Inside the Race to Achieve the Singularity—Before Moore’s Law Runs Out

AI optimists envision a future where artificial general intelligence (AGI) surpasses human intelligence, but the path remains riddled with scientific and logistical hurdles.
World Politics Review

America’s Digital Empire Has a Trust Problem

A Microsoft stand at the Web Summit in Doha, Qatar, Feb. 25, 2025 (photo by Noushad Thekkayil/NurPhoto via AP). Over the past few decades, three U.S. companies—Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and ...
InfoQ

MIT's Recursive Language Models Improve Performance on Long-Context Tasks

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Cory Benfield discusses the evolution of ...
The Conversation

Evidence for link between digital technology use and teenage mental health problems is weak, our large study suggests

Neil Humphrey receives funding from various bodies including The National Lottery Community Fund to conduct research on young people's wellbeing Qiqi Cheng does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...
Medical Xpress

Evidence for link between digital technology use and teenage mental health problems is weak, study suggests

For years, the narrative surrounding teenagers' use of digital technology has been one of alarm. Time spent scrolling through TikTok or playing video games is widely seen to be driving the current ...
New York Post

Your medicine is watching you — inside the new ‘smart pills’ from MIT

Your medication might start tattling on you if you skip a dose. Scientists at MIT have developed a groundbreaking smart pill that can wirelessly report the moment it’s been swallowed, giving doctors a ...
National Review

Thierry Breton’s Vacation Problem

States Should Put Workers First with Private Sector Labor Reforms The week of December 22, 2025: Confronting the EU’s online censorship, the Fed, Elon Musk’s pay, and more. How quickly time passes.
CMS Wire

AI’s Sameness Problem; Marketers, Here's Looking at You

OpenAI’s video generation app Sora sits atop the App Store charts, but I anticipate it’ll fall off soon. Creating Sora videos is a genuine but momentary thrill. You can put yourself and your friends ...
MIT Technology Review

The problem with Big Tech’s favorite carbon removal tech

What’s BECCS, and why’s it so complicated? Sucking carbon pollution out of the atmosphere is becoming a big business—companies are paying top dollar for technologies that can cancel out their own ...
Inside EVs

The Lucid Gravity Needs To Be A Game-Changer. Right Now, It Has A Key Problem

I’ll never forget driving the Lucid Air for the first time. The larger-than-life vehicle took everyone by surprise with its impeccable build quality and driving experience. “It’s like driving a UFO,” ...
CBS News

Piano sales are dropping. Here's how today's generation is learning the instrument in a new way

There was a time when pianos were a fixture in many American homes. Gathering around the instrument to sing and dance was a family tradition, undoubtedly altered by the spread of streaming services ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft fixes Windows DRM video playback issues for some users

Microsoft says it has "partially" resolved a known issue that caused problems when trying to play DRM-protected video in Blu-ray/DVD/Digital TV applications. This bug affects Windows 11 24H2 systems, ...