Microsoft offers Windows 10 October update
They say big things come in small packages. But when Microsoft releases its second semiannual Windows 10 update next month, it'll be mainly small things in a big package.
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Robots now grow and repair themselves by consuming parts from other machines
Today's robots are stuck—their bodies are usually closed systems that can neither grow nor self-repair, nor adapt to their environment. Now, scientists at Columbia University have developed robots that can physically "grow," ...
Jul 16, 2025
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Team in Japan creates most advanced humanoid robot yet
A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo has created what appears to be the most advanced humanoid robot yet—actually two of them, one called Kenshiro the other Kengoro. In their paper published in the journal Science ...
Energy & Green Tech
Attacks on power substations are growing: Why is the electric grid so hard to protect?
Even before Christmas Day attacks on power substations in five states in the Pacific Northwest and Southeast, similar incidents of attacks, vandalism and suspicious activity were on the rise.
Dec 30, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Nuclear power causes least damage to the environment, finds systematic survey
The saying that "misfortune never comes alone" is also the title of a French short silent film from 1903. One could say the same about the climate crisis, which is closely linked to the environmental and energy crises. The ...
Apr 11, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Research team develops 2-liter class hydrogen engine capable of running entirely on hydrogen
Amid the fierce competition throughout the globe to develop hydrogen mobility technologies to achieve carbon neutrality, a new technology for a 2-liter class hydrogen-fueled engine (a passenger car hydrogen engine) capable ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Lightweight neural network enables realistic rendering of woven fabrics in real-time
Recent advances in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and computing have enabled the development of new tools for creating highly realistic media, virtual reality (VR) environments and video games. Many of these tools ...
Consumer & Gadgets
We are wasting up to 20% of our time on computer problems, says study
Even though our computers are now better than 15 years ago, they still malfunction 11%–20% of the time, a new study from the University of Copenhagen and Roskilde University concludes. The researchers behind the study therefore ...
Jun 29, 2023
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Engineering
Engineers put Leonardo da Vinci's bridge design to the test
In 1502 A.D., Sultan Bayezid II sent out the Renaissance equivalent of a government RFP (request for proposals), seeking a design for a bridge to connect Istanbul with its neighbor city Galata. Leonardo da Vinci, already ...
Oct 10, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
ChatGPT bot passes US law school exam
A chatbot powered by reams of data from the internet has passed exams at a US law school after writing essays on topics ranging from constitutional law to taxation and torts.
Jan 25, 2023
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