Keep your cool this summer with a vertical garden
With Australians facing skyrocketing energy bills, and a long hot summer ahead, many households are turning their attention to a range of passive cooling measures.
Jan 9, 2023
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Business
Funding bill targets online sites amid retail theft concerns
Retailers are scoring one win in the governmentwide spending bill, which will force online marketplaces like Amazon and Facebook to verify high-volume sellers on their platforms amid heightened concerns about retail crime.
Dec 23, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Does Netflix chill our free will? Computer scientists investigate
It's a scenario many of us are familiar with: You sit down on the couch after a long day at work and turn on Netflix. A trailer for a show you've never heard of automatically starts playing on your home screen, and you notice ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Belgian families don gloves for house-heating research
Outside the family home, frost covers the ground and temperatures in the damp Belgian winter have plunged below freezing.
Dec 21, 2022
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Security
Not Big Brother, but close: A surveillance expert explains some of the ways we're all being watched, all the time
A group of researchers studied 15 months of human mobility movement data taken from 1.5 million people and concluded that just four points in space and time were sufficient to identify 95% of them, even when the data weren't ...
Dec 19, 2022
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Automotive
Stellantis says 276,000 autos still have deadly Takata airbags
Automaker Stellantis said Thursday it is redoubling outreach to US owners of about 276,000 vehicles with dangerous Takata airbags that have been recalled but were never repaired.
Nov 3, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Sensors can tap into mobile vibrations to eavesdrop remotely, researchers find
Using an off-the-shelf automotive radar sensor and a novel processing approach, Penn State researchers demonstrated they could detect the vibrations of a cell phone's earpiece and decipher what the person on the other side ...
Oct 10, 2022
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Business
Gas-powered car bans won't work without infrastructure investments, expert says
California lawmakers have passed a measure cracking down on the future sales of new gasoline cars. The rules call for the ban of new gas-powered cars by 2035, with target guidelines to phase out the cars in increments. It ...
Sep 13, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Berlin tech show facing up to era of energy scarcity
From portable solar panels to smart thermostats and "intelligent" radiators, exhibitors at the IFA tech show in Berlin are touting smart solutions for an energy-starved world.
Sep 6, 2022
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Engineering
Researchers present a blueprint for building green
The construction industry's green pivot faces a number of challenges, even as more city governments and home buyers are increasingly pushing for more sustainable new homes and buildings. Among the obstacles standing in the ...
Aug 25, 2022
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