Once the king of mobile with its iconic 3310, Nokia’s failure to adapt to smartphones nearly killed it. Now, after a massive reinvention into network hardware, it’s landed a $1bn strategic investment from Nvidia for AI in telecoms. The comeback story is incredible, but the road ahead is risky.
The biggest Linux stories of 2025 weren’t just about code. They were about Valve’s influence, KDE’s desktop revolution, and Linus Torvalds losing his patience—again. Here’s what got the open-source world talking.
A secretive venture led by Eric Schmidt is providing AI drones like the Bumblebee to Ukraine, creating a real-world test bed that worries the Kremlin. Meanwhile, a discussion on Threads highlights the uncomfortable trend of creators selling their very personhood for authenticity.
Boston Consulting Group is operating like a tech company, building AI tools from the ground up. Its strategy relies on consultants in the field to innovate, with a central R&D lab curating their creations.
Nature’s annual list of ten influential people in science for 2025 is out. It features everything from a groundbreaking deep-sea ecosystem discovery to a Chinese AI startup that shocked Silicon Valley. These are the stories defining science this year.
A high school sophomore from Florida has developed a low-cost, AI-powered satellite to detect floods faster than current systems. Her $310 prototype won a major MIT challenge and landed her internships at Accenture and MIT’s CSAIL lab.
According to XDA-Developers, the Kode Dot is an open-source, pocket-sized maker device powered by an ESP32-P4, currently raising funds on Kickstarter for $139 with shipping slated for July 2026. It packs an AMOLED screen, buttons, a speaker, microphone, NFC/RFID, IR, and a microSD slot, running a cu
A comprehensive European study confirms open-access articles get more citations and help citizen scientists learn. But it found surprisingly little strong evidence that open science directly creates broad economic or societal benefits, highlighting a major measurement gap.
OpenAI is creating a new executive role, the Head of Preparedness, to predict and mitigate worst-case AI risks. The job pays roughly $555,000 annually plus equity and will focus on threats from cybersecurity to biosecurity. CEO Sam Altman admits the role will be “stressful.”
The Department of Energy is pushing a “nuclear renaissance” to meet surging power demand from data centers. Its ambitious Reactor Pilot Program has set a deadline of July 4, 2026, for at least three of eleven companies to achieve a stable, self-sustaining fission reaction. Companies like Valar Atomi
