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Hi Tech & Innovation Jan 4, 2018

VW to build autonomous cars with Silicon Valley firm

The world's largest carmaker Volkswagen said Thursday it would work with Silicon Valley firm Aurora to create self-driving cars, hoping to deploy fleets of autonomous taxis to city streets by 2021.

Hi Tech & Innovation Jan 3, 2018

After a breakthrough 2017, the race for augmented reality headset heats up in Silicon Valley

Augmented reality is roaring back to prominence as one of Silicon Valley's favorite frontier technologies, nearly three years after Google's brief, unsuccessful run at the market with its infamous smart glasses.

Business Dec 26, 2017

Silicon Valley mystery: Why the 'time is right' for Eric Schmidt to leave as Alphabet chairman

If the first thing you asked was "what did he do" when you heard the news that Google fixture Eric Schmidt is stepping aside as Alphabet executive chairman, you have company.

Business Dec 26, 2017

A perk that's keeping Silicon Valley workers healthy—and on the job

At LinkedIn, employees at the world's largest online professional networking website enjoy a smorgasbord of perks, from gourmet meals to on-site dry cleaning to car washes and oil changes.

Materials Science Dec 22, 2017

Low-cost technique for etching nanoholes in silicon could underpin new filtration and nanophotonic devices

Metal-assisted chemical etching, or 'MacEtch', is used to fabricate a range of nanostructures, but damaging movements of the catalyst during vertical etching processes hamper its wider use. Now, a team led by A*STAR have ...

Business Dec 15, 2017

Wary of Trump, some foreign-born tech workers choose Canada, not Silicon Valley

Petra Axolotl knew her chances of getting an H-1B visa were slim. She had an MBA from Wharton and a job offer at Twitter, but luck would decide the Dutch data scientist's fate—and in 2016, it did not fall in her favor.

Quantum Physics Dec 15, 2017

Complete design of a silicon quantum computer chip unveiled

Research teams all over the world are exploring different ways to design a working computing chip that can integrate quantum interactions. Now, UNSW engineers believe they have cracked the problem, reimagining the silicon ...

Nanophysics Dec 13, 2017

Researchers develop silicon chip-based quantum photonic devices

An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has presented a core technology for quantum photonic devices used in quantum information processing. They have proposed combining of quantum dots for generating ...

Quantum Physics Dec 12, 2017

Researchers successfully demonstrate a quantum gate in silicon

Milestone on the path to the quantum computer: Scientists of the University of Konstanz, Princeton University, and the University of Maryland have developed a stable quantum gate for two-quantum bit systems made of silicon. ...

Quantum Physics Dec 12, 2017

New silicon structure opens the gate to quantum computers

In a major step toward making a quantum computer using everyday materials, a team led by researchers at Princeton University has constructed a key piece of silicon hardware capable of controlling quantum behavior between ...

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