The US just found millions of tons of lithium in Appalachia, enough for 500 billion cellphones β and experts say it could power the next century of American tech and weaken China's grip on batteries Latest from TechRadar in News By: waynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams) 3 May 2026 at 18:40 The U.S. finds huge lithium reserves in Appalachia that could supply billions of phones and reduce America's reliance on China.
'A dream technology': Japanese scientists might have unlocked the next generation of solar panels that stay cooler and last longer thanks to "spin-flip" material that achieves 130% energy conversion efficiency β and here's how it works Latest from TechRadar in News By: waynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams) 3 May 2026 at 17:35 Japanese scientists create new spin-flip material that could boost solar panel efficiency by up to 130%.
'Build AI that can accurately represent the full complexity of biology': Mark Zuckerberg wants to cure all diseases but needs far more data to deliver a digital twin of human cellsβAs genetic data becomes the next frontier, will you trust him with yours? Latest from TechRadar in News By: waynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams) 2 May 2026 at 18:20 Mark Zuckerberg backs $500 million push to build AI models of human cells as part of long-term effort to cure disease.
This free WordPress tool could save businesses billions every year by slashing the AI tokens needed to read the web β saving enough electricity to power the entire USA for 24 hours Latest from TechRadar in News By: waynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams) 2 May 2026 at 12:05 Free WordPress plugin could slash AI web traffic data use enough to rival daily USA electricity consumption if widely adopted.
'Exactly one photon': European scientists have built the first block of a truly unhackable global quantum internet that can run on existing fiber networks β breaking what was once thought to be an impossible barrier to transmit identical light particles Latest from TechRadar in News By: waynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams) 1 May 2026 at 17:35 Scientists break the telecom wavelength barrier that previously blocked long distance quantum communication over existing optical fiber infrastructure.