Of this, $9bn went to new research into boosting farm yields, up from $2.5bn in 2016. The boost comes at an opportune moment.

Uncrewed vessels can navigate themselves and notify operators when they need support from shore-based navigators. However, ...

About a sixth of the world's milk is wasted, over 150 million tonnes every year, but a Canberra company has come up with new ...

New solar desalination technology turns seawater into drinking water without toxic brine, improving clean water access and ...

The war in Iran is hindering production and export of fertilizers from the Middle East and causing prices to spike. Some innovators say the disruption demonstrates the need for technologies that ...

OpenAI is acquiring technology news podcast TBPN. TBPN is a daily podcast hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays that covers technology news and features interviews with major tech leaders. TBPN started ...

The maker of ChatGPT is taking a more open approach to cybersecurity than its chief rival, Anthropic. By Cade Metz Reporting from San Francisco The artificial intelligence company Anthropic said this ...

Archaeologists working in Egypt's Nile Delta may have discovered a tomb or temple dating back around 2,600 years while testing a new technology designed to locate structures buried deep beneath the ...

From Salt Lake City to New York City, parents are demanding more sway over the digital tools that schools give children. Sandra Martinez Roe, with her son, is a leader of a Los Angeles parents’ group ...

A plan to create a new high school in Lower Manhattan dedicated to cutting-edge technology has fueled a debate over how artificial intelligence should be handled in New York City’s public schools. The ...