Technology

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers identified five carbon-rich compounds surrounding a nascent star called ST6 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a dwarf galaxy orbiting 160,000 light-years from Earth.  The discovery could illuminate how life’s building blocks formed in the universe’s infancy. The LMC, part of the Local Group that includes the … Read more

The American-Norwegian robotics and AI company, 1X Technologies, has introduced its most ambitious product yet – a humanoid home assistant robot named NEO.  With its latest tech, the company aims to shift humanoids from industrial or research prototypes into the home space. Founded originally under the name Halodi Robotics by CEO Bernt Børnich and re-branded … Read more

“It’s not only about us developers and humans. You are interacting with another entity, and now the input you give it is different. The beauty of that input today is that it’s in natural language, meaning you can just talk to it — not only through voice, but also in multiple languages.” This is how … Read more

From making plants and rice more resilient, and tracking cancer cells in a patient’s blood, to keeping data safe in the incoming age of quantum computers, creating life-like matter or “Life 2.0”. These are some of the research areas that build bridges between disciplines and are being pioneered by the next wave of young Indian … Read more

Onstage at Universe 2025, GitHub’s annual event, the company’s Chief Operating Officer, Kyle Daigle, told developers that “GitHub has always done what it does best – fixing developer pain around how developers build, while still allowing you to choose how you want to build.” That may be the biggest takeaway, perhaps the fundamental principle behind … Read more

Astronomers have found three Earth-sized exoplanets around twin stars using the US-based National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (Nasa) planet-hunting spacecraft TESS. This finding could change our understanding of planet formation and the stability of worlds after formation, as binary systems had been hypothesised to be inhospitable to the formation of intricate planetary configurations. The encounter … Read more

Battlefield 6, the latest instalment in the first-person shooter franchise, sold more than seven million copies just three days after launch. Accumulating more than 15 million hours on streaming services, EA said Battlefield 6 recorded the highest number of concurrent players ever for the franchise. Now, EA has confirmed that Battlefield 6 will soon be … Read more

A few months ago, Samsung’s smartphone chief, TM Roh, confirmed that the company is developing a tri-fold phone similar to Huawei’s Mate XT Ultimate Edition, with plans to launch it by the end of 2025. Now, Samsung appears to be showcasing the so-called “Galaxy Z Trifold” at a side event of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation … Read more

OpenAI’s road to artificial general intelligence (AGI) may have just become more challenging, with an independent panel now responsible for verifying any future AGI claims made by the AI startup. The requirement is one of many terms that are part of the ChatGPT-maker’s revised agreement with Microsoft, its biggest partner and investor. “Once AGI is … Read more

Thousands of dead satellites and rocket fragments now orbit Earth at 28,000 km/h — turning our skies into a junkyard that threatens the very technology we rely on every day When you look up at the night sky, you might imagine a vast emptiness sprinkled with stars. But around Earth there’s a growing cloud of … Read more