A collection of photos had been sitting unexamined since 2017 somewhere in the enormous Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes, a digital repository containing over thirty years of observations from Hubble and more than a dozen other missions. Photographs of a small, unremarkable comet traveling through the inner solar system were taken by one of the most advanced instruments ever created by humans. The images were then stored away while the scientific community moved on to other projects. While looking through the archive, UCLA planetary scientist David Jewitt discovered them. He gave them a close inspection. Then he became aware of…
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The King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh doesn’t seem like the birthplace of international tech regulations. Footsteps are absorbed by the thick carpets. Besides the translation headsets are half-finished coffee cups. Attendees lean forward and pay close attention as presenters go over a topic that was previously thought to be solely Californian: the proper conduct of artificial intelligence. Silicon Valley is not the source of this conversation. In collaboration with the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority has started to develop an ethics charter that goes beyond governing AI in the…
At the CES 2026 floor, the quiet moments were more noticeable than the cacophony. In a few seconds, a glass panel in a corner booth with louder, flashier displays changed from clear to opaque. No announcement. There is no dramatic lighting. A few attendees in the vicinity paused mid-conversation due to a minor alteration. Compared to the robotic dogs and holographic assistants strewn throughout the hall, that glass, which was a component of a larger idea put forth by teams involved in Dubai’s expanding smart infrastructure push, seemed almost insignificant. However, it seems like this is the kind of technology…
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