what are Critical technologies?
“Technologies considered critical are generally either of critical importance for a country today, or seen as likely to become of critical importance within 10 years.”
Our latest collections of global critical tech news:
Critical technologies in the news: June 2025
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Critical tech quarterly: Q1 2025
When looking at these technologies, there are obviously accompanying considerations:
- The economic importance of a technology as in, for instance, supply chain management and the impacts arising from disruption of a technology’s economic relevance;
- Financial importance of a technology, whether in transmission or storage of financial information; and
- Increasingly, the digital security component of a technology.
Critical technologies news, globally
June 2025
Globally, news headlines around critical and emerging technologies in June of 2025 for obvious reasons covered a wide range of items, technologies, industries, and concerns, including: US and allies-only access to US chips; the EU Space Agency’s $1BN target for investment; the race for 2-nanometer semiconductors; China’s re-usable space launch vehicles; and many more.
June 2025: Critical technologies report >
Belfer Center: Critical and Emerging Technologies Index – June 2025
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Critical technologies in the news
Monthly Archives
Coverage of critical tech in multiple sectors, globally, is collected in our smaller, monthly round-ups.
Links below lead to monthly critical tech news summaries across 2025, 2024, and 2023, and gather coverage of globally-significant developments in key technology sectors in the form of articles, reports, downloads and commentary.
Critical technologies in 2025
- Critical technologies in the news in June 2025
- Critical technologies in the news in May 2025
- Critical technologies in the news: April 2025
- Critical technologies in the news: March 2025
- Critical technologies in the news: February 2025
- Critical technologies in the news: January 2025
China’s AI Infrastructure Surge: Data Centers, AI Models, Military, Global
Critical technologies news: 2024
- Critical technologies in the news: December 2024
- Critical technology news: November 2024
- Critical technologies: October 2024
- Critical technologies: globally, in September 2024
- Critical tech, globally: August 2024 overview
- Critical technologies in the news: July 2024
- Critical technologies – June 2024 global round-up
- Critical technologies: May 2024
- Critical technologies globally: April 2024
- Critical technologies, globally: March 2024
- Critical technologies: February 2024
- Critical technologies in January 2024
USSC: Operationalising Australia-Japan-United States defence cooperation
Critical technologies news: 2023
- Critical technologies in December 2023
- Critical technologies in November 2023
- Critical technologies in October 2023
- Critical technologies in September 2023
- Critical technology news in August 2023
- Critical technology news in July 2023
- Critical technology news in June 2023
2025 MIT Quantum Index Report
Critical technologies, quarterly
In the first instance, it may be most useful to read news coverage of critical technologies in a quarterly format, to properly gain a grasp of the volume, and breadth, of these crucial technologies:
- Critical technology quarterly: Q4 2024
- Critical tech quarterly: Third quarter 2024
- Critical technologies, globally: Q2 2024
- Critical technologies, quarterly: Q1 2024
