Worldcoin Hits 12 Million Verified Humans: Orb 2.0’s 4-Second Scans Fuel Global Expansion
As of December 9, 2025, Worldcoin (now rebranded as World)—the iris-scanning identity protocol co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman—has reached a pivotal milestone: 12 million verified humans worldwide, up from
Precision Fermentation and Cultivated Foods Reshape Diets: Vast Farmlands Freed for Rewilding as Lab-Grown Proteins Become Staple
As the global population surges and climate pressures mount, precision fermentation and cultivated (cell-based) foods are rapidly emerging as game-changers in protein production. These biotechnologies produce animal-id
The Year the Humanoids Hit $18,000 (and the First Factories Realized They Could Fire Everyone)
December 13, 2025.Figure Robotics announces the Figure 02 humanoid at $18,800 unit price in volume orders (down from $42,000 for Figure 01 in 2024).Specs: 28 degrees of freedom, 1.8 m height, 22 kg payload, 8-hour batt
Is Thought-Controlled Productivity via Brain-Computer Interfaces Mainstream by 2050 Realistic?
The vision of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) enabling thought-controlled productivity to revolutionize remote work—becoming mainstream by 2050—is ambitious and partially plausible but unlikely to fully materializ