News and updates on technological advancements and innovations.
UAE cements its position in digital finance and PropTech
The UAE central bank reported progress on the digital dirham. PropTech is expanding: by 2030 the market is set to grow from $0.61bn to $1.55bn. The UAE and Saudi Arabia are scaling talent and investment, building a Web3/smart‑city ecosystem. The United Arab Emirates is pressing ahead with the digital overhaul of its economy, advancing two […]
Paradromics Successfully Implants Brain Chip in Human
Neurotechnology firm Paradromics, a competitor to Neuralink, has announced the successful implantation of its first BCI in a human. This was reported by CNBC. The procedure was conducted on May 14 at the University of Michigan on a patient who had previously undergone neurosurgery for epilepsy treatment. The company’s BCI was implanted and removed from […]
How I Grew Tired of Digging Potatoes and Learned to Love AI Games
Hoping to take the edge off techno-overload, ForkLog contributor Sergey Golubenko decamped to the May countryside. Memories of a gamer youth—and a wish to relive it—came to the rescue of dacha chores. Quickly tired of digging up potatoes and inspecting May beetle larvae, he returned to his computer and discovered a new AI-infused genre. By […]
MegaETH Developers Launch Public Testnet
The Ethereum-based L2 project MegaETH has launched a public testnet, boasting a claimed throughput of 20,000 TPS. Introducing the MegaETH public testnet. 20,000 tps / 1.7 gigagas/s of pure, single-threaded performance alongside 10 ms blocktimes. You will remember what real-time feels like. pic.twitter.com/HBB3V2Ai78 — MegaETH (@megaeth_labs) March 21, 2025 At the time of writing, around […]
Can Ethereum outpace Solana? Inside MegaETH, an ambitious new rollup
In June 2024, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, together with venture giant Dragonfly Capital and other backers, invested in an Ethereum-based start-up, MegaETH. It is a layer-2 (L2) solution that claims instant transaction finality and throughput of 100,000 TPS. These are the kinds of figures the Ethereum Foundation (EF) ultimately wants to see at the base […]
A worm’s neural net on-chain and Pump Science: DeSci steps up a gear
In 2024 crypto exchanges filled up with tokens named after scientific disciplines, chemical compounds, elements and even diseases. Late in the year, industry heavyweights held a meeting with decentralised-science (DeSci) enthusiasts; the segment duly rocketed. This article explores how DAOs are raising funds for anti-ageing research and lunar colonisation—and why funds are trumpeting a new […]
The non-fungible bubble: how NFTs inoculated the industry against greed
In a comparatively short time, NFTs went from glittering innovation to a largely marginal investment tool. Mass-minted collections, rampant speculation and market manipulation did the rest: by 2024, analysts estimate that 96% of collections were “dead”. Lina Valitova examines what remained after the NFT bubble burst. Why did the bubble inflate? In March 2023, staff […]
Mind over machine: how AI is transforming brain–computer interfaces
Brain implants, or neuroimplants, are moving rapidly from research into real-world use. Placed on the surface of the brain or attached to its cortex, these devices are opening new possibilities in medicine and neuroscience. The main goal of modern neuroimplants is to create biomedical prostheses that can bypass areas of the brain damaged by stroke […]
AI chips in 2024: what Sam Altman wants to spend trillions on
Artificial intelligence is already becoming integral to most spheres of activity. Alongside advances in algorithms, hardware—especially specialised chips—plays a decisive role. Modern AI methods depend on computations at a scale that was impossible only a few years ago. Training cutting-edge algorithms can take months and cost tens of millions of dollars. Such colossal compute is […]We use cookies to improve the quality of our service.
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