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Time dilation—a pathway to time travel

By exploiting the laws of physics, could time travel be something that the human race achieves?

All roads lead to Rome’s smart city

In November 2025, Rome was named ‘Smart City of 2025’ in recognition of the planning and development around its 25-year Jubilee religious anniversary.

Fish-inspired filter could catch nearly all microplastics

Researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany say that copying how fish filter water might help remove most of the microplastic particles from washing machine wastewater.

Netflix: Modern cinema’s monkey’s paw

Netflix’s willingness to fund bold, award-winning films should be applauded. However, many releases end up in algorithmic limbo.

Will Google TPUs dethrone Nvidia?

Google’s TPUs are challenging Nvidia’s AI chip dominance.

The global expansion of ‘robotaxis’

The global expansion of robotaxi services is accelerating rapidly, driven by evolving regulation, commercial scale-ups, and breakthroughs in enabling technologies.

EU must consider all possibilities when changing the EU AI Act

Pressure from businesses and the US government has forced the EU to reconsider its world-first EU AI Act.

AI prompting public debate about art – we should be grateful

Discussions around AI art have been dominated by negativity. But at least we are having them.

‘AI slop’ is the Word of the Year

‘AI slop’, which has been crowned Macquarie Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2025, represents a big problem.

Is privacy still possible in 2025?

Privacy is not completely gone in 2025, but it has changed into something far more uncertain.