Around 5.8 million refugee children did not attend school in 2025, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR, leaving 44 per cent of the world’s 13.2 million school-age refugee children without
Two senior leaders at Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture xAI have stepped down, marking the latest high-profile departures from the company as it seeks to close the gap with dominant players in
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China’s ByteDance is developing its own artificial intelligence chip and is in discussions with Samsung Electronics to manufacture it, according to people familiar with the matter, in a move that underscores intensifying
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Archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence that the first humans to inhabit the High Arctic were not merely surviving at the edge of the world, but actively transforming it. Newly discovered archaeological sites
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The idea that artificial intelligence could one day manage personal finances no longer belongs to science fiction. Millions of people already consult large language models for everything from budgeting tips to stock
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MI5 has issued a stark warning to UK universities over growing interference from China and other “hostile states,” highlighting attempts to sway research, intimidate staff, and shape academic discourse. Last week, more
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One high-profile example involves the TruDi Navigation System, a surgical guidance device used in sinus operations. In 2021, Acclarent, then a unit of Johnson & Johnson, announced it had added machine-learning software
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India has moved to fundamentally reshape how it supports deep tech startups, acknowledging that companies building frontier technologies take far longer to mature than conventional ventures. In a significant policy shift, the
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Artificial intelligence dominated the 2026 Super Bowl advertising slate, not just as a tool behind the scenes but as the central theme, product, and even punchline of the night. Following last year’s
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Nearly five decades into one of the most influential literary careers of the modern era, Haruki Murakami still begins every novel the same way: without a plan. As he explained in a
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Is the world already sliding into a global conflict without quite realizing it? That is the unsettling question posed by Shyam Sankar, the outspoken chief technology officer of Palantir, whose new book
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China had 602 million users of generative artificial intelligence (AI) by December 2025, a 141.7 percent increase from the previous year, according to the 57th Statistical Report on China’s Internet Development released
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Two studies published in Nature Health on 6 February reveal that cheap, readily available AI chatbots, or large language models (LLMs), can enhance clinical decision-making and even outperform trained doctors in controlled,
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Half a century has passed since Concorde lifted off with paying passengers for the first time, yet the anniversary feels less like a celebration and more like a quiet admission of loss.
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Anthropic is spending millions of dollars on commercials during Sunday night’s National Football League championship game to take a public swipe at rival OpenAI, escalating one of the most visible clashes yet
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The internet has always been powered by a simple, humbling impulse: the need to ask a question we are slightly embarrassed not to know the answer to. Long before algorithms curated feeds
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