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Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This week’s edition is a team effort: my colleague Heather Stewart reports on the plans for AI’s world domination at Davos;…

Tools of the Scribe: How Writing Systems, Technology, and Human Factors Interact to Affect the Act of Writing Brian Roark et al. Springer (2025)The world’s oldest…

Credit: Ian Dagnall/AlamyUS mathematician Gladys Mae West was best known for her foundational work on GPS systems. As an African American woman, West overcame huge barriers…

New filtration technology developed by Rice University may absorb some Pfas “forever chemicals” at 100 times the rate than previously possible, which could dramatically improve pollution…

You’ve probably heard of “unicorns” – technology startups valued at more than $1bn – but 2026 is shaping up to be the year of the “hectocorn”,…

Education technology—including school districts’ 1-to-1 computing initiatives—impedes students’ ability to learn and offers a portal to platforms that harm children’s mental health, experts told lawmakers on…

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) community is grieving after the “shocking” shooting death of the director of its plasma science and fusion center, according to…

Oracle’s shares tumbled 15% on Thursday in response to the company’s quarterly financial results, disclosed the day before.The business software company, co-founded by Donald Trump ally…

It is fitting that this week’s UN environment talks are in Nairobi, with Africa shaping the global climate conversation. The continent’s diplomats are dealing with the…

Figure 1: Rank Technology Solutions Third-party tools dominate pre-trade TCA use Traders consider third-party tools the most essential for transaction cost analysis, with 43% saying they…