Self-Driving Cars in 2025: Waymo, Cruise and the Long Road to Autonomy
In 2016, nearly every major automaker and a swarm of startups predicted that fully self-driving cars would be on public roads by 2020. That deadline came and went. In 2023,…
The Hidden Environmental Cost of Training Large Language Models
When you ask ChatGPT a question, the energy cost of that single interaction is trivial — roughly the equivalent of powering an LED light bulb for a few seconds. But…
How AI Is Transforming Drug Discovery: Real Breakthroughs and Limitations
The promise of AI in drug discovery is enormous: molecule design in hours instead of years, virtual screening of billions of compounds, clinical trial predictions that reduce failure rates. The…
GPT-5 and Beyond: What We Know About OpenAI’s Next Model
OpenAI has not officially announced GPT-5. But the clues — job postings, compute procurement, executive comments and the competitive landscape — paint a fairly clear picture of what the next…
The Semiconductor Supply Chain: Lessons from the 2021-2024 Crisis
The global semiconductor shortage that began in 2020 and peaked in 2021-2022 was not a single crisis but a cascade of failures — natural disasters, geopolitical tensions, pandemic-driven demand shifts…
5G and Beyond: What 6G Research Tells Us About 2030 Connectivity
If you bought a 5G phone in 2021 expecting the wireless revolution you were promised, you probably felt some disappointment. The early 5G rollout was plagued by coverage gaps, battery…
Quantum Computing in 2025: Where Are We Actually?
Quantum computing has been “five to ten years away” for roughly three decades. But in 2025, something has genuinely changed. We now have quantum processors with over 1,000 physical qubits,…
Open Source vs Proprietary Software: The 2025 State of the Debate
Twenty-five years ago, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called Linux “a cancer.” Today, Microsoft is one of the largest contributors to open source on GitHub. The transformation is evidence of a…
The Rise of Edge Computing: Why Data Processing Is Moving Closer to Home
For the last fifteen years, the mantra of enterprise IT has been “move everything to the cloud.” Data centres got larger, more centralised and increasingly concentrated in a handful of…
How Cloud Computing Is Reshaping Enterprise IT in 2025
In 2019, enterprise cloud adoption was a competitive advantage. In 2025, it is table stakes. The question is no longer whether companies should move to the cloud — it is…