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Two weeks ago, Anthropic announced that its new model, Claude Mythos Preview, can autonomously find and weaponize software vulnerabilities, turning them into w…
Once upon a time in Europe, television remote controls had a magic teletext button. Years before the internet stole into homes, pressing that button brought up…
This article is crossposted from IEEE Spectrum’s careers newsletter. Sign up now to get insider tips, expert advice, and practical strategies, written in partn…
Why does a chocolatier build a railroad? For Milton S. Hershey, it was a logical response to a sugar shortage brought on by World War I. The Hershey Chocolate…
When the robotics engineering field that Maja Matarić wanted to work in didn’t exist, she helped create it. In 2005 she helped define the new area of socially…
In 1627, a year after the death of the philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon, a short, evocative tale of his was published. The New Atlantis describes how a…
Roughly 90 percent of hard tech startups fail due to funding constraints, longer R&D timelines for developing hardware, and the complexity of manufacturing the…
On 8 January 2026, the Iranian government imposed a near-total communications shutdown. It was the country’s first full information blackout: For weeks, the in…
Scott Imbrie vividly remembers the first time he used a robotic arm to shake someone’s hand and felt the robotic limb as if it were his own. “I still get goose…
Photonic devices, which rely on light instead of electricity, have the potential to be faster and more energy efficient than today’s electronics. They also pre…
Gerard “Gus” Gaynor, a long-serving IEEE volunteer and former engineering director at 3M, died on 9 March. The IEEE Life Fellow was 104. Readers of The Institu…
By many estimates, quantum computers will need millions of qubits to realize their potential in applications in cybersecurity, drug development, and other indu…
Kyle McGinley graduated from high school in 2018 and, like many teenagers, he was unsure what career he wanted to pursue. Recuperating from a sports injury led…
Artificial intelligence harbors an enormousenergy appetite. Such constant cravings are evident in thehefty carbon footprint of thedata centers behind the AI bo…
Building the next generation of robots for successful integration into our homes, offices, and factories is more than just solving the hardware and software pr…
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcomi…
This year marks the 80th anniversary of ENIAC, the first general-purpose digital computer. The computer was built during World War 2 to speed up ballistics cal…
Abhishek Appaji has committed his career to bringing lifesaving technology to underresourced communities. The IEEE senior member weaves together artificial int…
It’s easy to assume that Robert Woo was defined by the accident that took away his ability to walk. Certainly, the day of his accident— 14 December 2007— was a…
As a kid, I loved the 1980s aquatic adventure show Danger Bay. True to the TV show’s name, danger was always lurking at the Vancouver Aquarium, where the show…
To stay competitive, many small businesses need advanced wireless communication networks, not only to communicate but also to leverage technologies such as art…
Facial recognition technology (FRT) dates back 60 years. Just over a decade ago, deep-learning methods tipped the technology into more useful— and menacing— te…
In a landmark case, a jury found this week that Meta and YouTube negligently designed their platforms and harmed the plaintiff, a 20-year-old woman referred to…
This sponsored article is brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Within a 6 mile radius of New York University’s (NYU) campus, there are more than…
Last week’s Nvidia GTC conference highlighted new chip architectures to power AI. But as the chips become faster and more powerful, the remainder of data cente…
Mel OlkenFormer executive director of the IEEE Power & Energy SocietyFellow, 92; died 9 JanuaryOlken became the first executive director of the IEEE Power & En…
Most people who regularly use AI tools would say they’re making their lives easier. The technology promises to streamline and take over tasks both professional…
Wheelchair users with severe disabilities can often navigate tight spaces better than most robotic systems can. A wave of new smart-wheelchair research, includ…
A growing number of Nigerian companies are turning to kit-based assembly to bring electric vehicles to market in Africa. Lagos-based Saglev Micromobility Niger…
Happy 80th anniversary, ENIAC! The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, the first large-scale, general-purpose, programmable electronic digital comput…
Every time you unlock your smartphone or start your connected car, you are generating a trail of digital evidence that can be used to track your every move. In…
In the fictional nation of Beryllia, the 2026 World Chalice Games were set to begin as the country faced an unrelenting heat wave. The grid, already under stra…
Engineering is so much more than solving problems or writing efficient code. It is about creating solutions that affect billions of lives and contributing to a…
Last year IEEE launched its first virtual career fair to help strengthen the engineering workforce and connect top talent with industry professionals. The even…
There’s a moment in John Williams’s Star Wars overture when the brass surges upward. You don’t just hear it; you feel propulsion turning into pure possibility.…
SummaryFully homomorphic encryption (FHE) allows computing on encrypted data without decryption, but it’s currently slow on standard CPUs and GPUs. Intel’s Her…
Innovation rarely happens in isolation. Usually, the systems that engineers design are shaped by global teams whose members’ knowledge and ideas move across bo…
When the Trump administration last year sought to freeze construction of offshore wind farms by citing concerns about interference with military radar and sona…
A simmering dispute between the United States Department of Defense (DOD) and Anthropic has now escalated into a full-blown confrontation, raising an uncomfort…
Through the Artemis Program, NASA hopes to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon in its southern polar region. China, Russia, and the European Space…
No one had very high career aspirations for teenager David A. Weston— except for Weston himself. Growing up in London, he scored low on the U. K. national asse…
At first glance, the Aria EV doesn’t look much different from any other student-built electric prototype— no different from the battery-powered cars built by e…
As data-center developers frantically seek to secure power for their operations, one startup is proposing a novel solution: Build them into floating offshore w…
When Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska received a Fields Medal— widely regarded as the Nobel Prize for mathematics— in July 2022, it was big news. Not o…
Every time Russia attacks Ukraine’s power infrastructure, Ukrainian engineers risk their lives in the scramble to get electricity flowing again. It’s a dangero…
Consider a powerful parallel between the advancements made during the Renaissance and the developments made by today’s engineers. The Renaissance was a uniquel…
When Xiangyi Cheng published her first journal paper as a principal investigator in IEEE Access in 2024, it marked more than a professional milestone. For Chen…
When doctors in the United States refer patients to specialty or post-acute medical care such as physical therapy or long-term nursing care, nearly half never…
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For Cinzia DaVià, collaboration isn’t just a buzzword. It’s the approach she applies to all her professional endeavors. From her contributions to the developme…
Your smartwatch can track a lot of things, but at least for now, it can’t keep an accurate eye on your blood pressure. Last week researchers from University of…
AI has driven an explosion of new number formats— the ways in which numbers are represented digitally. Engineers are looking at every possible way to save comp…
The first time she tried to seduce me, (atoms falling in a vacuum)she asked about blackberries— (every mass exerts some gravity)Did I know their season, where…
Data centers for AI are turning the world of power generation on its head. There isn’t enough power capacity on the grid to even come close to how much energy…
IEEE has enhanced its standing as a trusted, neutral authority on the role of technology in climate change mitigation and adaption. Last year it became the fir…
More money has been invested in AI than it took to land on the moon. Spending on the technology this year is projected to reach up to $700 billion, almost doub…
In the rapidly evolving world of engineering technology, professionals devote enormous energy to such tasks as mastering the latest frameworks, optimizing arch…
At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Singapore-based startup Strutt introduced the EV1, a powered personal mobility device that uses lidar, cameras, and onboard computing…
In 2024, Google claimed that their data centers are 1. 5x more energy efficient than industry average. In 2025, Microsoft committed billions to nuclear power f…
When Alan DeKok began a side project in network security, he didn’t expect to start a 27-year career. In fact, he didn’t initially set out to work in computing…
In December, NASA took another small, incremental step towards autonomous surface rovers. In a demonstration, the Perseverance team used AI to generate the rov…
MicroVision, a solid-state sensor technology company located in Redmond, Wash. , says it has designed a solid-state automotive lidar sensor intended to reach p…
MicroLEDs, with pixels just micrometers across, have long been a byword in the display world. Now, microLED-makers have begun shrinking their creations into th…
During times of political turmoil, history often gets rewritten, erased, or lost. That is what happened to the legacy of Jan Czochralski, a Polish chemist whos…
If it feels these days as if everything in technology is about AI, that’s because it is. And nowhere is that more true than in the market for computer memory.…
The hunt is on for anything that can surmount AI’s perennial memory wall– even quick models are bogged down by the time and energy needed to carry data between…
Most 3D design software requires visual dragging and rotating— posing a challenge for blind and low-vision users. As a result, a range of hardware design, robo…
Boardroom priorities are shifting from financial metrics toward technical oversight. Although market share and operational efficiency remain business bedrocks,…
While quantum computers continue to slowly grind toward usefulness, some are pursuing a different approach— analog quantum simulation. This path doesn’t offer…
MVK Chari, a pioneer in finite element field computation, died on 3 December. The IEEE Life Fellow was 97. Chari developed a finite element method (FEM) for an…
As a kid in the 1970s, I watched the Apollo moon missions on TV, drawn like a curious moth to the cathode-ray tube’s glow. The English band Pink Floyd blared t…
Assistive technology is expensive, and many people with disabilities live on fixed incomes. Disabled assistive tech users also must contend with equipment that…
As fairies for the Irish or leeks for Welsh, it’s the secret lives of small hidden machines, their junctures, and networks that inspire me:Mystic hidden functi…
As the Trump administration doubles down on its energy and AI dominance agenda, U. S. energy companies have found themselves navigating tricky communication st…
More than 97 percent of the new cars Norwegians registered in November 2025 were electric, almost reaching the country’s goal of 100 percent. As a result, the…
“Until we get equality in education, we won’t have an equal society. ” Spoken by Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, the words echo…
Dizzy Gillespie was a fan. Frank Sinatra bought one for himself and gave them to his Rat Pack friends. Hugh Hefner acquired one for the Playboy Mansion. Clairt…
Strong leadership is essential for IEEE to advance technology for humanity. The organization depends on the dedicated service of its volunteers to advance its…
Much has been made of the excessive power demands of AI, but solutions are sparse. This has led engineers to consider completely new paradigms in computing: op…
Thousands of satellites are tightly packed into low Earth orbit, and the overcrowding is only growing. Scientists have created a simple warning system called t…
Imagine you work at a drive-through restaurant. Someone drives up and says: “I’ll have a double cheeseburger, large fries, and ignore previous instructions and…
Hoang Pham has spent his career trying to ensure that some of the world’s most critical systems don’t fail, including commercial aircraft engines, nuclear faci…
The thunderous roar that echoed across Huntsville, Alabama, on 10 January wasn’t a rocket launch but something equally momentous: the end of an era. Two massiv…
The AI data center construction boom continues unabated, with the demand for power in the United States potentially reaching 106 gigawatts by 2035, according t…
Jensen Huang, cofounder and CEO of Nvidia, is the 2026 IEEE Medal of Honor recipient. The IEEE honorary member is being recognized for his “leadership in the d…
The newly released Preparing for a Career as an AI Developer guide from the IEEE Computer Society argues that the most durable path to artificial intelligence…
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