An experiment leaves more than a result. It also leaves a record of materials, settings, observations and decisions. That record determines how confidently someone can explain what happened or attempt the work again under comparable...

2026-10-03

Accessibility can sound like a separate layer added after a digital service is complete. Many of its practical questions, however, concern the same interactions every service relies on: finding a control, understanding its purpose and...

2026-09-13

A connected device does not necessarily send every calculation to a distant server. Some processing can happen on the device itself or on nearby equipment. The choice changes how information moves through the system and which parts need...

2026-08-26

A chart can make a result easy to grasp while leaving the process that produced it largely invisible. Readers see a trend, a difference or an apparent relationship. To understand what that pattern supports, they also need information...

2026-07-05

An image recognition system can attach a plausible label to a photograph while missing the purpose for which the image was supplied. Identifying an object is one task; deciding whether it is suitable, damaged or positioned correctly is...

2026-06-06

A sensor reading can look like a direct statement about the world: a temperature, a distance or a level of light. In practice, the measurement is produced under particular conditions, and its meaning depends on how the surrounding...

2026-05-03

A folder labelled backup can offer reassurance without proving that a lost file could actually be recovered. Copying information is only one part of the process. The other part is knowing which copy exists, what it contains and how to...

2026-04-27

Reporter: Daniel MercerFor years, the dominant promise of digital commerce was scale. More traffic. More content. More channels. More impressions. Yet across the global consumer brand economy, that pr

2026-04-18

A convincing answer to one difficult question can make an AI assistant appear broadly capable. It is a demonstration, however, rather than a full account of how the system behaves. Evaluation becomes more informative when it starts from...

2026-03-11

A humanoid robot demonstrates its skill of folding clothes at the 2025 World Internet Conference Light of Internet Expo in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, on Nov 6. HUANG ZONGZHI/XINHUABEIJING — The widesp

2026-02-06

ASEAN economies are seeking to cooperate to shape a future for artificial intelligence that is inclusive, skills-driven and ethically grounded, said industry experts at a major international forum rec

2026-01-29

At the Hubei Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, data collectors operate humanoid robots to collect data. (PHOTO: XINHUA)China aims to establish a guaranteed supply of key core AI technologies by 2027,

2026-01-19