Jul 10, 2025 | Accessibility, Featured, Technology
When the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law in 1990, the internet was still in its infancy. Can you believe that smartphones did not yet exist? But even without explicit language around digital access, the ADA set a precedent that would shape how the...
Jul 10, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Talent
As Europe scales up its ambition to lead in AI, understanding the structure of AI labour markets becomes essential. This study offers a comparative mapping of AI job vacancies and AI talent across European countries, using a novel three-tiered classification system...
Jul 10, 2025 | Europe, Hydrogen
French hydrogen producer Lhyfe has successfully completed its first industrial combustion tests using green hydrogen to replace natural gas, marking a key step toward decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors. The company also announced its first hydrogen delivery to Spain,...
Jul 10, 2025 | Materials, Robots
The combination of advanced robotics and advanced artificial intelligence should be the perfect platform for advanced materials, says engineering resin supplier Envalior. Envalior — the joint venture of Lanxess AG and Royal DSM NV created in 2023 — is working with...
Jul 10, 2025 | Autonomous Ships, Autonomous Vehicles, Oceanography
A new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) imaged a previously unexplored portion of the seafloor in ultra-deep waters near the Mariana Trench. Operationalizing this technology for the first time was part of a mission led by the Ocean Exploration Cooperative...
Jul 10, 2025 | Asia, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Featured, Transit
Southeast Asia’s leading ride-hailing service provider, Grab, has launched a pilot to test an autonomous electric bus in its home market, Singapore. The company has collaborated with Autonomous A2Z (A2Z), a full-stack autonomous vehicle technology producer based in...
Jul 10, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Healthcare, Robots
An AI-powered robot was able to remove a gall bladder from a dead pig in what researchers claim is the first realistic surgery by a machine with almost no human intervention. The robot is powered by a two-tier AI system trained on 17 hours of video encompassing 16,000...
Jul 9, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Aeronautics
Extending close to the length of a football field, U.K.-based Hybrid Air Vehicles’ (HAV) Airlander 10—dubbed “The Flying Bum” by the British public due to its double-ellipsoid airframe—is designed to be the world’s longest aircraft. Eventually, though, the 10-ton...
Jul 8, 2025 | Automation, Robots
Amazon’s fleet of warehouse robots just hit a new milestone. The company announced Monday that it deployed its millionth bot to begin operations at a fulfillment center in Japan. Amazon’s ambitions for robot use have long surpassed the company utilizing...
Jul 7, 2025 | Electric Vehicles, US Economy
It is the end of the line for U.S. electric vehicle tax credits. Sweeping tax and budget legislation approved by Congress on Thursday means $7,500 tax credits for buying or leasing new electric vehicles will end on September 30, as well as a $4,000 used EV credit,...
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