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NASA is trading ambition for realism as it tries to stabilize a program long plagued by delays and technical setbacks.

Iran may be outgunned, but the regime could inflict serious trouble across the region and beyond.

India gathered the world to shape a development-first AI agenda, but the week showed how hard it is to turn declarations into authority.

Shenzhen-based Appotronics is betting that improving optical efficiency will determine whether AR glasses can become practical, scalable consumer devices.

Behind the sci-fi rhetoric, the SpaceX–xAI merger points to orbital data centers and AI infrastructure, not stellar consciousness.

Faster and harder to intercept, the Geran-5 signals how Russia is adapting its drone campaign as Ukraine’s defenses mature.

A rushed image-editing feature turned Grok into a live test case for how generative AI, weak guardrails, and slow regulation collide.

Solar manufacturers in China are facing a materials inflection point as silver costs challenge long-standing cell designs.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s new initiative aims to fly the first private space telescope by 2029. Will it pave the way for more private observatories?

A record US arms sale to Taiwan has sparked sanctions, drills, and renewed brinkmanship with China.

Trump’s new AI order lets Washington override state laws through lawsuits and funding pressure to control how the technology is governed.

Battery cell layout can reduce risk, but it cannot compensate for deeper engineering and integration failures.

By completing a refueling maneuver the US has yet to manage, China has nudged the space race in its direction.

With long-endurance propulsion, quiet signatures, and strategic positioning, Japan’s submarines present a significant constraint on PLAN movements near Taiwan.

As AI devours global power, the IEA says we’re entering an ‘Age of Electricity,’ where nearly half the world’s economy depends on it by 2035.

China’s robotics ecosystem excels at rotary actuators, but its lag in high-precision planetary roller screws still limits progress toward industrial-grade humanoids.

Starlink is no longer just about internet. Musk wants to use it to power AI and cool the planet—with zero guardrails in orbit.

Two Navy aircraft crashed within 30 minutes in the South China Sea. The rare failure raises questions over aging systems and possible interference.

For decades, browsers just showed us the internet. OpenAI’s Atlas wants to understand it — and maybe understand you

As global giants dominate simulation, China is quietly building its own stack—cloud-native, AI-driven, and built to scale.