In 2026, the global tech race gets even more real. Lindsay Gorman — Managing Director of GMF’s Technology Program and former White House tech adviser — breaks down the US-China competition on AI and quantum, the future of TikTok, and why the new year could redefine global power. (Source: Bloomberg)

Aluminum climbed above $3,000 a ton for the first time in more than three years on a tightening supply outlook and long-term demand bets, joining other base metals notching recent milestones.

LG just announced some new Gram AI laptops ahead of CES 2026. These are incredibly portable laptops that the company says are the "lightest in their class." This is largely thanks to a proprietary material that LG has dubbed Aerominum.
This material reportedly "reduces the laptop's weight while rein…

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Understanding the chemical properties of a molecule is an inherently quantum problem, making quantum computers a good tool for the job – and we may start seeing this take off in 2026

Billionaire and California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer (D) said Tuesday the United States needs a single-payer health care system. “Bernie Sanders was right. We need single-payer health care,” Steyer said in a video shared on social media. “In 2019, I didn’t think we needed single-payer healt…

The economy keeps growing — but life isn't getting easier for many.

Artificial intelligence has become an increasingly contentious policy issue over the past year, as lawmakers have grappled with the impact of the rapidly developing technology that has moved markets, influenced geopolitics and become largely unavoidable in daily life.  Key issues — like who should d…

A new technical paper titled “Nitride Ferroelectric Domain Wall Memory for Next-Generation Computing” was published by researchers at Kiel University, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology (ISIT), NaMLab, and TU Dresden. Abstract “The emerging nitride ferroelectrics, such as Al1-xScxN promise …

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As a bioethicist and philosopher explains the ethics of using organs grown in animals for human transplant procedures.

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These are the key developments from day 1,409 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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The Department of Defense says it has carried out strikes against three vessels allegedly transporting drugs near Venezuela on December 30th, resulting in fatalities. NBC News' Monica Alba reports on the strikes and other recent actions by the Trump administration.

President Trump said Wednesday that his administration will end its deployment of the National Guard in Chicago; Los Angeles; and Portland, Ore., vowing to return federal forces to the major, Democratic-led cities if crime spikes again. “Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago were GONE if it weren’t for…

This year, AI continued looming large in the software world. But more than before, people are wrestling with both its amazing capabilities and its striking shortcomings. New research has found that AI agents are doubling the length of task they can do every seven months—an astounding rate of exponen…

A new offence looks to build on existing rules outlawing sexually explicit deepfakes and intimate image abuse.