Technology Report - Changing Our World

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has already said it does not plan to sell the platform. The Chinese government is also unlikely to approve a sale.

OpenAI has eliminated a team focused on the risks of advanced artificial intelligence less than a year after it was formed – and a departing executive who co-led the group warned Friday that safety has “taken a backseat to shiny products” at the company.

The concerns are reportedly centered on underwater fiber-optic cables in the Pacific Ocean that are partially owned by the Big Tech firms and used to maintain the flow of data from the US to Asia.

We visualized the results of an analysis by the World Economic Forum, which uncovered the jobs most impacted by AI.

Cloud computing service providers generated $270 billion in revenues last year, concentrated among a few giants.

In this map, we illustrate median internet download speeds in each global region, based on data from the World Bank.

In this infographic, we map out internet usage by global region based on the latest data from the World Bank.

The expert consensus is that a human-like machine intelligence could emerge by 2059, but what if we could do it in less than half the time?

From complete overhauls to more subtle tweaks, these tech logos have had quite a journey. Featuring: Google, Apple, and more.

This visualization shows which countries have been granted the most AI patents each year, from 2012 to 2022.

Intel, TSMC, and more have received billions in subsidies from the U.S. CHIPS Act in 2024. We show the grants received so far.

Over the past decade, thousands of AI startups have been funded worldwide. See which countries are leading the charge in this map graphic.

In this graphic, we illustrate the rise in installed solar photovoltaic capacity in China, the EU, and the U.S. between 2010 and 2022.