Consumer & Gadgets
(Tech Xplore)—The makers of something titled the Matrix PowerWatch have a painful reminder for those of us who live our daily digital lives. Oh boy,imagining the scene hurts. Consider the vast numbers of batteries thrown ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Americans would be freer to repair their broken cellphones, computers, videogame consoles and even tractors themselves, or to use independent repair shops, under changes being eyed by federal regulators.
Jul 21, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Food supply chains were vulnerable long before the coronavirus pandemic. Recent scandals have ranged from modern slavery in Vietnamese fisheries to the persistent problem of child labor in the cocoa industry. Perhaps the ...
May 19, 2020
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Internet
Facebook on Monday said it had made a deal to buy a startup working on ways to command computers or other devices using thought instead of taps, swipes, or keystrokes.
Sep 24, 2019
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Business
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said it is suing Amazon to push the recall of several products they say are "potentially hazardous."
Jul 16, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Europe must boost mass production of vital semiconductors due to worsening geopolitical risks in Asian chip-making centers, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday.
May 2, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Marine shipping drives 90 percent of global trade, moving over 11 billion tons of containers, solid and liquid bulk cargo across the world's seas annually. Almost all consumer products we buy—or the raw materials required ...
Mar 26, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Many popular reproductive health apps are lacking when it comes to protecting users' data privacy, according to a new report highlighting the potential legal risk to people seeking an abortion.
Aug 17, 2022
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Business
Do you have a data center near you? Are you aware of how bad it might be for your surroundings and for the environment?
Aug 25, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
The energy demands of today's ubiquitous small electronic devices—including sensors, data transmitters, medical implants and 'wearable' consumer products such as Fitbits—can no longer be met by chemical batteries alone. ...
Apr 18, 2024
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