Samsung Electronics is emerging as one of the biggest financial beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence boom, demonstrating how the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure is transforming the economics of the semiconductor industry. The South Korean technology giant expects third-quarter operating profit of 107.4 trillion won, approximately $80.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 782.5%. If confirmed in its full earnings report, it would represent Samsung’s strongest quarterly operating...

Robotics is increasingly moving beyond rigid motors, gears, batteries and conventional actuators. At MIT, researchers have demonstrated a radically different approach, a paper-thin swimming robot powered by living skeletal muscle cells. The experimental machine combines engineered biological tissue with a thin hydrogel structure to create a two-dimensional robot capable of moving through water. Rather than relying on an electric motor or mechanical propeller, the robot uses muscle...

Household management has quietly become one of the most complex forms of everyday coordination. School announcements arrive by email, sports schedules change, appointments occupy calendars, bills require attention, shopping lists evolve, and family members often maintain separate pieces of the same information. Google is now testing an AI approach designed to bring that fragmented information together. Its experimental product, CC, is evolving from an individual productivity assistant into an...