Innovations on show at Paris Vivatech fest
Around 15,000 startups from around Europe and beyond are showing off their wares at the VivaTech trade show in Paris until Saturday.
Jun 18, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
AI-fueled demand boosts US chip producer Micron to record results
American memory chip manufacturer Micron Technology on Wednesday reported record quarterly results, driven by demand from data centers dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI).
Jun 25, 2026
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Engineering
AI gives building inspection photos the location data they were missing
When a building inspector takes a photo of a cracked wall, a leaking pipe or a faulty ceiling panel, that image carries almost no information about where exactly it was taken. There's no GPS signal indoors, and manually recording ...
Jun 23, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Machine-readable dataset speeds environmental review drafting tasks
An innovative partnership has yielded powerful new tools to help federal agencies rapidly synthesize complex data, historical documents and more into draft environmental impact statements.
16 hours ago
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Internet
The government is 'doubling down' on its social media ban. But bigger penalties for platforms aren't enough
The Australian government has announced it is "doubling down" on social media platforms that aren't complying with age restrictions for under-16s.
20 hours ago
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Robotics
Designed to tempt: How mini AI lines up carrots to look their best
The researchers teach the packaging machine what is up and down on a snack carrot. The program runs on a small, local PC—not on huge servers in some faraway cloud. The goal: to pack quickly, cheaply and attractively—so that ...
15 hours ago
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Business
Competition may push AI firms to favor speed over safety, new study finds
As AI systems become increasingly powerful, policymakers around the world are grappling with a difficult question: How can society encourage innovation—and the now-plausible race to truly intelligent AI—while managing potentially ...
19 hours ago
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Machine learning & AI
Geospatial upgrade gives TabPFN sharper local predictions on datasets up to 70,000 rows
A new development in data science has given one popular machine learning tool an improved sense of place, enabling it to make more accurate predictions based on data linked to locations. Researchers from the University of ...
20 hours ago
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Machine learning & AI
Eight principles from human ecology can help AI work for human well-being
Artificial intelligence is reshaping relationships by providing conversation and companionship, and reshaping how people work. For children, it is making toys interactive and data-driven, and it is mechanizing and perhaps ...
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Electronics & Semiconductors
China's Meituan says new AI model trained on domestic chips
Chinese tech firm Meituan launched a new artificial intelligence model on Tuesday that it said was the first of its size to be trained using domestically developed computer chips.
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