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Evidence-led coverage of biotechnology, AI infrastructure, energy, robotics, devices and brain–computer interfaces.
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How Apple’s Foldable iPhone Is Shaping Up
Apple’s rumoured folding iPhone could cost US$2,000 or more. Would a bigger screen justify the price and reported trade-offs?
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Android App Verification and the Fight for Owner Control
Google says identifying Android app developers will help stop scammers. Critics see a threat to phone ownership. The argument is real—but September’s rollout is narrower than it sounds.
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AI-Polished Writing and the Debate Over Authorship
Claude’s new text watermark can reveal AI involvement, but heavy editing and original generation can leave the same signal. What should readers be told?
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Intel’s 14A Plan to Challenge TSMC
Intel 14A and TSMC A14 target the same broad production era. We compare their promises, explain the technology and ask what would prove Intel’s comeback.
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Waiting for Nvidia’s RTX 6000? Here’s What AMD Is Building
AMD’s next Radeon generation could give gamers another reason to delay their next upgrade. Its work on AI graphics, Xbox and PlayStation reveals the direction—but launch dates, prices and a winner remain unconfirmed.
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A Planet Without a Sun? Astronomers Have Weighed a Cosmic Wanderer
Some worlds may travel through the galaxy without a star. A 2026 study measured a candidate’s mass using a brief distortion of somebody else’s starlight.
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Your Roof Could Send Heat Into Space—Without Using Electricity
Radiative cooling sounds like science fiction, but its basic physics is real. A new wood-derived material shows why researchers are looking beyond ordinary white roofs.
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A Robot That Does Your Laundry? Read the Fine Print.
1X’s NEO brings the home-robot dream closer to a checkout page. The important detail is how much it can do alone—and when a remote human needs to help.
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The Caller Sounds Like Your Mum. Your Phone May Know Better.
A familiar voice and a familiar number can both be faked. Google’s latest Android protections try a different question: is the real person’s phone actually making this call?
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The Weight-Loss Drug That Helped Old Mice Live Longer
Semaglutide has already changed weight-loss medicine. A new study in older female mice asks a bigger question: could its benefits reach into the biology of ageing?
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Does Your Future Already Exist? Inside the Block Universe
Your childhood, this moment and your next birthday could all belong to one four-dimensional reality. The block universe challenges our sense of time—but it does not give us a preview of tomorrow.
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Quantum Immortality: The Multiverse’s Most Unsettling Idea
Could a version of you always survive somewhere in a branching universe? Quantum immortality turns real physics into a deeply personal puzzle—but the leap to eternal life is far from proven.