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IBM unveils Nighthawk quantum processor, pushing quantum limits
IBM's new Nighthawk quantum processor now packs 120 qubits, enabling circuits 30% more complex than its predecessor.
IBM chip breakthrough pushes Moore's Law beyond limits
IBM has unveiled a new chip design capable of integrating 100 billion transistors onto a silicon chip the size of a fingernail, according to BBC .
Robot Hand Ultrasound Mimics Human Touch Using AI
MIT researchers have developed a wristband that uses ultrasound to let a person play a virtual piano or shoot a basketball with a robotic hand, simply by moving their own fingers.
Ultrasonic Waves Brew Espresso Without Hot Water
In blind taste tests, around 100 regular coffee drinkers could not reliably distinguish between traditional espresso and a new ultrasonic-brewed version made with room-temperature water.
Startup's Breakthrough Unlocks Faster, Cheaper LLMs
A new large language model (LLM) named SubQ recently completed a complex 128K-token task for $8.
AI Energy Bottleneck Debates Intensify: Power Infrastructure is Key
BitZero is constructing over a gigawatt of AI compute capacity across Norway, Finland, and North Dakota.
University of Michigan neurosurgeons implant first wireless brain-computer interface
A person with ALS, previously unable to speak, now communicates at 56 words per minute thanks to a brain-computer interface, a rate approaching natural conversation, according to Space Daily .
Key Brain-Computer Interface Advancements for Everyday Use
A person with severe paralysis caused by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) communicated over 183,000 sentences and nearly 2 million words independently at home using a brain-computer interface, achi
Dyson Unveils V16 Piston Animal, V10 Konical Vacuums
The new Dyson V16 Piston Animal generates up to 315 air watts of fade-free suction, a figure which officially surpasses Dyson's own most powerful corded models.
Microsoft Majorana 2 chip achieves unprecedented qubit stability
Microsoft's new Majorana 2 quantum chip has shattered expectations, achieving qubit lifetimes exceeding 20 seconds, with some measurements soaring past a minute, according to The Quantum Insider .
AI tools for scaling creativity meet content demand in 2026
Content demand is projected to explode fivefold in the next two years, yet 94% of creatives report AI already saves them 17 hours weekly, according to MIT Technology Review .
New technique fixes neutral-atom quantum computer flaw
For the first time, a neutral atom quantum computer has demonstrated 'better-than-physical' error rates, meaning its logical qubits are more stable than the individual atoms they are built from.