Category Archives: Technology

The rise of AI comes with a growing carbon footprint and greater demand for electricity. Analysts project that AI could drive up data centers’ energy consumption by 160% this decade. So how worried should we be? Editor at large David Rotman, senior AI reporter Melissa Heikkilä, and senior editor for energy James Temple explored the […]

Using the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s Marine Cadastre tool, you can download 16 years of detailed daily ship movements, as well as “transit count” maps generated from a year’s worth of data showing each ship’s accumulated paths. The data is collected entirely from ground-based stations along the US coasts. I downloaded all of […]

That’s the question at the center of my story for our magazine, published online today, on whether we will trust humanoid robots enough to welcome them into our most private spaces, particularly if they’re part of an asymmetric labor arrangement in which workers in low-wage countries perform physical tasks for us in our homes through […]

What did people enjoy most? Here’s a quick look at some of the stories that performed best with our audience:  10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2024 Every year as we compile this annual list, we look for promising technologies poised to have a real impact on the world. It represents the advances that we think matter […]

The headlines seem to write themselves (if that cliché is allowed anymore in the age of ChatGPT and generative AI). Tech is culty. But that is a metaphor, right? Right?!  When I first saw Michael Saylor’s Twitter account, I wasn’t sure. Saylor is an entrepreneur, tech executive, and former billionaire. Once reportedly the richest man […]

Shariq Hashme, a former employee of both OpenAI and Scale AI, entered his robotics firm Prosper into the humanoid arms race in 2021.DAVID VINTINER “A lot of companies that do that kind of stuff end up doing it in a way which is kind of shitty for the people who are being employed,” Hashme told […]

“Enterprises are trying to rush to figure out how to implement or incorporate generative AI into their business to gain efficiencies,” says Will Fritcher, deputy chief client officer at TP. “But instead of viewing AI as a way to reduce expenses, they should really be looking at it through the lens of enhancing the customer […]

Generative AI is becoming a key component of business operations and customer service interactions today. According to Salesforce research, three out of five workers (61%) either currently use or plan to use generative AI in their roles. A full 68% of these employees are confident that the technology—which can churn out text, video, image, and […]

The anecdotes are everywhere: A person on a weight-loss drug finds hunger isn’t the only craving that seems to stop. Those are the types of clues Eli Lilly’s CEO, David Ricks, says his company will pursue next year, testing whether its GLP-1 drug, tirzepatide (called Mounjaro for diabetes treatment, and Zepbound for weight loss), could […]

Global greenhouse-gas emissions hit a new high, reaching 37.4 billion metric tons in 2024. This year is also on track to be the warmest on record, with temperatures through September hitting 1.54 °C (2.77 °F) above preindustrial levels. Global climate talks fell flat, and disasters from wildfires to hurricanes are being made worse by climate […]