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Much of the discussion around AI and young people has focused on what career opportunities may exist in the future. But the technology is already changing education. These honorees have leveraged it to personalize preparation for standardized tests ...

Some innovations have potential beyond the bounds of a single industry. These honorees include a company that is combining AI and advanced genetic life science to better track disease pathology, and another developing models that could help avoid ...

The metaverse hype bubble may have burst, but that doesn't mean immersive computing is yesterday's news. Technologies such as spatial computing and VR are changing how products are designed, where entertainment can happen, and what kind of medical ...

Training data begat large language models--and ever since, they've been intimately bound. This year's honorees include a database tuned for AI agents, a dataset for AI-aided diagnosis of breast tumors, and a platform that gives companies more control ...

AI is poised to transform virtually everything about online and physical retail, from product exposure and recommendations to consumers even having to complete the transactions for themselves. These honorees are setting the stage for agentic commerce ...

The continued growth of AI is streamlining tasks, such as event planning, that once required tabbing between spreadsheets, emails, and vendor websites. It's also unleashing new possibilities for innovations that can tackle its need for reliable and ...

As the real estate industry struggles with rising interest rates and ballooning material costs--thanks in part to tariffs--innovation is becoming more and more important. New technologies and construction methods are boosting margins for builders and ...

As enterprises scale their use of LLMs and autonomous agents, the big questions are shifting from adoption to control and cost. Instead of providing organizations with generic AI tools, this year's honorees bring domain expertise and niche solutions ...

Advances in computing aren't just about faster processors. As these innovations show, progress is driven by everything from the technologies used to transmit data to the systems that ensure data centers get reliable power without overwhelming the ...

Consumer technology is at its best when it's solving problems that exist outside of the tech world. This year's honorees include better ways to clean your floors, put on your shoes, hear the conversation around you, and practice music effectively.