Business

Australia PM rules out US-style TikTok ban

Australia's prime minister said Thursday his government has no plan to copy a move by US legislators to ban TikTok unless it agrees to divest from its Chinese owner.

Energy & Green Tech

Clean energy largest driver of Chinese GDP growth in 2023: Report

Clean-energy projects were the largest driver of China's economic growth in 2023, with Beijing investing nearly as much in decarbonization infrastructure as total global investment in fossil fuels, according to a report released ...

Energy & Green Tech

Trade barriers can slow energy transition: IEA chief

Trade barriers can slow the world's energy transition but commerce also needs to be fair, International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol said Wednesday, as world powers tussle over the technologies key to fighting climate ...

Engineering

A new generation of instruments for gas permeation measurement

As part of the SimPerm project, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden have developed an innovative measuring technique for reliably determining the permeation rate of films. ...

Software

Bot gives non-native speakers the floor in videoconferencing

Native speakers often dominate the discussion in multilingual online meetings, but adding an automated participant that periodically interrupts the conversation can help non-native speakers get a word in edgewise, according ...

Electronics & Semiconductors

Two technical breakthroughs make high-quality 2D materials possible

Researchers have been looking to replace silicon in electronics with materials that provide a higher performance and lower power consumption while also having scalability. An international team is addressing that need by ...

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