“CIOs are now sitting at the intersection of all activities — strategic, operations, customer experience. It’s a role that touches every single aspect of the business,” Sturman says. “CIOs still have to be the subject matter expert on technology, security, and now AI; they have to be the smartest person in the room on those…
The article discusses the increasing activity in the robotics sector, highlighting significant developments such as humanoid test centers and the scaling up of drone operations. It emphasizes the rapid acceleration of enterprise robotics deployments across various sectors. Key developments are anticipated in the second half of 2026, impacting areas like humanoid robots and logistics automation….
Local residents walk past burning garages outside a residential building following a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on July 6, 2026, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Genya Savilov | Afp | Getty Images The long-running Russia-Ukraine war appears to have entered a new phase after major developments over the weekend…
Back to Article List Spread across a large swath of sky, the Coma Star Cluster is visible this evening for several hours after sunset, gorgeous in any optics The Coma Star Cluster is a lovely grouping of bright stars near to (but not containing) the yellowish Gamma Comae Berenices. Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello (Flickr, CC0) Looking…
Bad Epoll Flaw Gives Attackers Root Access on Linux and Android Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2026 Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242) lets local attackers gain root on Linux and Android. The flaw was missed by AI but found by a security researcher. A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability, named Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242), allows a local attacker with no special…
Imagine if you could bring 250 people together in a massive room and have them discuss and debate an important issue, arguing the points and counterpoints, and converging on answers that accurately reflect their collective knowledge, wisdom, values, and sensibilities. Now imagine that you convened this debate on America’s 250th birthday and asked 250 randomly…
The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web. You know what, reader? Sundays are for whatever you goddamn feel like. Go swimming. Get lost in the woods. Take a kintsugi pottery class. Fix a broken appliance. Eat more than one hot dog. Learn Welsh. Smash your…
Daring tree climbers and researchers have challenged a major assumption in tree drought biology. In rainforests on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, water transport systems of a colossal, dominating family of trees are not more impaired than shorter trees in the face of drought, researchers report July 2 in Science. The find counters the notion that…
However, its biggest classroom is not a laboratory. In Shenzhen and Beijing, X Square Robot has partnered with 58.com to launch an AI-powered cleaning service where robots work alongside professional cleaners in occupied homes. Instead of carefully staged demonstrations, the machines are navigating cluttered living spaces and responding to the unpredictability of daily life. Under…
Science & Tech THE UK-Nigeria Tech Hub and the Nest Innovation Technology Park have partnered to inaugurate the Nigeria Innovation Cluster Exchange (NICE) to address fragmentation within Nigeria’s innovation ecosystem. The Co-founder of The Nest Innovation Technology Park, Mr Oluwajoba Oloba, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Oloba said the initiative was funded by…