Consumer & Gadgets
Amazon.com Inc. and Lina Khan have a fraught history. Khan made her name as a law student in 2017 with an article in The Yale Law Journal that made an example of Amazon to argue for a broad re-imagining of U.S. antitrust ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Business
In what many have deemed a disaster, the UK government's latest auction for renewable power—an annual attempt to incentivize private sector investment in a range of power sources—has failed to bring forward any new offshore ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Robotics
A new study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London, Imperial College London and The University of Melbourne has found that people can learn to use supernumerary robotic arms as effectively as working with a partner ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Business
Workers who telecommute tend to be more aware of cybersecurity threats than those who spend most of their time in a physical office and are more likely to take action to ward them off, according to our new peer-reviewed study.
Sep 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
In today's electronic age, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous. Compared with the lead-acid versions that have dominated the battery market for decades, lithium-ion batteries can charge faster and store more ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Internet
APIs, or application programming interfaces, are the gateways to the digital world. They link a wide array of software applications and systems. APIs facilitate communication between different software systems, and so power ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Computer Sciences
The field of artificial intelligence has long been stymied by the lack of an answer to its most fundamental question: What is intelligence, anyway? AIs such as GPT-4 have highlighted this uncertainty: some researchers believe ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Security
In 2018-19, identity crime directly and indirectly cost Australia an estimated A$3.1 billion.
Sep 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
In 2022, the burning of fossil fuels provided 82% of the world's energy. In 2000, it was 87%. Even as renewables have undergone tremendous growth, they've been offset by increased demand for energy.
Sep 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A team of mechanical engineers at Beihang University, Peking University and the University of Houston has found that it is possible to capture small amounts of electricity by repeatedly squeezing treated luffa sponges. In ...
