Category: 8. Tech

Most gadgets we’ve encountered so far at CES 2026 aim to excite and dazzle, but Ambient’s Dreamie succeeds if it helps you snooze.

Not to be confused with the robot vacuum brand Dreame,…

Technology startups are moving decisively into the browser market, launching new AI-powered browsers designed to challenge Google’s long-standing dominance over how users access the internet, according to industry reporting and regulatory…

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It has been an honour and a privilege to spend a year as Futurist in Residence at Nokia, getting access to their Bell Labs research facilities, meeting brilliant scientists and engineers pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, and learning…

Finnish eyewear company IXI is gearing up to launch smart glasses that look just like ordinary spectacles, but are able to “autofocus” based on the perceived needs of the wearer.

The…

A long-overlooked mode of catalysis is finally going asymmetric. Halogen bonds were first proposed as an activating interaction in 2008, but this alternative type of organocatalysis was initially slow to gain traction among the organic community….

Finding information online can be overwhelming. And as more people turn to chatbots for information, search engines are adapting. Google Search has added an AI mode and its chatbot, Gemini, to help users get the information they need. So what’s…

A new £50 million initiative aims to cut the length of time novel medicines spend in clinical trials, enabling patients to benefit from new treatments much sooner.

The UK’s Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence in Clinical…