The newest phone processors run most everyday AI tasks on the device itself, reserving the cloud for requests the handset genuinely cannot handle.

A retrofit programme for older apartment blocks will fund insulation, ventilation and heating upgrades, prioritising the buildings with the worst.

Heat kills more people than any other weather hazard in many countries, yet it long received a fraction of the planning devoted to storms and floods.

Running an election now includes a task no previous generation of officials faced at scale: defending the information environment around the vote.

Voice interfaces are becoming more accurate and inclusive, improving accessibility for people who find touchscreens or keyboards difficult to use.

Biologists climbing into a tropical rainforest canopy have documented a rich community of insects, orchids and fungi that rarely appear in.