EU to regulate AI’s environmental impact
The European Commission is working on new rules to govern the environmental impact of AI systems through a delegated act under the AI Act. The goal is to monitor and limit the energy consumed by these technologies, particularly large language
Space, 2025 may be the most interesting year ever, here’s why
2025 is going to be a year of records and breakthroughs for space travel. Some of the missions are going to break out of Earth's bounds this coming year. Satellite launches, testing of new technologies, and major milestones toward manned
Why Europe should embrace open source artificial intelligence
Open source in Europe: This is a pivotal moment in technology. Artificial intelligence has the potential to reshape the world, boosting human productivity, accelerating scientific progress, and adding trillions of dollars to the global economy. However, as with any innovative
Waste management: a €27 billion sector
The waste management sector is worth more than 27 billion euros (WAS Report 2023) and is at a crucial stage. The growing demand for sustainable waste management, driven by circular economy goals and increasing waste volumes globally, requires serious reflection
Echo Show 21, the speaker aims to overtake the TV set
After a couple of years since the first Echo Show 15, Amazon's highly successful smart speaker with display, the American giant is updating it and launching a larger, 21-inch version. A device that, to date, has no equal on the
The North Pole is no longer where it was. And that’s quite a problem
Our Earth is a dynamic, ever-changing organism. This dynamism is most clearly manifested in the behaviour of the Magnetic North Pole, that point on the Earth's surface where the lines of force of the magnetic field converge vertically. Unlike the
PaliGemma 2, Google’s new AI models can identify emotions
Google continues to push the boundaries of artificial intelligence with PaliGemma 2, a new family of AI models that can analyse images and describe their content with unprecedented detail. The innovation that has ignited debate, however, is the ability of
From science fiction to everyday reality: how technology will shape 2025
Science fiction to everyday reality: Cinema has repeatedly anticipated the innovations we use every day. From artificial intelligence to foldable smartphones via biometric authentication and developments in medicine, 2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the advent
Particle acceleration: new record reached at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
A team of researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has achieved a historic milestone in particle acceleration, pushing electrons to record energies in an incredibly small space. This achievement, achieved through an innovative dual-laser system and a new plasma channel