Technology / SOURCE REPORTCash is declining in many economies, and digital payments are taking its place. The shift brings convenience and lower costs for many users, and it raises questions that existing rules were not written to answer. When payments move from notes and coins to apps and cards, the infrastructure, the risks and the protections all change. […]
Technology / SOURCE REPORTThe deep ocean floor holds deposits of metals used in batteries and electronics, and for years extracting them was a thought experiment. That is changing. Companies have applied for exploration and exploitation rights in international waters, and regulators are working out rules for an industry that does not yet exist at scale. The debate that […]
Technology / SOURCE REPORTLow Earth orbit has become a busy place. Thousands of satellites now circle the planet, most of them small craft launched in large constellations to provide internet, imaging and other services. The growth has brought benefits and a problem that no single operator can solve alone: how to keep orbit usable when it is filling […]
Technology / SOURCE REPORTFor most of the last decade, the most capable artificial-intelligence models were closed: you could use them through an interface, and you could not inspect or host them yourself. That has changed. A growing family of open-weight models now performs close to the frontier on many tasks, and the shift has consequences for cost, control […]
Technology / SOURCE REPORTGovernments have committed tens of billions of dollars to attract semiconductor manufacturing. The factories are going up, and the harder question is whether the surrounding ecosystem, the suppliers, designers and skilled workers that make a chip industry durable, is keeping pace. A fabrication plant without a supply chain is an expensive building. Why chips became […]
Technology / SOURCE REPORTAlmost everything the internet does between continents happens through cables on the ocean floor. When one is cut, the effect is usually invisible: traffic reroutes and most users notice nothing. When several are cut in the same region, the effect becomes visible very quickly. The past few years have made that vulnerability a policy subject […]
Technology / SOURCE REPORTSolar panels are built to last decades, and they do not last forever. As the first large wave of installations approaches the end of its working life, a question that was easy to defer is becoming practical: what happens to millions of panels when they stop producing useful power? The answer is a mix of […]
Technology / SOURCE REPORTNIST says new X-ray measurements could improve the monitoring of nuclear material at power plants and weapons facilities.
Technology / SOURCE REPORTThe release turns Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data into a starting point for research tools.
Technology / SOURCE REPORTThe planned releases bring the practical work of implementing ethical AI commitments into focus.