Electronics & Semiconductors
In the last few years, several technology companies including Google, Microsoft, and IBM, have massively invested in quantum computing systems based on microwave superconducting circuit platforms in an effort to scale them ...
May 10, 2021
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Software
For its next update, the free-to-play game "Call of Duty: Warzone" is going back to the '80s.
Apr 26, 2021
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Business
Google and Facebook have unveiled plans for two new undersea data cables linking North America and the Asia-Pacific region, weeks after halting one destined for Hong Kong.
Mar 29, 2021
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Business
Facebook is growing its footprint in Oregon, announcing Thursday that it will expand its data center in Prineville—already the social media giant's largest in the United States.
Mar 19, 2021
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Telecom
Regulators decided the next U.S. 5G airwaves auction will offer frequencies in portions covering millions of people, a plan backed by wireless giants thirsty for spectrum and opposed by cable providers leery of expensive ...
Mar 17, 2021
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Business
Facebook has decided to halt its efforts to build a trans-Pacific undersea cable that would have connected California and Hong Kong, due to tensions between the United States and China.
Mar 11, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers have developed a data transfer system that can transmit information 10 times faster than a USB. The new link pairs high-frequency silicon chips with a polymer cable as thin a strand of hair. The system may one ...
Feb 24, 2021
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Engineering
,What does a rock climbing belay device have in common with a subsea cable installation vessel?
Jan 14, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Apple is eyeing a better way to charge your devices.
Internet
Sign up for internet service with Comcast's Xfinity, and the company will get you in for $19.95 for a relatively slow 25 megabits per second, or $49.99 for "faster speeds" like 200 Mbps.
Nov 19, 2020
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A cable is two or more wires or ropes running side by side and bonded, twisted or braided together to form a single assembly. In mechanics, cables are used for lifting and hauling; in electricity they are used to carry electrical currents. An optical cable contains one or more optical fibers in a protective jacket that supports the fibers. Mechanical cable is more specifically called wire rope.
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