China reveals military capabilities in new space solar power plant design
A senior Chinese scientist has outlined the potential military applications of space-based solar power technology, offering a rare glimpse into how energy beamed from orbit could also support surveillance and electronic warfare. Duan Baoyan, a leading architect of China’s “Zhuri” space solar power initiative, wrote in a paper published in Scientia Sinica Informationis last month, that his team had revamped the design of the giant orbital infrastructure. In addition to energy transmission, the...
China unveils handheld coil gun that works like a ‘less deadly’ pistol
China has miniaturised the technology used to make electromagnetic cannons to develop a handheld coil gun, according to state media. The weapon was designed for stealth, non-lethal operations and law enforcement, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday, adding that it could fire between 1,000 and 2,000 projectiles a minute and penetrate wooden boards from dozens of metres away. Its power levels can also be altered, meaning that on lower settings there is less chance it will kill someone and....
Humanoid robot shows speed and real skill
By now, you've no doubt seen humanoid robots run, flip and pull off impressive stunts in recent years. That alone is no longer the headline. What stands out here is how controlled and repeatable the movement appears in a non-lab setting.Engineers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, also known as KAIST, built a humanoid that runs, jumps and even moonwalks with smooth control. In a recent field test, the robot sprinted across a soccer field, kicked a ball toward the goal and cha...
Meet a former VC who has a plan to prepare American students for an AI-disrupted future
American schools are at a crossroads. Artificial intelligence companies say their technology will completely reshape the workforce, and no one knows how, as the definition of career readiness is being rewritten. Education advocate Ted Dintersmith believes the stakes couldn’t be higher. “It’s a world where all of these jobs are going to just vanish. We don’t have time to mold this for 10 years,” Dintersmith told Fortune. “Would you rather spend thousands of hours on math you...
Christian media is playing a major role in bringing young people back into the faith, religious experts say
Young people are using a combination of 21st century technology and old school storytelling to learn about the Bible and spread the good word. Young Americans, who often spend up to 10 hours a day behind computer and smartphone screens, are finding solace in Christian prayer apps and comic books, which have garnered millions of views and reads, to help them learn about the Gospel. Fox News Digital spoke with Hallow CEO and co-founder Alex Jones, Franciscan University of Steubenville President...
I’m a VC who bets on AI. What keeps me up at night isn’t the idea of these companies failing—quite the opposite
I’m going to be honest about something most VCs won’t say out loud: what keeps me up at night isn’t that the AI companies I back will fail. It’s that AI as a technology will succeed so much that it makes the business models of the companies I back completely irrelevant. We are living through a genuine step change in the industry. The advent of AI-assisted application development, known colloquially as “vibe coding,” has meant applications that once took ye...
Hong Kong-listed CaoCao hails fleet-first strategy as China’s robotaxi race gathers pace
Chinese ride-hailing company CaoCao, backed by Geely, is betting on a heavy-asset strategy to emerge as a leading robotaxi operator, with plans to deploy 100,000 autonomous vehicles by 2030 as competition intensifies and self-driving technology matures. In an interview with the South China Morning Post, CEO Gong Xin said the future of robotaxis hinged on an asset-management model built around a closed-loop “trinity” of vehicle manufacturing, autonomous driving technology and fleet...
Chinese companies started trading intelligence about US troops — newspaper
According to The Washington Post, private firms are combining AI technology with data from open sources to expose the actions of US troops
Apple at 50: Three products that changed how we live - and three that really didn't
Apple at 50: Three products that changed how we live - and three that really didn't20 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLaura CressTechnology reporterGettyFew companies have managed to define how people use technology in their everyday lives as resoundingly as Apple.The company, which celebrated its 50th birthday this week, was started by two Steves in a San Franciscan garage. It has had some truly standout successes - and some notable flops. These days, nearly one out of every...
Two more arrested for arson attack at Czech drone technology company
NewsWorldEuropeTwo more arrested for arson attack at Czech drone technology companyCzech authorities have previously announced five detentions, including those of an Egyptian and a U.S. citizenJason Hovet Saturday 04 April 2026 21:09 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,...
Iran Blasts US-Israeli Bombardment of Universities, Killing of Scientists
The US and Israel have attacked more than 30 Iranian universities since the start of this war, and murdered over 60 professors since June 2025, Minister of Science, Research and Technology Hossein Simaee Sarraf told Sputnik.
