Monday, Sep 01

Computer Sciences

A new attack reshapes the rules of Bitcoin mining

A new study by an SUTD researcher and his collaborators introduces a pooled mining attack that overturns a long-standing assumption about Bitcoin's security economics.

Tuesday, Sep 02

Hardware

Oxygen defects help unlock the secret of next-generation memory

Resistive random access memory (ReRAM), which is based on oxide materials, is gaining attention as a next-generation memory and neuromorphic computing device. Its fast speeds, data retention ability, and simple structure ...

Software

Shared tool developed for quantum and supercomputer systems

Quantum computers are a key emerging technology, particularly for specific kinds of problems that require enormous computing power. However, integrating quantum systems into existing supercomputers poses a challenge.

Consumer & Gadgets

Apertus: A fully open, transparent, multilingual language model

In July, EPFL, ETH Zurich, and CSCS announced their joint initiative to build a large language model (LLM). Now, this model is available and serves as a building block for developers and organizations for future applications ...

Wednesday, Sep 03

Engineering

Students develop novel multi-metal 3D printing process

Students at ETH Zurich have developed a laser powder bed fusion machine that follows a circular tool path to print round components, which allows the processing of multiple metals at once. The system significantly reduces ...

Thursday, Sep 04

Friday, Sep 05

Energy & Green Tech

Organic polymer paves the way for recyclable water-based batteries

Aqueous batteries have been around for centuries. They are safe and relatively low-cost, but their adoption in new energy storage systems—such as grid storage and electric vehicles—has been limited. One major reason is ...

Business

'Roblox' game to impose age controls this year

The publisher of "Roblox" has promised to set up age verification mechanisms, after allegations the video game massively popular with children and teens worldwide has fallen short on safety.

Saturday, Sep 06

Business

AI giant Anthropic to pay $1.5 bn over pirated books

Anthropic will pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a US class action lawsuit over allegedly using pirated books to train its artificial intelligence models, according to court documents filed Friday.

Sunday, Sep 07