Computer Sciences
Edge computing is an architecture in which data and processing are placed as close as possible to end users. In cloud computing, in contrast, the computations happen in centralized data storage and processing units in which ...
Oct 25, 2022
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In a universe of cloud computing, northern Virginia might be in a perpetual fog.
Sep 13, 2022
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Computer Sciences
University of Virginia cognitive scientist Per Sederberg has a fun experiment you can try at home. Take out your smartphone and, using a voice assistant such as the one for Google's search engine, say the word "octopus" as ...
Jul 20, 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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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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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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Energy & Green Tech
There's always room for another bright idea when it comes to safely storing the colossal amounts of electronic information we produce every day.
Jul 29, 2021
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