Category: Business

Location, location, location: Model IDs best spots for offshore energy projects Researchers have developed a computational model that identifies the best combination of location and energy technologies to maximize offshore energy production, reducing the financial risk associated with investing in offshore projects. The model accounts for different types of wind and marine hydrokinetic technologies, the…

Tesla loses title as world’s biggest electric vehicle maker as sales fall for second year in a row Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks for buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a…

China’s BYD logs record EV sales in 2025 Chinese auto giant BYD sold 2.26 million electric vehicles last year, a company statement showed Thursday, setting a new record for any firm globally. Go to techxplore

How California’s Delete Act will protect personal information from data brokers in the New Year Use a loyalty card at a drug store, browse the web, post on social media, get married or do anything else most people do, and chances are companies called data brokers know about it—along with your email address, your phone…

The evolution of digital nomadism: From hi-tech hacker spaces to crypto coworking One of the first modern coworking spaces, C-Base in Berlin, was launched 30 years ago by a group of computer engineers as a “hacker space” in which to share their tech and techniques. Similarly, many of the people we first encountered in our…

How ChatGPT could change the face of advertising, without you even knowing about it Online adverts are sometimes so personal that they feel eerie. Even as a researcher in this area, I’m slightly startled when I get a message asking if my son still needs school shirts a few hours after browsing for clothes for…

First Bond game in a decade hit by two-month delay A Danish video game studio said it was delaying the release of the first James Bond video game in over a decade by two months to “refine the experience.” Go to techxplore

AI overestimates how smart people are, according to economists Scientists at HSE University have found that current AI models, including ChatGPT and Claude, tend to overestimate the rationality of their human opponents—whether first-year undergraduate students or experienced scientists—in strategic thinking games, such as the Keynesian beauty contest. While these models attempt to predict human behavior,…

Who should get paid when AI learns from creative work? As generative AI systems become more deeply woven into the fabric of modern life—drafting text, generating images, summarizing news—debates over who should profit from the technology are intensifying. Go to techxplore

Spanish consumer group seeks to sue Google in data row A Spanish consumer rights association on Friday said it had launched preliminary legal action against Google for allegedly collecting sensitive personal data and violating their right to privacy. Go to techxplore

Austria rules against Meta in marathon online privacy case Austria’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Meta to provide an online privacy rights campaigner with access to all of his personal data within two weeks, after a marathon 11-year legal battle. Go to techxplore

Apple’s ATT leads to significant revenue losses for SMEs Apple’s data protection measure “App Tracking Transparency” (ATT) strengthens user privacy, but causes significant revenue losses in e-commerce, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The reason for this is the mandatory opt-in for users introduced by ATT. This is shown by a study co-authored by…

We may never be able to tell if AI becomes conscious, argues philosopher A University of Cambridge philosopher argues that our evidence for what constitutes consciousness is far too limited to tell if or when artificial intelligence has made the leap—and a valid test for doing so will remain out of reach for the foreseeable…

Should the US be worried about AI bubble? Tech giants Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Oracle have been taking on enormous new debt in a race to build out their artificial intelligence ventures in the last year, fueling Wall Street fears of a bubble capable of disrupting the entire economy. Go to techxplore

What’s at stake in Trump’s executive order aiming to curb state-level AI regulation President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 11, 2025, that aims to supersede state-level artificial intelligence laws that the administration views as a hindrance to innovation in AI. Go to techxplore

With Nvidia’s second-best AI chips headed for China, the US shifts priorities from security to trade This week, US President Donald Trump approved previously banned exports of Nvidia’s powerful H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China. Go to techxplore

Instacart is charging different prices to different customers in a dangerous AI experiment, report says The grocery delivery service Instacart is using artificial intelligence to experiment with prices and charge some shoppers more than others for the same items, a new study found. Go to techxplore

Making clean energy investments more successful with forecasting tools Governments and companies constantly face decisions about how to allocate finite amounts of money to clean energy technologies that can make a difference to the world’s climate, its economies, and to society as a whole. The process is inherently uncertain, but research has been shown to…

Crypto firm Tether bids for Juventus, is quickly rebuffed Cryptocurrency firm Tether said Friday it had submitted a bid to Juventus’s main shareholder, Exor, to acquire its entire stake in the Turin football club—but was quickly rebuffed. Go to techxplore

