We'll keep following these developments, but this just wasn't their year. If you're a longtime reader, you probably know that our newsroom selects 10 breakthroughs every year that we think will define the future . This group exercise is mostly fun and always engrossing, but at times it can also be quite difficult. We collectively pitch dozens of ideas, and the editors meticulously review and debate the merits of each. We agonize over which ones might make the broadest impact, whether one is too similar to something we've featured in the past, and how confident we are that a recent advance will actually translate into long-term success. There is plenty of lively discussion along the way.

China conducts systematic intellectual property theft campaign against America using cyber-espionage and commercial access, threatening U.S. technological leadership.

Are we living in a simulation? The idea that we might be living in a simulated reality has worried us for centuries. Thomas Anderson - otherwise known as Neo - is walking up a flight of stairs when he sees a black cat shake itself and walk past a doorway. Then the moment seems to replay before his eyes. Just a touch of déjà vu, he thinks.

The Longest Solar Eclipse for 100 Years Is Coming. NASA has announced when the longest total solar eclipse of the century will occur--and you won't have to wait long. Here's what you should know. The duration of a total solar eclipse always varies. In April 2024, the eclipse that crossed North America lasted 4 minutes and 28 seconds.

"You'd be hard pressed to find someone who has spent more time building or obsessing over the online zeitgeist, for better or for worse," Alexis Ohanian introduced himself at the BRIDGE Summit in Abu Dhabi on Monday. Ohanian, a founding partner at venture capital firm Seven Seven Six, is perhaps best known as the co-founder and former executive chairman of Reddit. "Being chronically online was part of the job," he said, as part of a conversation with TIME executive editor Nikhil Kumar. TIME is a media partner of the BRIDGE Summit, which has gathered a global community of creators, policymakers, investors, technologists, media institutions, and cultural leaders to discuss the landscape and future of media. But the advent of artificial intelligence has made platforms like Reddit, which once served as hubs of connection, less human, Ohanian said.

The campaign is demanding stricter controls on frontier systems, citing fears superintelligent AI could'compromise national and global security'. The campaign is demanding stricter controls on frontier systems, citing fears superintelligent AI could'compromise national and global security'. More than 100 UK parliamentarians are calling on the government to introduce binding regulations on the most powerful AI systems as concern grows that ministers are moving too slowly to create safeguards in the face of lobbying from the technology industry. A former AI minister and defence secretary are part of a cross-party group of Westminster MPs, peers and elected members of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish legislatures demanding stricter controls on frontier systems, citing fears superintelligent AI "would compromise national and global security". The push for tougher regulation is being coordinated by a nonprofit organisation called Control AI whose backers include the co-founder of Skype, Jaan Tallinn.

Is AI a bubble that's about to pop? - podcast Should we be worried about the vast amounts of money pouring into AI? And what will happen if the bubble bursts? For months there have been fears that artificial intelligence is a bubble and that it is about to burst. All are heavily invested in AI. Never before has so much of the economy been dependent on one technology.

Japan is facing a dementia crisis - can technology help? Last year, more than 18,000 older people living with dementia left their homes and wandered off in Japan. Almost 500 were later found dead. Police say such cases have doubled since 2012. Elderly people aged 65 and over now make up nearly 30% of Japan's population - the second-highest proportion in the world after Monaco, according to the World Bank.

Number's up: Calculators hold out against AI The Casio Mini, the world's first personal calculator, is seen at the Toshio Kashio Memorial Museum of Invention in Tokyo on Nov. 25. Tokyo/Bangkok - The humble pocket calculator may not be able to keep up with the mathematical capabilities of new technology, but it will never hallucinate. The device's enduring reliability equates to millions of sales each year for Japan's Casio, which is even eyeing expansion in certain regions. Despite lightning-speed advances in artificial intelligence, chatbots still sometimes stumble on basic addition. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.

House and Senate negotiators released a $900 billion defense bill targeting China with new investment restrictions, technology bans, and expanded military competition measures.