Innovation
Trump’s Tariffs Haven’t Resulted in Higher Prices on Amazon—Yet
It’s been a week since President Donald Trump imposed massive tariffs on Chinese imports to the United States, but the policies haven’t forced Amazon shoppers in the US to...
These four charts sum up the state of AI and energy
A new report from the International Energy Agency digs into the details of energy and AI, and I think it’s worth looking at some of the data to help...
How a 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics
Afterward, he worked at Komatsu Manufacturing—because, he said, he liked bulldozers. But in 1974, he saw that Tomy was hiring, and he wanted to make toys. “I was told...
UK unleashes drone-zapping microwave weapon amid defence tech drive
The British Army has successfully neutralised swarms of drones in a trial of the “RapidDestroyer” — a new kind of weapon that uses high-frequency microwaves to disable critical electronic...
We need targeted policies, not blunt tariffs, to drive “American energy dominance”
MIT Technology Review’s guest opinion series, offering expert commentary on legal, political and regulatory issues related to climate change and clean energy. You can read the rest of the...
NASA has made an air traffic control system for drones
Over the past decade, NASA and industry have demonstrated to the FAA through a series of tests that drones can safely maneuver around each other by adhering to UTM....
Smashing, the reading curation app by Goodreads’ founder, shuts down | TechCrunch
Building an app dedicated to helping people aggregate and read news, articles and social media posts in one place is apparently a tough proposition these days. Smashing, an AI-powered...
Paebbl opens ‘world’s first’ demo plant that turns CO2 into dust
Paebbl has opened its first demo plant in Rotterdam as it looks to ramp up its carbon capture technology. When we visited Paebbl’s sprawling facility in June last year,...
GE Vernova’s CEO on thriving through tariffs and supply chain shifts
Amid tariff whiplash and the rejuggling of global trade, GE Vernova’s CEO Scott Strazik is finding a way to stay “relentlessly optimistic.” Strazik returns to the Rapid Response podcast...
xAI adds a ‘memory’ feature to Grok | TechCrunch
Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is slowly bringing its Grok chatbot to parity with top rivals like ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. Wednesday night, xAI announced a “memory” feature for...