A two-stage decision-making framework for lithium governance in Latin America The evolving global order, intense geopolitical competition, and anxiety over supply chain vulnerabilities in this century have led to urgent concerns over supply chain resilience as well as national security. Amidst these upheavals, governments across the globe are making substantial efforts to reaffirm control over…

Driverless taxis are heading to the UK, but it’s still not clear who to blame when something goes wrong Driverless taxis are a bit like buses. You wait ages for one, and then a fleet arrives all at once. The US firms Waymo and Uber have both said their vehicles will be on the streets…

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion Netflix struck a deal Friday to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, the Hollywood giant behind “Harry Potter” and HBO Max, in a $72 billion deal that would bring together two of the biggest players in television and film and potentially reshape the entertainment industry.…

Crypto hacks: Price drops often outweigh direct losses In the crypto world, reports of cyberattacks tend to focus mainly on the funds that vanish immediately. A new study by researchers at the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) now shows that the indirect consequences—such as falling token prices and eroding trust—can multiply the financial impact of such…

AI-assisted shopping is the talk of the holiday shopping season Major retail chains and tech companies are offering new or updated artificial intelligence tools in time for the holiday shopping season, hoping to give consumers an easier gift-buying experience and themselves an augmented share of online spending. Go to techxplore

How ‘digital twins’ could help prevent cyber-attacks on the food industry Earlier this year, a cyberattack on British retailer Marks & Spencer caused widespread disruption across its operations. Stock shortages, delayed deliveries, and logistical chaos rippled through the retailer’s network. Go to techxplore

How to predict future energy demand When Lukas Dahlström returned to Gotland to start his doctoral program at the GRASS graduate school, it was like coming full circle. He grew up on the island and has long been interested in science and sustainable development. So the opportunity seemed timely. Go to techxplore

High-flying tech hits potholes in India’s Silicon Valley In India’s tech capital Bengaluru, the morning “rush hour” lasts so long it devours half the workday, throttling productivity in a city often viewed as the poster child of a booming economy. Go to techxplore

We can’t ban AI, but we can build the guardrails to prevent it from going off the tracks Artificial intelligence is fascinating, transformative and increasingly woven into how we learn, work and make decisions. Go to techxplore

Colorado is pumping the brakes on first-of-its-kind AI regulation to find a practical path forward When the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act passed in May 2024, it made national headlines. The law was the first of its kind in the U.S. It was a comprehensive attempt to govern “high-risk” artificial intelligence systems across various industries before…

US demands Google ad breakup in court closing arguments The US government asked a federal judge on Friday to order the breakup of Google’s digital advertising business, arguing that the tech giant’s pledges to change its practices cannot be trusted. Go to techxplore

$2B Counter-Strike 2 crash exposes a legal black hole: Your digital investments aren’t really yours In late October 2025, as much as US$2 billion vanished from a digital marketplace. This wasn’t a hack or a bubble bursting. It happened because one company, Valve, changed the rules for its video game Counter-Strike 2, a popular first-person…

Studies reveal 95 barriers and 50 risks slowing decarbonization in the building sector In the race against time to meet 2050 climate targets, building decarbonization looms large—but high upfront costs and a lack of public awareness are two of the biggest barriers for many countries, slowing the adoption of energy efficiency and electrification technologies. The…

Half of novelists believe AI is likely to replace their work entirely, research finds Just over half (51%) of published novelists in the UK believe that artificial intelligence is likely to end up entirely replacing their work as fiction writers, a new University of Cambridge report shows. Go to techxplore

Silicon, aluminum and lithium scarcity threaten green technology development Silicon, aluminum and lithium are the most critical raw materials on Earth. Their scarcity and the complexity of extracting them could hinder the development of technologies that are key to the green transition. This is one of the main conclusions of a study by the INGENIO…

Musk’s Grokipedia leans on ‘questionable’ sources, study says Elon Musk’s Grokipedia carries thousands of citations to “questionable” and “problematic” sources, US researchers said Friday, raising doubts about the reliability of the AI-powered encyclopedia as an information tool. Go to techxplore

Anthropic, Microsoft announce new AI data center projects as industry’s construction push continues Artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced a $50 billion investment in computing infrastructure on Wednesday that will include new data centers in Texas and New York. Go to techxplore