A new type of electronic warfare is bringing Russian drones crashing to the ground by fooling their guidance systems. Radio-frequency jamming has become ubiquitous in Ukraine as both sides seek to prevent the other from using drones. Typically two type of electronic warfare are employed: generating radio noise to interfere with the control signal, making […]

Cortical Labs, an Australian startup developing a new type of artificial intelligence that combines lab-grown human brain cells with computer chips, has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Horizons Ventures, the private investment arm of Hong Kong’s richest person, Li Ka-shing. Blackbird Ventures, Australia’s leading venture capital fund, has also taken part […]

Technology is increasingly touted as the solution to countless environmental challenges, from carbon sequestration to materials recycling. But, as has been widely documented, the silicon chips underpinning these cutting-edge solutions have their own—not insignificant—carbon impact. So, how do we ensure that technology isn’t creating more carbon than it’s removing? And can plastic chips be part […]

Conversational intelligence tools and artificial intelligence technology have always been tightly intertwined. The core challenge of conversational intelligence is to extract meaningful insights from large amounts of unstructured conversation data, and AI technology has long been the most effective way of doing so. Because of this, advances in AI capabilities result in new opportunities in […]