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10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023

January 9, 2023
Every year, we pick the 10 technologies that matter the most right now. We look for advances that will have a big impact on our lives and break down why they matter.

Mass-market military drones: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023

January 9, 2023
For decades, high-end precision-strike American aircraft, such as the Predator and Reaper, dominated drone warfare. The war in Ukraine, however, has been defined by low-budget models made in China, Iran, or Turkey. Their widespread use has changed how drone combat is waged and who can wage it.  Some of these new drones are off-the-shelf quadcopters,…

Battery recycling: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023

January 9, 2023
High-value metals recovered from old laptops, corroded power drills, and electric vehicles could power tomorrow’s cars, thanks to recycling advances that make it possible to turn old batteries into new ones.  Demand for lithium-ion batteries is skyrocketing as electric vehicles become more common. Greater use of electric vehicles is good news for the climate. But…

US tech giants say Indian panel’s recommended competition act ‘absolutist and regressive’

January 9, 2023

An influential industry group that represents Google, Meta and Amazon among other tech firms has expressed concerns about the digital competition law recommended by an Indian parliamentary panel that seeks to regulate their alleged anticompetitive practices, calling the proposal “absolutist and regressive” in nature. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance recommended last month that the […]

US tech giants say Indian panel’s recommended competition act ‘absolutist and regressive’ by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Urine luck: these CES startups want to take a closer look at your waste

January 8, 2023

You wait for years for a urine analysis company, then all of them hit their flow all at once. One of the notable trends at CES in Las Vegas this year was that the quantified-self movement is going deeper. No longer content with just measuring your heart rate, number of steps, and EKG on your […]

Urine luck: these CES startups want to take a closer look at your waste by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

A big CES 2023 trend: all battery power, everywhere, all the time.

January 8, 2023

As we were roaming the halls of CES in Las Vegas, one product category stood out across the board; there’s a lot of focus on portable (and less portable) power storage. These are more than your average charge-your-phone-once-or-twice battery packs, ranging from simple small power packs, to sophisticated power stations that can connect to portable […]

A big CES 2023 trend: all battery power, everywhere, all the time. by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch