Vodafone Group posted €19.6 billion in revenue for H1, marking a 7.3% increase year-over-year. The telco giant saw Germany return to growth after years of struggle and is already upgrading thousands of sites following its UK merger with Three. CEO Margherita Della Valle highlighted Fixed Wireless Ac
The long-awaited Analogue 3D, a 4K remake of the Nintendo 64, will finally begin shipping on November 18. Both the $250 black and white models are currently sold out with no word on when more units might become available. This marks the end of multiple delays that pushed back the system’s launch thr
Earth experienced an extremely rare Ground Level Event this week when high-energy particles from a solar flare penetrated our atmosphere. This marks just the 77th such event since records began in 1942. The solar storm continues to cause geomagnetic disturbances worldwide.
Canada is taking AI education seriously with its first Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation. Trent University Durham offers both BA and BSc programs to balance technical skills with ethical thinking. The approach is preparing students for real-world AI challenges in logistics a
The research world is facing an avalanche of papers that’s overwhelming the peer review system. Generative AI is making the problem worse by enabling fraudulent paper mills to scale up. Experts argue we need fundamental changes to academic publishing incentives.
Researchers have created an automated high-throughput system that can generate thousands of structural materials data points in just 13 days. The system works 200 times faster than traditional methods, potentially accelerating aircraft engine material development. This breakthrough could fundamental
WhatsApp is developing a username system that lets users reserve their existing Instagram or Facebook handles. The feature appears in beta version 2.25.32.3 and will fully launch by 2026. Businesses get early access to unique usernames starting June 2026.
Senator Joni Ernst has drafted legislation that would take $21 billion in unspent broadband deployment money and send it to the Treasury. The move comes after the Trump administration forced states to rewrite their broadband expansion plans, leaving billions unallocated. States that have been waitin
Facing a two-year timeline for single mineral assessments, USGS teams with DARPA and ARPA-E on AI projects that can digitize maps in 25 minutes and unify data on 679,000 global mining sites. The goal is to complete 50 assessments in the next few years using machine learning to predict new deposits.
According to leading neuroscientists, there’s no objective test for consciousness and we may never be able to prove AI has it. The fundamental problem? Consciousness is subjective by definition, and we can’t peer inside AI’s “mind” like we can’t peer into human heads.
