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Consumer & Gadgets Jan 9, 2018

Digital assistants duel for dominance at major electronics show

Virtual aides battled to rule "smart homes" on the eve of the official opening of the Consumer Electronics show gadget gala here.

Consumer & Gadgets Jan 8, 2018

LG adds Google AI in 'smart home' push (Update)

Consumer electronics titan LG on Monday proclaimed this year a "tipping point" for smart homes, pushing hard into artificial intelligence and building Google Assistant into a smart speaker.

Hi Tech & Innovation Jan 5, 2018

Where is AI headed in 2018? Your phone will know you better than your friends do, researcher predicts

From self-driving cars to finding disease cures, artificial intelligence, or AI, has rapidly emerged as a potentially revolutionary technology – and the pace of innovation is only set to speed up.

Consumer & Gadgets Dec 28, 2017

How to keep your smartened-up home safe from hackers

More people are getting voice-activated speakers and other smart devices for convenience and security. But doing so could also be giving hackers a key to their homes.

Consumer & Gadgets Dec 27, 2017

Gadgets: A wireless smart thermometer will cook your meat to perfection

Apption Labs calls its Meater the first wireless smart meat thermometer. True or not, I had my wife do the testing on this one since I've always been lacking in cooking skills and it now has my household's seal of approval.

Optics & Photonics Dec 13, 2017

New type of smart windows use liquid to switch from clear to reflective

Researchers have demonstrated prototype windows that switch from reflective to clear with the simple addition of a liquid. The new switchable windows are easy to manufacture and could one day keep parked cars cool in the ...

Optics & Photonics Dec 11, 2017

Glass with switchable opacity could improve solar cells and LEDs

Using nanoscale grass-like structures, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania have created glass that lets through a large amount of light while appearing hazy. This is the first time that glass has been ...

Nanomaterials Dec 4, 2017

Clear leads to fully transparent devices

Large-area, two-dimensional semiconductors wired through transparent oxide conductors produce high-performance see-through electronics.

Nanophysics Nov 23, 2017

Solar cell discovery opens a new window to powering tomorrow's cities

Buildings of the future may come equipped with windows that can generate their own electricity, thanks to a finding of a team led by Jacqui Cole, a materials scientist from the University of Cambridge, UK, currently based ...

Environment Nov 15, 2017

Fossil fuel investment spells 'unsustainable future': UN chief

Continued investment in fossil fuel would deliver "an unsustainable future", UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday, saying time was running out to prevent calamitous climate change caused by atmosphere-fouling emissions.

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