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• [New] Within a span of nine years, students in the United States will be making use of learning applications based on AI technology. Medium
• [New] From 2029 onwards, leading AI systems outperform expert humans at virtually all cognitive tasks, with significant advantages in certain domains, and compress decades of scientific breakthroughs into years. GOV.UK
• [New] Goldman Sachs estimates cumulative AI capital expenditure from 2026 to 2031 will reach approximately $7.6 trillion across compute, data centers, and power infrastructure, as cited by Anthropic president Daniela Amodei at Bloomberg Tech. Build Fast with AI
• [New] By 2030, AI can automate most tasks that a remote human worker could perform, driving major scientific breakthroughs, transforming public services, and creating an economic boom. GOV.UK
• [New] Initially driven by labour-saving productivity gains, growth in the 2030s becomes increasingly dominated by AI's role in accelerating innovation, compressing decades of scientific and technological progress into just a few years. GOV.UK
• [New] From 2029 onwards, AI systems match the performance of an average human at the majority of cognitive tasks, can automate most tasks that a remote human worker could perform, and drive major scientific advances. GOV.UK
• [New] By 2030, AI systems match the performance of an average human across the majority of cognitive tasks, can automate most tasks that a remote human worker could perform, and drive major scientific advances. GOV.UK
• [New] By 2030, AI systems support many scientific advances and automate many digital workflows as capably as humans but remain less capable at performing key cognitive tasks. GOV.UK
• [New] To underscore, the IEEE IoT technology forecast of connected devices is expected to increase by about 300% from 8.7 billion devices in 2020 to more than 25 billion IoT devices in 2030. fortinet
• [New] The technology: floating autonomous nodes that convert wave energy directly to compute, cooled by surrounding seawater, transmitting via LEO satellite, with a 2027 commercial target. Fountain City
• [New] Emerging players like Moovit, Citymapper, SkedGo, and IoMob capitalize on escalatory tech investments, and the future opportunities in MaaS center on integrating AI-powered predictive routing, open-loop unified payment systems, and Level 4 autonomous vehicle fleets. Precedence Research
• [New] As a new technology, artificial intelligence in construction will approach RUB 4.5 billion by 2026. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] China: Demand for Drone Interceptors in China is projected to grow at a CAGR of 15.5%, supported by extensive investments in military modernization, a rapidly expanding defence technology ecosystem, and increasing deployment of counter-drone solutions across military and security applications. FactMr
• [New] The European Commission's AI Office convened a new round of working group meetings to advance the forthcoming Code of Practice on the Marking and Labelling of AI-Generated Content, which will establish technical benchmarks for identifying synthetic media under the EU AI Act. EU DisinfoLab
• [New] In an era of rapid technological change - from e-bikes to autonomous vehicles to delivery bots - as well as major policy efforts to transform Los Angeles to a transit metropolis, it is easy to think that the city of tomorrow will be something very different from the city of today. Los Angeles Regional Collaborative
• [New] AI will continue to dominate the tech narrative over the next few years. X (formerly Twitter)
• [New] The rapid advancement of quantum technologies is creating both opportunity and risk for enterprises worldwide. EIN Presswire
• [New] Extreme droughts in East and Southeast Asia have limited purified water availability for semiconductor fabrication and copper ore processing in key South American mining regions, exposing vulnerabilities throughout high-tech supply chains. GOV.UK
• [New] The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has officially added Alibaba Group to its list of Chinese military companies, a designation that is escalating tensions between D.C. and Beijing and raising fresh questions about the future risks facing Chinese tech giants listed in the U.S. Yahoo Finance
• [New] A disruption to chip supply chains could simultaneously constrain AI development and trigger a sharp repricing of technology stocks, with cascading effects on New York's Finance and Information sectors. Office of the New York City Comptroller Mark Levine
• [New] The International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade is a global, interdisciplinary network of over 180 organizations and more than 500 experts working to prevent pathogen spillover by bridging science, policy and practice. International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife
• [New] By 2026, concert lighting will no longer be just about visibility; it will be about Neuroaesthetic lighting design - a scientific approach to orchestrating human emotion through visual stimuli. LiteLEES
• [New] CFS, which is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and other firms including Helion Energy in Everett, Washington, and TAE Technologies in Foothill Ranch, California, say that they will deliver commercial fusion plants by the early 2030s. Electricity Info

Last updated: 19 June 2026