The quantum leap

A centrepiece of Prof Stephen Hawking’s theory of black holes states that black holes can only grow. Thanks to precision observations made with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

PC hardware predictions that never came to pass

ONE ICY MORNING IN FEBRUARY, nearly 200 people gathered in a church in downtown Richmond, Va. Most had awakened before dawn and driven in from across the state. There were Republicans and Democrats fr

How China’s AI breakthroughs are challenging U.S. technological dominance

For a few months in 2001, the business world couldn’t stop talking about inventor Dean Kamen’s secret project, codenamed “Ginger”. Kamen had received the National Medal of Technology from US president

Before the AI boom, there were 450 or so data centres across the UK, depending on what you consider a data centre. A few years on, and another 100 are in the works. They’re the type of building projec