The Pentagon has requested $54 billion for artificial intelligence–driven warfare, a figure that dwarfs prior allocations and signals a decisive shift in how conflicts will be conducted going forward.
• https://www.technocracy.news, By: Mrigakshi Dixit
Researchers at Harvard have developed a fleet of robotic ants that mimic the self-organizing behavior of social insects to build and dismantle structures without blueprints or central leadership.
In today's episode, we're diving into a powerful conversation with legendary investor and thought leader Bill Gurley. As the world stands at the crossroads of AI disruption and political upheaval, Bill unpacks what it takes to not just survive--
After a 14-year run, a Tesla factory that once built Model S cars is now gearing up to mass?produce humanoid Optimus robots, with a goal of 1M units per year by 2027.
Cursor is already at ~$2 Billion ARR (annual recurring revenue as of February 2026) and was on track to triple to over $6 billion ARR by the end of 2026 even before the xAI deal.
OpenAI has quietly rolled out "Chronicle," a new feature in its Codex Mac app that periodically snaps screenshots of your screen and ships them to OpenAI's servers for processing.
Amazon announced an additional $5 billion investment in Anthropic immediately, plus up to $20 billion more in the future (tied to commercial milestones).
A biometric identity system built on iris scans is expanding into mainstream online services while its backers outline new ways to tie verified identity to revenue generation.
Tinder and Zoom are introducing iris-scanning technology that allows users to verify their identity and receive a "proof of humanity" credential, signaling a shift toward stronger identity assurance in digital environments.
The era of us laughing at humanoids playing sport may now be behind us – for the most part – as a field of robots competing in a half marathon in Beijing demonstrated how frighteningly fast the technology has developed in just 12 months.
Autonomous AI agents are becoming active economic participants on both sides of market transactions. Enterprise platforms now embed what vendors call "touchless operations," with agents executing procurement decisions without human review.
Candace Owens and Ian Carroll tackle the big questions -- where Trump and the MAGA movement are headed, Israel's influence on American governance, Elon Musk's true motivations, and whether AI will shape the future of humanity for better or worse.
The US military is deploying unmanned and autonomous surface platforms that can tow an advanced mine-hunting sonar system to detect sea mines that were deployed by Iranian naval forces. This development comes even as Iran closed the Hormuz chokepoint
Consumer AI chatbots falter when used to make medical diagnoses, particularly when faced with incomplete information, according to new research highlighting the risks of relying on them as digital doctors.
A few hours before Anthropic announced the launch of its newest model, Claude Mythos Preview, on April 7, I had just completed a six-month analysis of AI-enabled cyberattacks.
Taiwanese chip giant, Taiwan Semiconductor Manfuacturing Co, said Thursday its net profit surged to a fresh record in the first quarter, fueled by the global artificial intelligence race despite the war in the Middle East.
The race for bipedal humanoid robot intelligence has certainly been in the news, with robots receiving "AI brains" that have already brought them onto factory floors and will likely become more visible in the public world in the coming years (see UBS
Since the mid-1990s, scientists have been obsessed with cloning animals. Dolly the sheep famously became the first mammal to be cloned from a cell taken from an adult mammary gland almost 30 years ago, in 1996.