Syntetica, a deeptech company developing recyclingtechnology for complex textile waste, has raised $30 million in a Series Afunding round to scale its nylon recycling platform and bring its technology…

Lu Yaxiang, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Physics, has spent a decade making sodium-ion batteries commercially viable. In April, he received China’s Youth May Fourth Medal, the country’s top honour for outstanding achieve…
Outdoor holidays often require expensive, bulky gear that’s hard to transport and usable once. So it’s a win-win to borrow or rent gear locally instead of owning it. Here’s how.
Chip Motors is taking orders for a low-speed, battery-powered “life utility vehicle,” priced from $15,000, joining a new wave of quirky EVs.
Chip Motors is taking orders for a low-speed, battery-powered “life utility vehicle,” priced from $15,000, joining a new wave of quirky EVs.

Australia has set up a national Office of AI. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also promised new copyright protection for creatives, in a speech in Sydney. Albanese announced the plan on Wednesday at the University of Sydney, the Guardian reported. His …

Britain wants to be an AI superpower. One of its flagship data centres cannot get the electricity to switch on. Nscale’s £2bn Essex site has the money, the planning permission, and a grid connection, but no power arriving in time. Nscale has the cash, …

Microsoft promised to be carbon negative by 2030. Its own report shows emissions up 25% in a year instead. The number is worse than it looks, and also more honest than it looks, and the reason for both is the same: AI data centres. Microsoft set one of…
While U.S. and European leaders blame “massive subsidies,” new analysis shows that China’s EV advantage comes from something far more consequential.
Bordeaux and Médoc-Atlantique are adapting for rising heat by focusing on overall vineyard resilience through more biodiversity, cover crops and changing wine blends.