From tech's wild AI spending spree to China's brain-computer interface industry, check out this week's awesome tech stories from around the web.

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A heavily modified pig lung survived for 216 hours inside a brain-dead human recipient. Reported in Nature Medicine, it’s the first trial of a cross-species lung transplant in humans. The hope is that ...

The AI builds a world model of Minecraft without human input and “imagines” future scenarios to improve its decision making.

Future A New Device Pulls Water From Thin Air—Even in Death Valley Portable, reusable, and affordable, the device is the latest in technologies aiming to expand access to drinking water.

Dr. Shelly Xuelai Fan is a neuroscientist-turned-science-writer. She’s fascinated with research about the brain, AI, longevity, biotech, and especially their intersection. As a digital nomad, she ...

Scientists just unveiled the world’s tiniest pacemaker. Smaller than a grain of rice and controlled by light shone through the skin, the pacemaker generates power and squeezes the heart’s muscles ...

Artificial Intelligence Meta’s New AI Translates Speech in Real Time Across More Than 100 Languages It's accurate and nearly as fast as expert human interpreters.

With their bright blue bases, yellow gears, and exposed circuit tops, the 3D-printed robots look like a child’s toys. Yet as a roughly two-dozen-member collective, they can flow around obstacles ...

A new bioprinter uses ultrasound to non-invasively 3D print tissues, biosensors, and medication depots deep in the body.

More importantly, both said the bionic leg felt like part of their body. “A prosthesis that's tissue-integrated—anchored to the bone and directly controlled by the nervous system—is not merely a ...

Casey Harrell lost his voice to ALS. With the new system, he can emphasize words and intonations in real time—and sing tunes.