In 2005, futurist Ray Kurzweil made a bold prediction: by 2045, machines would be smarter than humans. He called this moment the “singularity.” It sounded like science fiction, but Kurzweil’s ideas caught the attention of many, especially in Silicon Valley. Now, Kurzweil is updating his prediction. In his new book,
Chinese scientists have made a big discovery that could help future astronauts live on the Moon by creating water from lunar soil. Their groundbreaking method was published in a scientific journal and is getting a lot of attention because it might solve one of the biggest challenges of setting up
Big Tech’s dream of advancing AI is coming with a huge, often overlooked cost: electricity. The amount of power that companies like Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Apple use to run their data centers is staggering—so much so that their energy consumption is now on par with entire countries. A recent
In the heart of Nuremberg, Germany, a high-tech orb designed to scan people’s irises is part of an ambitious project called Worldcoin, which aims to create a global identity system to differentiate humans from AI. Backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, this futuristic venture has drawn both excitement and criticism, with
Scientists have discovered that mayonnaise, the common kitchen condiment, could play a surprising role in cracking the code for nuclear fusion, a process that could provide limitless clean energy. When compressed and heated, mayo behaves in ways that mimic the unstable plasma needed for fusion, helping researchers better understand and
In a groundbreaking speech, National Academy of Sciences president Marcia McNutt warned that the U.S. is losing its position as a global leader in science, with China quickly catching up. This decline, she said, threatens not only the economy but also national security. McNutt highlighted how the U.S. once dominated
A federal judge has just ruled that Google broke the law by creating a monopoly on online searches, a major victory for US antitrust authorities. The court found that Google, which controls a staggering 89% of the search market and 95% on mobile, used its power unfairly by paying billions
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has made a dramatic move by removing WhatsApp from his phone and urging his supporters to do the same, claiming the app is being misused by “fascists” to incite violence against his government. In a fiery televised speech, Maduro denounced WhatsApp as a tool of “technological
A23a, the world’s largest iceberg, has baffled scientists by getting trapped in a spinning vortex just north of Antarctica, instead of drifting away as expected. This iceberg, larger than Greater London, was supposed to be racing north in the powerful Antarctic Circumpolar Current, but instead, it’s caught in a giant