Without global interoperability, digital IDs can’t deliver on their promise

Digital IDs are designed around borders, forcing citizens who live digitally global lives to upload physical IDs to foreign databases.

Europe expands its Starlink rival to 348 satellites as IRIS² moves into implementation — €15.6 billion network will boost EU government capacity by 60%, with launches starting in 2029

Europe has finalized plans for its €15.6 billion IRIS² satellite network, expanding it to 348 satellites with first launches scheduled for 2029.

Amnezia VPN strengthens its blocking capabilities with ‘mandatory update’ for Premium and Free users
Amnezia VPN strengthens its blocking capabilities with ‘mandatory update’ for Premium and Free users

The latest Amenzia VPN’s upgrade reaffirms the company’s commitment to ensuring high long-term resilience. Here’s all you need to know.

Revolut clinches French banking licence

Revolut today said it had secured a French banking licence, as it looks to beef up its regulatory standards across Western Europe, its fastest-growing region. Europe’s most valuable tech firm said it …

Can Google Boost Pixel Photos With AI Horsepower, Not Gimmicks?

Commentary: Google has the potential to advance the state of the art, but we’ll see if it just wants flashy AI features instead.

AI for science needs reasoning, not just data

Every few decades, someone announces that science has reached its end. In 1903, the revered physicist Albert Michelson wrote that the “facts of physical science have all been discovered.” In the 1980s, Stephen Hawking predicted that theoretical physics might be finished by the end of the century. With the explosive arrival of artificial intelligence, the…

These startups are chasing the next big thing in LLMs

MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here. Way back in the summer of 2017, AI researchers at Google put out a paper called “Attention Is All You Need,” in which they described a new…

How AI Is transforming outage response during high traffic events

Reducing alert noise and accelerating recovery with observability.

9 essential cooling gadgets to keep you comfortable on your summer holidays — from just £13
9 essential cooling gadgets to keep you comfortable on your summer holidays — from just £13

My keep-cool kit list for tackling too-balmy summer holiday days

The Best FDA Decision On Peptide Authorization Isn’t Yes Or No

The FDA is weighing whether six experimental peptides should become available through compounding pharmacies. A better answer is neither yes nor no.