Business
Leaders of the US Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday called for an investigation into whether Chinese officials are getting access to data about US users of video-snippet sharing sensation TikTok.
Jul 6, 2022
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Engineering
The invention of the transistor by Bell Laboratory in 1947 ushered in an era of electronic devices that were smaller and ran cooler using far less power than their bulky and fragile vacuum tube counterparts. Transistors function ...
Jun 28, 2022
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Computer Sciences
The year is 2030 and we are at the world's largest tech conference, CES in Las Vegas. A crowd is gathered to watch a big tech company unveil its new smartphone. The CEO comes to the stage and announces the Nyooro, containing ...
May 25, 2022
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Business
Mastercard's "smile to pay" system, announced last week, is supposed to save time for customers at checkouts. It is being trialed in Brazil, with future pilots planned for the Middle East and Asia.
May 24, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Compared with computers, the human brain is incredibly energy-efficient. Scientists are therefore drawing on how the brain and its interconnected neurons function for inspiration in designing innovative computing technologies. ...
May 18, 2022
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Computer Sciences
We live in the information age, you might say. More than 2.5 quintillion bytes (1 million terabytes) of data are generated around the globe every day. Managing that data is impossible and yet we make use of huge chunks of ...
May 18, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Cornell University engineers have developed a powerful artificial intelligence tool that could help New York state and other governments plan the transition to a carbon-neutral power sector, using a combination of machine ...
Feb 23, 2022
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Computer Sciences
A trio of researchers that includes William Kuszmaul—a computer science Ph.D. student at MIT—has made a discovery that could lead to more efficient data storage and retrieval in computers.
Nov 16, 2021
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Engineering
Mesoplankton refers to plankton with a body size between 200–20,000 μm. Since mesoplankton are the key components of coastal ecosystems, their abundance and composition can promptly reflect environmental changes in local ...
Oct 28, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
In the digital age, every byte of data needs to go somewhere—and preferably stay there a long time. That last part is a major problem when it comes to data-storage systems, which typically last less than 20 years. A group ...
Oct 13, 2021
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