Can construction robots solve Europe’s housing crisis?

Can construction robots solve Europe’s housing crisis?

Europe’s housing crisis is deepening. High building costs, tight regulations, and labour shortages have choked the supply of affordable homes. As cities swell with new arrivals and construction workers retire en masse, the gap between supply and demand is only widening. Endless solutions have bee...

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Everyone's jumping on the AI doll trend - but what are the concerns?

Everyone's jumping on the AI doll trend - but what are the concerns?

As online users create Barbie-like dolls of themselves, experts urge caution over AI's energy and data use.

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Nvidia: The AI chip giant caught between US and China

Nvidia: The AI chip giant caught between US and China

Led by Jensen Huang, dubbed the 'Taylor Swift of tech', the chip giant has become pivotal in the race for AI supremacy.

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Artists push back against AI dolls with their own creations

Artists push back against AI dolls with their own creations

Artists hit back on social media to warn artificial intelligence may be endangering their livelihoods.

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The monthly AI or real quiz: April 2025

The monthly AI or real quiz: April 2025

Challenge yourself with this edition of our monthly AI or real quiz and see if you can get top marks!

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Films made with AI can win Oscars, Academy says

Films made with AI can win Oscars, Academy says

But it said it would still consider human involvement when selecting winners.

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Solar-Powered Tech Transforms Remote Learning

Solar-Powered Tech Transforms Remote Learning

WhenMarc Alan Sperber,ofArizona State University’s Education for Humanity initiativearrived at a refugee camp along theThai-Myanmarborder, the scene was typical of many crisis zones: no internet, unreliable power, and few resources. But within minutes, he and local NGO partners were able to set u...

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Samueli and the Rise of Digital Broadband

Henry Samueli and the Rise of Digital Broadband

Editor’s Note: Henry Samueli is the 2025 recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor.IEEE Spectrumpublished this profile of Samueli in the September 1999 issue.With the recent explosionin the popularity of cable and digital subscriber-line modems for high-speed Internet access, the odds are that you wil...

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This Man Made the Modem in Your Phone a Reality

This Man Made the Modem in Your Phone a Reality

In 1991,very few peoplehad Internet access. Those who did post in online forums or email friends from home typically accessed the Internet via telephone line, their messages traveling at a top speed of 14.4 kilobits per second. Meanwhile, cable TV was rocketing in popularity. By 1991,sixty percen...

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AMD Takes Holistic Approach to AI Coding Copilots

AMD Takes Holistic Approach to AI Coding Copilots

Coding assistantslikeGitHub CopilotandCodeiumare alreadychanging software engineering. Based on existing code and an engineer’s prompts, these assistants can suggest new lines or whole chunks of code, serving as a kind of advanced autocomplete.At first glance, the results are fascinating. Coding ...

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High Schoolers’ AI-Enabled Device Deters Drunk Driving

High Schoolers’ AI-Enabled Device Deters Drunk Driving

Accidents happen, but not all of them are inevitable. Drunk driving is one of the deadliest and most preventable causes of roadway fatalities. In 2022 alone, more than 13,000 people died in alcohol-related vehicular crashes in the United States, accounting for nearly a third of all traffic deaths...

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Google pays Samsung an 'enormous’ amount of money to pre-install Gemini on phones

Google pays Samsung an 'enormous’ amount of money to pre-install Gemini on phones

Google has been paying Samsung tons of cash every month to pre-install the AI app Gemini on its smartphones,according to a report byBloomberg.This information comes to us as part of a pre-existing antitrust case against Google.Peter Fitzgerald, Google’s VP of platforms and device partnerships, te...

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