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There’s a new way to make and manipulate a class of high-temperature semiconductors, and an international team, including Rutgers University–New Brunswick, is front and center of the process. The result could be the ability to create…

 “Mixed reality” AKA “spatial computing” headsets combine the real world with digital content. Using passthrough video that blocks out all light, users rely on headset cameras to take in the external world via real-time video playing on…

2023 devastated Silicon Valley tech workers—representing the worst 12 months since the dot.com crash two decades ago. Reasons cited for layoffs in 2023 included over-hiring during the pandemic, rising inflation, and lower consumer demand.…

In August, the news broke that Amazon would acquire iRobot. Today, they announced that they’re terminating the deal due to not getting European Union regulatory approval. Under the deal, Amazon would have invested in continued innovation by…

Having switched my major from geology to business, I’m still a sucker for all things USGS. The organization just turned to quantum technology to help with the next generation of geological challenges, establishing a Cooperative Research and…

I'm always looking for surveys and news about what you need to know to do your job. The following list comes from Carnegie Melon University, and after reading the ten skills recommended, I felt it was important to pass on. This info is…

Japan is now the fifth nation to make a soft lunar landing. Its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) successfully landed on the moon, but its solar panel failed to generate power, posing a challenge. According to the Japan…

Reacting to lighter-than-expected sales, Ford cut production of the F-150 Lightning EV pickup truck. The company plans to reduce shifts at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center starting April 1.  It isn’t an all-out job loss of 1,400 workers…

There’s a new way to identify security weaknesses and vulnerabilities to account takeover attacks, where hackers gain unauthorized access to online accounts. According to Dr Luca Arnaboldi, from the University of Birmingham's School of…

According to a recent article on cw33, Datamax recently tapped into Google Search and identified the top 10 most asked tech questions in the U.S.. The data, ranked by search volume, involves searches during December 2023. Datamax gives us…

Face it, we love it when people go rogue. We've all cheered for the likes of Han Solo, James Bond, and Star-Lord. Now, we can add an AI-powered chatbot in the UK to that list. A United Kingdom parcel delivery company, Dynamic Parcel…

The machines malfunction, IDs must be checked for age-restricted products, there are too few store workers there to help, and self-checkout technology is not living up to its promise. It falls severely short. For retailers, it was the…

Moore's Law predicted that the number of transistors on a chip would double every two years. Limitations exist. Today's advanced chips can house nearly 50 billion transistors in a thumbnail's space. Packing more in is more than problematic.…

Where was DeepMind when I was knee-deep in my college geometry class—a class I would likely not have passed if my teacher hadn't included a student's effort as part of the score, even if my conclusion was wrong? Now, Google’s DeepMind AI…

Battery manufacturer Northvolt manufactures a sodium-ion battery that is competitive with traditional chemistries. The company claims its battery is safer, cheaper, and more sustainable than most batteries on the market containing nickel…