In 1991, a 21-year-old posted "just a hobby, won't be big" to an internet forum. Today, his "hobby" runs 96% of the world's servers and 3 billion phones. You've used it today—and never knew. August 25, 1991. Helsinki, Finland. A computer science student named Linus Torvalds was frustrated. He'd just spent his summer savings on a new 386 computer—powerful for its time, but useless without an operating system he could actually customize for real work.

Reconductoring has been mostly overlooked in the United States and Canada—until now. A new study finds the potential for billions of dollars in savings By Sarah DeWeerdt September 24, 2024 Restringing existing electric power infrastructure with more powerful lines could double transmission capacity on many long-distance conduction lines while saving money and cutting through bureaucratic red tape, according to a new study.

Millions of medical appointments are missed every year in the U.K., putting patients at risk and extending already lengthy waiting lists. Deep Medical uses AI to reduce no-shows with personalized assistance, from sending several reminders to offering free transportation. Abha Malpani Naismith November 24, 2025 TriplePundit  TriplePundit turns 20! Celebrating two decades of sustainability in motion. In the race to build artificial intelligence that detects cancers and diagnoses diseases, few are paying attention to the quiet crises that erode healthcare systems from within.

Transformative tech is real, experts say, but we may still be in a short-term bubble Nora Young · CBC News · Posted: Dec 05, 2025 5:00 AM AST | Last Updated: 5 hours ago The Icons for the smartphone apps DeepSeek and ChatGPT are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) (AP) Social Sharing…

It’s official—the world’s most advanced floating wind turbine, developed by TouchWind in the Netherlands, is now a reality by Sandra V © 2025 Unión Rayo November 26, 2025 The Netherlands is testing a floating wind turbine that could completely change the way wind energy is produced. We all know the world is advancing very fast toward clean energy technologies, and countries are competing to create more efficient, more powerful, and more intelligent machines.

CNBC Markets Published Tue, Nov 11 20259:26 AM ESTUpdated Tue, Nov 11 202510:45 AM EST CNBC Yun Li@YunLi626 Michael Burry attends the New York premiere of “The Big Short” at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City on Nov. 23, 2015. Jim Spellman | WireImage | Getty Images Michael Burry, the investor made famous by “The Big Short” who recently roiled the market with a tech short bet, is accusing some of America’s largest technology companies of using aggressive accounting to pad their profits from the artificial intelligence boom.

11-12-2025TECH Try new learning modes in ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini BY Jeremy Caplan This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here. AI assistants are now more than simple answer machines. ChatGPT’s new Study Mode, Claude’s Learning Mode, and Gemini’s Guided Learning…

Big spending on artificial intelligence puts pressure on jobs, as gloomy narratives about the future of work are ironically making new graduates less employable. For decades now, we have been told that artificial intelligence systems will soon replace human workers. Sixty years ago, for example, Herbert Simon, who received a Nobel Prize in economics and a Turing Award in computing, predicted that “machines will be capable, within 20 years, of doing any work a man can do.” More recently, we have Daniel Susskind’s 2020 award-winning book with the title that says it all: …

Unusually warm ocean temperatures fueled one of the worst hurricanes on record. New research finds climate change increased the storm’s likelihood.