last week, the vibes have been, in a word, chaotic. Markets have seen one of the quickest drops in the...
BYD Launches Denza in Europe—Another Mighty Impressive EV Brand the US Won’t Get
Denza was originally founded in 2010 as a joint venture between BYD and Mercedes-Benz, launching its first car into the Chinese market in 2014. Now wholly owned by BYD,...
Mews leads top 10 funding rounds in rough quarter for Dutch tech
Hospitality software firm Mews raised Dutch tech’s biggest funding round in the first quarter of 2025, in what was a tough start to the year for the sector. Dutch startups...
