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Exhibit A: Google’s NotebookLM. NotebookLM is a research tool the company launched with little fanfare a year ago. A few…

AI’s power density requirements similarly necessitate a new set of electricity infrastructure enhancements—like advanced conductors for transmission lines that can…

Since the heyday of radio, records, cassette tapes, and MP3 players, the branding of sound has evolved from broad genres…

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But some proponents of mental privacy aren’t satisfied that the law does enough to protect neural data. “While it introduces…

The tool generates a podcast called Deep Dive, which features a male and a female voice discussing whatever you uploaded.…

Generative AI models can produce images in response to prompts within seconds, and they’ve recently been used for everything from…

Our goal is to spotlight businesses we believe could help make a dent in climate change. This year’s list includes…

The system could make it easier to train different types of robots to complete tasks—machines ranging from mechanical arms to…

1 The death toll from Hurricane Helene is risingRescue and recovery teams are searching for hundreds of missing people. (WP…

Europa Clipper isn’t on the hunt for extraterrestrial life, however. Instead, its team hopes to assess the moon’s habitability—how well…

Today, Chinese firms produce the vast majority of the world’s solar panels. Most build cells that incorporate a layer of…

Electric Hydrogen wants to address these issues by developing electrolyzers that have about 10 times the capacity of today’s standard…

Pivot Bio, a biotechnology company based in Berkeley, California, is harnessing microbes to deliver a usable form of nitrogen directly…

This is what Sun King has been able to deliver. By providing solar panels, handheld solar-powered lamps, batteries, and home…

The remaining 80% of the world’s copper comes from copper sulfide ores, which don’t dissolve well in acid. To extract…