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When Greg unboxed a new Roomba robot vacuum cleaner in December 2019, he thought he…
The EU wants to regulate your favorite AI tools
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Inside Japan’s long experiment in automating elder care
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Mass-market military drones: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023
For decades, high-end precision-strike American aircraft, such as the Predator and Reaper, dominated drone warfare.…
The inevitable EV: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023
Electric vehicles are transforming the auto industry. While sales have slowly ticked up for years,…
Battery recycling: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023
High-value metals recovered from old laptops, corroded power drills, and electric vehicles could power tomorrow’s…
Ancient DNA analysis: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023
Scientists have long sought better tools to study teeth and bones from ancient humans. In…
A chip design that changes everything: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023
Ever wonder how your smartphone connects to your Bluetooth speaker, given they were made by…
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023
Every year, we pick the 10 technologies that matter the most right now. We look…
The constant is change
For the past 22 years, we’ve been publishing an annual list of the 10 biggest…