Tesla is no longer the world’s top electric vehicle maker. China’s BYD has taken the lead after selling 2.26 million fully electric cars in 2025, while Tesla’s deliveries fell for a second year in a row.
In response to a recent satellite explosion and a near-miss, SpaceX is taking action to make low Earth orbit safer. The company plans to lower thousands of its satellites to ensure they deorbit faster and reduce collision probability.
Baidu has confidentially filed to list its AI chip unit, Kunlunxin, on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The move seeks to highlight the subsidiary’s value and attract investors amid U.S.-China tech tensions.
Technology might help us become better people by solving moral dilemmas without sacrificing self-interest. The piece highlights efforts to replace animal testing with human-cell chips and the challenges facing the plant-based and cultivated meat industries.
Researchers are increasingly using quantum computers to tackle complex chemistry calculations, with 2026 seen as a pivotal year. But a major hurdle—error-proof machines—still stands in the way of real progress.
Scientists have used a novel strain technique to probe the mysterious superconductor Sr₂RuO₄. The results contradict long-held theories, pointing to a simpler or entirely new type of superconducting state and creating a fresh conflict with older data.
A Khosla Ventures investor lays out five bold predictions for 2026. He foresees a foundational leap in robotics capability akin to GPT-3, a potential market correction favoring M&A, and a contrarian wave of anti-AI protests. Surprisingly, he expects these protests to be led by white-collar workers,
According to a Wall Street Journal analysis, OpenAI’s stock-based compensation averages a staggering $1.5 million per employee. This is fueling massive losses and a frantic talent war with rivals like Meta.
Samsung Biologics is making a major move into the U.S. market. The Korean CDMO is spending $280 million to acquire and upgrade a former GSK plant in Maryland, aiming to boost drug manufacturing capacity.
A fresh round of performance testing on the Linux 6.19 kernel reveals that builds using LLVM Clang 21.1.7, especially with Full Link-Time Optimization (LTO), are now competitive with and sometimes beat those from GCC 15.2. This marks a significant shift in the long-standing compiler rivalry for the
