Responsible innovation: what 2026 should look like for businesses harnessing AI

Businesses harnessing artificial intelligence should do so with governance, data integrity and investing in people.

‘The new era of Infinite Flight begins’: Novel tech can wireless charge drones almost 2Km away using a kilowatt-class laser and a lightweight charger

Laser based charging system aims to keep drones airborne indefinitely by delivering kilowatt class power over long distances.
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Deepseek may have found a way to solve the RAM crisis by eliminating the need for expensive HBM for AI inference and training — yes, the very reason why DRAM prices went up by 5X in 10 weeks

DeepSeek’s Engram decouples memory from computation, enabling AI models to scale efficiently while alleviating costly HBM constraints globally.
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A laser that can fire light pulses in one billionth of a second is set to produce structures 1000 times stronger, 1000 times faster — novel technique has applications for high-performance computing, quantum devices, and AI chip cooling

Researchers demonstrate a laser-based method that alters heat flow in thin silicon films using scalable nanoscale surface patterning techniques.
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DRAM prices set to almost double by March 2026, and yes, we all have our AI overlords to thank for that wonderful news

AI-driven data center demand has intensified DDR5 DRAM prices, while server memory prioritization reduces availability for PC-focused products globally.
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‘It’s like wrapping the wind from all sides’: Drone-like airship with 24 blades is world’s first megawatt-class tethered wind turbine — S2000 rises to 2Km and can generate a whopping 3MW

A Chinese firm has tested the world’s first megawatt class airborne wind turbine platform designed to feed electricity directly into the grid.
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The future of chips: how gate-all-around design is powering the AI era and the next node

Materials innovation drives next-gen AI chips, enabling performance, efficiency and scalability.

‘Greenland is strategically valuable for LEO’: CEO of European laser communications startup expands on why lasers complement radio networks – and highlights the critical importance of the North Pole for satellite passes

Greenland’s location near the North Pole makes it a critical site for laser based satellite communications, expert says.
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Forget lasers and missiles, China wants to kill drones using a common tech households use everyday in kitchens all around the world — invisible microwave weapons can fry electronics but still require line-of-sight and proximity

China wants to counter drone swarms using high power microwave weapons similar in principle to household ovens but scaled for military air defense roles.
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A 3D printed drone is probably the world’s fastest DIY plane ever, quicker than even the legendary P38 Lightning — but at 408mph, it has some way to go to catch up with the 575mph TU-95

A fully 3D printed drone reaches 408mph and retakes the Guinness World Record for fastest quadcopter ever flown by a DIY team.
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