Energy & Green Tech

Scientists investigate soil as a thermal energy storage solution

When spring arrives and the heating season comes to an end, keeping warm becomes less of an issue. However, scientists remind us that it is not just a seasonal necessity—heat is also a valuable energy resource that can ...

Business

Meta's head of AI research stepping down

The head of Meta's artificial intelligence research division said she plans to step down, vacating a high-profile position at a time of intense competition in the development of AI technology.

Energy & Green Tech

New coal capacity hit 20-year low in 2024: report

The world added the smallest amount of new coal capacity in two decades last year, a report said Thursday, but use of the fossil fuel is still surging in China and India.

Business

Four men loom large in Microsoft history

Microsoft was shaped by Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Ballmer and Satya Nadella over the course of the last half-century in the male-dominated tech world.

Machine learning & AI

Why AI can't take over creative writing

In 1948, the founder of information theory, Claude Shannon, proposed modeling language in terms of the probability of the next word in a sentence given the previous words. These types of probabilistic language models were ...

Engineering

Recycling wind turbine blade materials to make improved plastics

A new method to recycle wind turbine blades without using harsh chemicals resulted in the recovery of high-strength glass fibers and resins that allowed Washington State University researchers to repurpose the materials to ...

Business

AI could impact 40 percent of jobs worldwide: UN

The global artificial intelligence market is projected to reach $4.8 trillion—roughly the size of Germany's economy—by 2033, the UN said Thursday, warning nearly half of jobs worldwide could be affected.

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