Internet
Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen testified before the U.S. Senate on Oct. 5, 2021, that the company's social media platforms "harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy."
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Energy & Green Tech
The actual potential danger in the event of an accident with an e-car is still relatively unknown, but unsettling images of e-vehicles on fire are already widespread. We know that the energy storage systems of e-vehicles ...
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Internet
The United States government has reportedly been issuing secret "keyword warrants" to Google for those who look up certain phrases and names, triggering worry over privacy in addition to concern for innocent internet users, ...
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Machine learning & AI
Decision analysis is a field that develops analytical models for better decision-making. One interesting question is whether artificial intelligence can replace people as decision makers—and if, then under what circumstances.
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Telecom
Telecommunications company Ericsson has teamed up with a company called PowerLight Technologies to send power through the air to run a 5G base station. Both companies have posted the details on their respective websites.
Energy & Green Tech
Demand for energy in the UK must be significantly reduced if net zero targets are to be met, emissions reductions will not be enough, according to a report today from CREDS, the government-funded Centre for Research into ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Among the most exciting materials for solar cells are the so-called MAPI semiconductors. They consist of organic methylammonium cations and lead iodide octahedra that form a perovskite structure. MAPI based solar cells have ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Sandia National Laboratories began studying the power of the sun to produce utility-scale energy in the 1960s. Sandia's National Solar Thermal Test Facility was commissioned in 1978, spurred by the oil crisis of 1973.
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Energy & Green Tech
For over a decade, policy and industry have tried to make electric vehicles more widely available and get people to buy them. Previous research on how to do this has largely focused on examining early adopters of plug-in ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Over a third of the energy used in Switzerland each year goes to heating. And nearly 60% of the heating used in Swiss residential buildings originates from fossil fuels—making Switzerland the biggest such consumer in Europe. ...
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