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Robot Makers Race To Build Hands That Match Human Dexterity

Early Prototypes And Current Designs Robot hands built from wood, springs, and rubber bands marked the first experiments at Shadow Robot in the late 1990s, according to company director Rich…

Food Crime Persists As Honey And Spices Expose Gaps In Detection And Oversight

Scale And Tactics Of Food CrimeFood crime often goes unreported, which makes its scale hard to measure, yet one 2025 estimate puts the cost to the global economy at about…

Private Jet Makers Focus On Wealthy Travelers As Demand And Prices Rise

A Market Shift Toward High-End Jets Private jet manufacturers are increasingly targeting wealthy customers as demand for business aircraft continues to rise, a trend highlighted by the attention around Gulfstream’s…

AI Slop Spreads Across Social Platforms As Creators, Companies, And Users Clash Over Quality And Trust

A Viral Image And A Personal Breaking Point Social media feeds are being flooded with low-quality AI-generated images and videos, a trend that is drawing criticism from users, scrutiny from…

Subscriptions Drive Mobile App Revenue Growth In 2025 As Downloads Decline Again

Mobile app revenues rose sharply in 2025 despite a continued decline in downloads, as subscriptions and in-app purchases generated higher consumer spending across the App Store and Google Play, according…

A French University Program Quietly Trains The Country’s Future And Current Intelligence Officers

A discreet diploma run by a leading French university is training both students and active intelligence agents, with lecturers and classmates often unaware of each other’s real identities, reflecting how…

Experts Map How Technology Could Shape Daily Life By 2050

Experts say advances in nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, quantum computing, autonomous transport, and space manufacturing could reshape how people live, learn, travel, and receive medical care by 2050, according to…

K-Beauty Boom Turns Viral Skincare Trends Into A Global Export Powerhouse

Snail mucin serums, once a niche concept, have become a mainstream skincare product worldwide, illustrating how South Korea’s beauty industry has scaled viral trends into a global manufacturing and export…

Airline Divide Deepens As Premium Focus Grows And Budget Carriers Face Pressure In 2026

U.S. airlines are entering 2026 with widening gaps between premium-focused carriers and price-sensitive operators, as airlines lean further into higher-paying customers while cost pressures, infrastructure limits, and uneven demand continue…

Tech Industry Sees Series Of Unusual Incidents Across Legal Disputes, Hiring Practices, And Product Experiments in 2025

A range of unusual events unfolded across the technology sector during 2025, spanning legal disputes over identity, employment controversies, executive behavior, experimental consumer products, and public reactions to artificial intelligence…

Taylor Swift Leads UK Charts In 2025 As Female Artists And Streaming Drive Record Music Sales

Taylor Swift dominated the UK music charts in 2025, as her latest release became the year’s best-selling album and women accounted for the majority of chart success, according to new…

AI-Generated Video Floods YouTube Shorts As Slop Consumption Rises, Kapwing Finds

AI-generated video content is increasingly dominating YouTube Shorts, with a significant share classified as low-quality “AI slop,” as tools such as OpenAI’s Sora and Google’s Veo lower the barrier to…

Algorithms Redefine Creator Reach As Trust, Clipping, And Niche Audiences Gain Importance

As social media platforms rely more heavily on algorithmic feeds, creators are adjusting to a reality where publishing content no longer guarantees visibility among followers, according to executives and creators…

AI-Driven Power Demand Puts US Electrical Grid And Energy Software Startups In Focus

Rising electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence workloads has pushed the US electrical grid into public focus in 2025, as higher prices, capacity concerns, and environmental pressure converge with a…

AI Investment Landscape Expected To Fragment In 2026 As Valuation Gaps Widen

The artificial intelligence market is expected to split into distinct segments in 2026, as investors move away from broad-based optimism and begin to differentiate between companies spending heavily on AI…

UK Report Finds Widespread Use Of AI For Emotional Support As Capability Risks Accelerate

A significant share of adults in the United Kingdom are using artificial intelligence for emotional support or social interaction, according to the first report published by the government-backed AI Security…

Ghost job listings draw scrutiny as lawmakers and regulators move to respond

Job vacancies that are advertised but never intended to be filled, often referred to as “ghost jobs,” are becoming a documented and persistent issue in the US, UK, and parts…

US Unemployment Rises to Four-Year High as Jobs Data Fuels Fed Debate

US unemployment rose last month to its highest level in four years, even as job creation exceeded expectations, producing a mixed labour market report that economists say is unlikely to…

UK Adults Spend More Time Online in 2025 Than During the Pandemic, Ofcom Survey Shows

UK adults spent an average of four hours and 30 minutes online daily in 2025, according to Ofcom’s annual Online Nation report, exceeding the levels recorded during the pandemic by…

Japan Turns to Technology as Dementia Cases and Care Costs Accelerate

Japan is facing a rapidly deepening dementia challenge as thousands of older people go missing each year, care costs rise sharply, and a shrinking workforce limits available human support, prompting…