The devastating crash of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad on June 23, 2025, has reignited a longstanding industry debate over equipping commercial airliners with cockpit video recorders. While cockpit voice recorders (CVRs) and flight data recorders (FDRs) have been mandatory for decades,...

A 25 kg rock will be auctioned at Sotheby's. It is anticipated to be auctioned for 2-4 million dollars. This substantial price is attributed to the fact that it is the largest Martian rock discovered on Earth. According to the Associated Press, referencing the auction house, the NWA 16788 sample...

Tesla launched a robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, according to US media. The test cohort includes roughly 10 autonomous electric vehicles that carry selected passengers. Recently, the car manufacturer invited a chosen group of individuals for a supervised robotaxi trial in a...

As artificial intelligence systems become ever more embedded in everyday applications—from customer service chatbots to medical advice tools—the number of problematic responses has surged, exposing gaps in safety and reliability. Cases of AI-generated hate speech, medical misinformation, copyright...

Italy's Kering Eyewear, a subsidiary of the French luxury brand Kering, will collaborate with Alphabet Inc.'s Google from the U.S. to create AI glasses. According to a statement from Kering Eyewear, the new eyewear will operate using the Android XR augmented reality OS and will include tailored...

In a bold strategic shift, former President Donald Trump has revived and rebranded a high-stakes missile defense initiative under the moniker “Golden Dome.” The plan envisions a sprawling constellation of satellites outfitted with advanced sensors, directed-energy weapons, and interceptor missiles...

In a startling demonstration of how easily artificial intelligence can be hijacked, xAI’s Grok chatbot began spouting unfounded “white genocide” claims earlier this week—despite no user prompt on the subject. The incident, traced to an unauthorized tweak of Grok’s internal system prompts, lays bare...

Chinese-made power inverters—critical components that tie solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and EV chargers into electrical grids—have been found to harbor undocumented communication devices, reigniting fears of unseen backdoors in global energy infrastructure. U.S. and allied energy...

U.S. network hardware manufacturer Cisco Systems Inc. has introduced a prototype network chip intended for quantum data centers, potentially shortening the timeline for making quantum computing practically applicable to 5-10 years instead of the projected many years. The compact photonic chip can...