Global Helium Shortage Threatens Tech Sectors
Qatar shutting down the world's largest liquefied natural gas facility has disrupted the global helium supply, threatening medical applications, semiconductor manufacturing, and national defense technology. Pulsar Helium President Cliff Cain joins Christina Ruffini and Joe Mathieu on Bloomberg This Weekend to explain the downstream effects the prolonged conflict in the Middle East is having on the industry. (Source: Bloomberg)
What is space computing, and why move computing power into orbit?
China is accelerating the development of its space computing industry in a systematic and orderly manner, said an official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Friday.Space computing refers to deploying computing capabilities in
كل ما تريد معرفته عن استحواذ OpenAI على منصة TBPN للذكاء الاصطناعي
في خطوة غير متوقعة، أعلنت شركة OpenAI، عن استحواذها على شبكة Technology Business Programming Network (TBPN)، الشركة التي تبث برنامجًا يوميًا طويلًا لمناقشة أحدث التطورات في عالم التكنولوجيا. تأتي هذه الصفقة بعد أكثر من عشرة أشهر على استثمار OpenAI الضخم البالغ 6.4 مليار دولار في شركة الأجهزة الناشئة الخاصة بالمصمم الشهير جوني إيف. استراتيجية غامضة وسط ضغوط المستثمرين الصفقة أثارت تساؤلات واسعة حول استراتيجيات الاستحواذ لدى OpenAI، خصوصًا في ظل الخسائر المالية الكبيرة التي تتكبدها ال...
The Chinese innovation that could give Xi Jinping an 'enormous' edge in warfare that has the Pentagon scrambling
The United States has developed and deployed Artificial Intelligence on the battlefield, but there's one enormous leap in the technology that would threaten the United States.
FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP: AI could improve teaching and help deliver a world-class education to our children
Every parent seeks the best education for their child. Artificial intelligence (AI) provides access to an elite education — the highest level of human knowledge — benefiting students, families and educators alike.On March 24th and 25th, 45 nations joined me in the White House and the State Department for Fostering the Future Together’s two-day inaugural global coalition summit. Each leader shared their nation’s strategy to empower its children with technology and education. Clearly, we should em...
Optical darkness travels faster than light, scientists say
It is a commonly accepted idea that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, but this is not entirely accurate. Albert Einstein stated in 1905 that information cannot travel faster than light; however, something that is massless and devoid of information could potentially exceed this cosmic speed limit—such as “darkness” itself. A team of international scientists, led by researchers at the Technion Institute of Technology, did not measure “darkness” or the absen...
Competition or ‘co-opetition’: how is convergence shaping AI race between China and US?
There was a surprise guest speaker at Nvidia’s widely watched GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose, California, last month: Yang Zhilin, the founder of Beijing-based Moonshot AI, the developer behind the Kimi family of foundational artificial intelligence models. Amid heated rhetoric about US-China AI competition, which some have likened to an “arms race”, the participation of a Chinese AI start-up’s CEO at the flagship event of American chipmaking giant Nvidia might have struck some as.....
Artemis mission shares office space -- and physics -- with Apollo
As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the Moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge technology and lessons learned from the Apollo program 50 years ago.The nerve centre of the operation is the White Flight Control Room, where flight directors Judd Frieling and Rick Henfling oversee everything as the space travelers prepare to slingshot around the Moon on Monday using its gravitational pull, before heading home.Working up an appetite!As @AstroVicGlover gets in...
"OpenAI" تستحوذ على شبكة "TBPN"
أعلنت شركة OpenAI عن استحواذها على شبكة TBPN (Technology Business Programming Network)، في خطوة تهدف إلى توسيع نطاق النقاش العالمي حول قضايا الذكاء الاصطناعي وتعزيز قنوات التواصل مع الجمهور وصناع القرار في قطاع التكنولوجيا. وأوضحت الشركة أن هذه الخطوة تأتي في سياق سعيها إلى تطوير أساليب أكثر فاعلية في شرح التحولات التي يقودها الذكاء الاصطناعي، معتبرة أن النماذج التقليدية للتواصل لم تعد كافية لمواكبة حجم التأثير الذي تفرضه هذه التكنولوجيا على مختلف القطاعات. وتُعد TBPN منصة إعلامية متخصصة في التك...