Google gets into sleep surveillance with new Nest Hub screen
Google's next internet-connected home device will test whether consumers trust the company enough to let it snoop on their sleep.
Mar 16, 2021
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Telecom
Fire at French cloud computing firm disrupts websites
Numerous companies and websites in France suffered outages and disruptions to services after a fire swept through a cloud computing provider's facility.
Mar 11, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Bitcoin price boom 'locking in' vast energy consumption
The cryptocurrency market has been abuzz as Bitcoin gains popularity with investors, reaching an all-time high of over $58,000 apiece in February. In a commentary published March 10 in the journal Joule, financial economist ...
Mar 10, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Data transfer system connects silicon chips with a hair's-width cable
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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Hardware
Samsung announces high bandwidth memory, processing-in-memory architecture
Samsung Electronics has announced on its Newsroom webpage the development of a new kind of memory chip architecture called high-bandwidth memory, processing-in-memory—HBM-PIM. The architecture adds artificial intelligence ...
Business
Amazon offers to help with COVID-19 vaccine effort
Tech colossus Amazon on Wednesday offered to put its vast operation to work helping President Joe Biden get 100 million Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 in the next 100 days.
Jan 20, 2021
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Business
Amazon says latest wind and solar deals make it the world's largest corporate buyer of renewable energy
Amazon said it has become the world's largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy after signing agreements Thursday to purchase energy from 26 wind and solar projects around the world.
Dec 14, 2020
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Engineering
New system uses floor vibrations to detect building occupants
Thanks to a new system developed at EPFL, building owners can detect the number of occupants and track their movement using sensors installed on floor slabs. This novel approach could be particularly useful for enhancing ...
Oct 27, 2020
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Business
Intel shares tumble as pandemic hits results
Computer chipmaker Intel saw shares slide Thursday after reporting weak sales for its data center and internet of things operations that overshadowed improvement in the personal computer market.
Oct 23, 2020
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Business
Microsoft plans $1 billion data center venture in Greece
Microsoft has announced plans to build three data center sites in greater Athens, providing a badly needed investment of up to $1 billion to the Greek economy which has been hammered by the pandemic.
Oct 5, 2020
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