Software
In March 2022, the author of node-ipc, a software library with over a million weekly downloads, deliberately broke their code. If the code discovers it is running within Russia or Belarus, it attempts to replace the contents ...
Sep 28, 2022
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Internet
Last week, the U.S. government released six principles for reforming Big Tech. It's the latest example of growing efforts to regulate the handful of companies with enormous influence over the internet. But while there's a ...
Sep 15, 2022
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Hardware
With Moore's law coming to an end, storage systems are turning to hardware accelerators such as FPGAs to offload computing-intensive tasks from the CPU. However, provisioning these accelerators comes with a hefty price tag.
Sep 6, 2022
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Automotive
Today's driving simulators have a big problem: They don't look realistic enough, particularly background objects, such as trees, and road markings. But researchers have developed a new way to create photorealistic images ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Internet
Whether you're sharing confidential information or swapping movie ideas with a friend, people are turning to private messaging apps that offer end-to-end encryption to protect the contents of their conversations.
Aug 29, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Flexible electronics have enabled the design of sensors, actuators, microfluidics and electronics on flexible, conformal and/or stretchable sublayers for wearable, implantable or ingestible applications. However, these devices ...
Aug 18, 2022
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Software
Carnegie Mellon researchers have developed an open-source software that enables more agile movement in legged robots.
Aug 16, 2022
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Software
As of 2020, 102.9 million smart meters—devices that record and communicate electric consumption, voltage and current to consumers and grid operators—have been installed in the United States.
Aug 3, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Delivering sustainability in traffic is no easy feat. Could software that globally coordinates cars to avoid traffic jams and congestion be the answer?
Aug 2, 2022
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Robotics
Training robots to complete tasks in the real-world can be a very time-consuming process, which involves building a fast and efficient simulator, performing numerous trials on it, and then transferring the behaviors learned ...
