CHIPS Act Program Loses Funding: Digital-Twin Center Contract Ends
TL;DR The head of the SMART USA Institute told its 121 members that the U.S. Department of Commerce will terminate…
Video Friday: Holiday-themed robotics videos and lab greetings roundup
TL;DR Video Friday presents a curated weekly selection of robotics videos and links to a calendar of upcoming robotics events,…
IEEE Spectrum’s Most-Read Biomedical Stories of 2025 Highlight AI and Revamps
TL;DR IEEE Spectrum’s most popular biomedical pieces of 2025 concentrated on both new technologies and upgrades to established tools. AI-driven…
Six Defining Robotics Stories of 2025 and What They Mean for AI
TL;DR IEEE Spectrum compiled a roundup of the six biggest robotics stories of 2025. The author says that, unlike past…
Top 14 agtech and foodtech startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield
TL;DR TechCrunch named 14 agtech and foodtech companies among its Startup Battlefield 200, highlighting innovations across AI, robotics, fermentation and…
Data-Driven Medical Forecasting: Slowing Age-Related Illness by Predicting Risk
TL;DR Eric Topol argues that 2026 will mark the start of precision medical forecasting, using large-scale data and models to…
Five Years On, AlphaFold Continues to Evolve Its Impact on Science
TL;DR AlphaFold, the AI system from Google DeepMind, marked its fifth anniversary as WIRED revisited its influence and future. The…
How to Track Santa Claus on Christmas Eve: AI Features from NORAD and Google
TL;DR NORAD and Google both run Santa-tracking sites that simulate Father Christmas’s progress on Christmas Eve, and NORAD recently added…