Science and Technology

33 records

01 / Computing and AI 2.2 exaflops Fastest supercomputer LineShine, National Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen · Shenzhen, China See record ↗
02 / Robots and Engineering 1,372 robots Most robots dancing simultaneously TIM S.p.A. · Rome, Italy See record ↗
03 / Computing and AI $5.73 trillion Most valuable AI company NVIDIA · United States See record ↗
04 / Computing and AI 44 TB Highest-capacity hard drive Seagate Technology, with its Mozaic 4+ HAMR hard drive · Hyperscale data centers See record ↗
05 / Robots and Engineering 408.6 mph Fastest drone speed Luke Maximo Bell and Mike Bell, with the Peregreen V4 · Cape Town, South Africa See record ↗
06 / Robots and Engineering 0.103 s Fastest Rubik's Cube solve by a robot Matthew Patrohay, Junpei Ota, Aden Hurd, and Alex Berta, with the Purdubik's Cube robot · West Lafayette, Indiana, United States See record ↗
07 / Internet and Computing 2.2 billion views Most-viewed TikTok video Zach King, for “Zach Kings Magic Broomstick” · United States See record ↗
08 / Computing and AI 1.2 billion users Most weekly users of an AI chatbot ChatGPT · Worldwide See record ↗
09 / Internet and Computing 90 minutes Fastest YouTube channel to 1 million subscribers Cristiano Ronaldo (UR Cristiano) See record ↗
10 / Robots and Engineering 26 MW Most powerful wind turbine Dongfang Electric · China See record ↗
11 / Robots and Engineering 486 cu ft Largest 3D-printed structure by volume Proto21 3D Printing and Myata Platinum Restaurant · Dubai, UAE See record ↗
12 / Robots and Engineering 8.86 s Fastest humanoid robot 100 m sprint Chinese humanoid robot, World Humanoid Robot Games · Beijing, China See record ↗
13 / Internet and Computing 402 million domain names Most domain name registrations Global domain name system (all TLDs) See record ↗
14 / Computing and AI 6,100 qubits Largest qubit array Caltech (Manuel Endres group) · Pasadena, USA See record ↗
15 / Computing and AI 4,000 billion transistors Largest chip by transistor count Cerebras Systems (WSE-3) · Sunnyvale, USA See record ↗
16 / Physics and Chemistry −459.7 °F Coldest temperature achieved in a lab University of Bremen / German research team · Bremen, Germany See record ↗
17 / Physics and Chemistry 13.6 TeV Highest-energy particle collisions CERN Large Hadron Collider · Geneva, Switzerland/France border See record ↗
18 / Physics and Chemistry 22:17 (1,337 s) at about 50 million degree Longest fusion plasma duration CEA WEST tokamak · Cadarache, France See record ↗
19 / Physics and Chemistry 118 protons Heaviest element created Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Lawrence Livermore (oganesson) See record ↗
20 / Physics and Chemistry 45.22 tesla Strongest steady magnetic field Steady High Magnetic Field Facility, Chinese Academy of Sciences · Hefei, China See record ↗
21 / Internet and Computing 94.8 billion visits Most-visited website Google.com See record ↗
22 / Internet and Computing 27,962 miles Longest undersea cable 2Africa consortium (Meta and partners) · Africa, Europe and Asia See record ↗
23 / Computing and AI 430 Tbps Fastest data transmission over standard optical fiber Aston University and NICT · UK / Japan See record ↗
24 / Internet and Computing 5 days Fastest app to 100 million users Threads (Meta) See record ↗
25 / Internet and Computing 57 million likes Most-liked YouTube video MrBeast, "Would You Fly to Paris for a Baguette?" See record ↗
26 / Internet and Computing 520 million subscribers Most-subscribed YouTube channel MrBeast See record ↗
27 / Internet and Computing 26 billion records Largest data leak "Mother of All Breaches" compilation (2024) See record ↗
28 / Internet and Computing 75 million likes Most-liked Instagram post Lionel Messi, World Cup champions post (2022) See record ↗
29 / Internet and Computing 242 million followers Most-followed account on X (Twitter) Elon Musk See record ↗
30 / Internet and Computing 680 million followers Most-followed person on Instagram Cristiano Ronaldo See record ↗
31 / Internet and Computing 163 million followers Most-followed person on TikTok Khaby Lame See record ↗
32 / Internet and Computing 685 million followers Most-followed account on Instagram Instagram (@instagram) See record ↗
33 / Internet and Computing $70 million Most expensive domain name sale AI.com See record ↗