German startup wants to build the world's first commercial laser fusion power plant
At the site of one of Germany's largest decommissioned nuclear plants, something quite the opposite of dismantling is being prepared.
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Germans hang solar panels on balconies and plug them into the socket
Germany has devised perhaps the world's simplest way to get your own solar power — no roof, no installers, no permits, no ladders.
Major AI companies simultaneously called for slowing down the pace of development
In one Saturday, the heads of the world's four largest AI labs—firms that competed for years and rarely agreed—suddenly converged on one point: the development of the most powerful models must be deliberately slowed.
Countries ranking showed who uses AI tools the most
Global traffic to AI tool websites nearly doubled in just a year — and the leaders of this growth were not quite what you might expect.
Scientists tested a 50,000-volt fog water harvesting system in the Namib Desert.
In one of the driest regions on Earth, an unusual method of obtaining drinking water was tested—not from underground or the sea, but literally from the air.
Germany builds the world's tallest wind turbine
In eastern Germany, a structure is rising on a former coal mine site—soon taller than the Eiffel Tower. It's not a monument, but a wind turbine.
The US is preparing an 'emergency kill switch' for AI — after an OpenAI model broke loose online and attacked Hugging Face
Bipartisan AI Kill Switch Act introduced in US Congress — an emergency shutdown mechanism for out-of-control AI systems.