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A new device concept opens the door to compact, high-performance transistors with built-in memory.

From robotics to apps like “NerdXing,” senior Julianna Schneider is building technologies to solve problems in her community.

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This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to bury their batteries. In the past decade, China has seen an EV boom, thanks in part to government support. Buying an electric…

Read the round-up from our ninth annual Digital Ethics Summit.

On 16 December 2025, the UK government published the UK Security Export Statistics 2024, outlining the latest trends in the security sector’s international sales. The report highlights cyber security as the dominant segment of UK security exports, underlining its expanding global importance.

A new approach is making it easier to visualize lifelike 3D environments from everyday photos already shared online, opening new possibilities in industries such as gaming, virtual tourism and cultural preservation.

Generative AIs may not be as creative as we assume. Publishing in the journal Patterns, researchers show that when image-generating and image-describing AIs pass the same descriptive scene back and forth, they quickly veer off topic.

CSAIL researchers find even “untrainable” neural nets can learn effectively when guided by another network’s built-in biases using their guidance method.

In August 2025, Wang Lei decided it was finally time to say goodbye to his electric vehicle. Wang, who is 39, had bought the car in 2016, when EVs still felt experimental in Beijing. It was a compact Chinese brand. The subsidies were good, and the salesman talked about “supporting domestic innovation.” At the time,…

In just a couple of weeks, we’ll be bidding farewell to 2025. And what a year it has been! Artificial intelligence is being incorporated into more aspects of our lives, weight-loss drugs have expanded in scope, and there have been some real “omg” biotech stories from the fields of gene therapy, IVF, neurotech, and more.   …

This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The 8 worst technology flops of 2025 Welcome to our annual list of the worst, least successful, and simply dumbest technologies of the year. We like to think there’s a lesson in every…

Welcome to our annual list of the worst, least successful, and simply dumbest technologies of the year. This year, politics was a recurring theme. Donald Trump swept back into office and used his executive pen to reshape the fortunes of entire sectors, from renewables to cryptocurrency. The wrecking-ball act began even before his inauguration, when…

Judging from headlines and social media posts in recent years, one might reasonably assume that AI is going to fix the power grid, cure the world’s diseases, and finish my holiday shopping for me. But maybe there’s just a whole lot of hype floating around out there. This week, we published a new package called…

The government has published its new Freedom from Violence and Abuse Strategy, setting out a ten-year, cross-government approach to tackling violence against women and girls and child sexual abuse. The strategy outlines new commitments on prevention, policing, victim support and the responsible use of technology, with clear implications for industry and public services.

Welcome to this week’s update on the fast-moving world of global trade, digital policy, and transatlantic relations. Here’s what’s shaping the global agenda right now.

techUK has sent a letter, backed by other trade associations including RenewableUK, REA, Energy UK, CBI, Make UK, and ADE, to the Treasury Committee Chair calling for an inquiry into energy bill levy reform.

This has been an unprecedented year for cyber security in the UK. The Cyber Resilience programme has worked closely with members to ensure industry is kept informed on the national conversations taking place across the sector. This Year in Review provides a snapshot of our activity throughout 2025.

Defence Programme Manager Jeremy Wimble looks back at the changes to UK Defence in 2025.

Ph.D. candidate Yuchen Lian (LIACS) wants to understand why human languages look the way they do—and find inspiration to improve AI along the way. She defended her thesis on 12 December.

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KISTI, '데이터 경제의 핵심, 데이터 가치평가: 현황 진단과 미래 과제' 이슈브리프 발간 □ 한국과학기술정보연구원(원장 이식, 이하 KISTI)은 데이터 경제의 핵심인 '데이터 가치평가'의 현황을 진단하고 미래 과제를 제안하는 『KISTI 이슈브리프』 제86호를 발간했다. □ 국내외 데이터 경제는 가파른 성장세를 보이고 있다. 각국은 데이터 활용·거래·분석 시장을 주도하기 위해 데이터 인프라 구축, 글로벌 표준화, 규제 및 법제 혁신 등 다각적 노력을 기울이고 있다. □ 한국은 2021년 10월 세계 최초로 데이터 산업 전체를..

KISTI, '피지컬 AI, 현실에서 실현되는 인공지능' 과학기술 전문 정책지 『S&T DATA』 발간 □ 한국과학기술정보연구원(원장 이식, 이하 KISTI)이 과학기술 전문 정책지 『S&T DATA』 제11호를 발간했다. □ 이번 호는 '피지컬 AI, 현실에서 실현되는 인공지능'을 주제로, 디지털 공간을 넘어 휴머노이드, 자율이동로봇, 모빌리티 등으로 확장되는 피지컬 AI가 물리 세계와 상호작용하며 가져올 기술·산업·시장·정책 전반의 변화를 다룬다. □ 시작을 여는 Opinion 섹션에서는 김진오 한국AI·로봇산업협회장이 데이터와 소프..