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First monolithic 3D chip built in U.S. foundry delivers major AI speed gains
A collaborative team has achieved the first monolithic 3D chip built in a U.S. foundry, delivering the densest 3D chip wiring and order-of-magnitude speed gains.
Hardware
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Ford turns to stepped-up tech and cooperation with police to thwart F-150 pickup thieves
Ford Motor Co. has stepped up technology in its popular F-150 pickup to combat the ever-evolving techniques car thieves have at their disposal.
Automotive
1 hour ago
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Exploring how negative electricity prices influence consumer behavior
In some cases, and for limited periods, energy suppliers can generate more energy than is needed, which can lead to so-called negative prices. This is typically observed in wind and solar energy, for instance, during particularly ...
Why does Netflix want to buy Warner Bros? To copy, not kill, traditional TV
The recent news that Netflix has agreed to buy part of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) for US$83 billion (£61.8 billion), followed by Paramount Global's hostile counterbid to acquire WBD in its entirety for US$108.4 billion, ...
Business
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Can AI be a good creative partner?
What generative AI typically does best—recognize patterns and predict the next step in a sequence—can seem fundamentally at odds with the intangibility of human creativity and imagination. However, Cambridge researchers ...
Consumer & Gadgets
1 hour ago
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Supercomputer ushers in new era of nuclear AI
Nuclear power is rising to meet the demand for American energy. But building new reactors or even renewing licenses of existing ones requires a tremendous amount of paperwork. Fortunately, AI is also on the rise, and paperwork ...
Energy & Green Tech
1 hour ago
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GPT‑5.2: OpenAI beefs up GPT models in AI race with Google
OpenAI released its latest artificial intelligence models on Thursday, shrugging off worries about how it will cash in on massive spending in its technology race with Google.
Machine learning & AI
6 hours ago
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California Coastal Commission approves land deal to extend last nuclear plant through 2030
On Dec. 11, California environmental regulators struck a landmark deal with Pacific Gas & Electric to extend the life of the state's last remaining nuclear power plant in exchange for thousands of acres of new land conservation ...
Energy & Green Tech
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Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years for fraud
A US court sentenced cryptocurrency tycoon Do Kwon to 15 years in prison Thursday over fraud linked to his company's failure, which wiped out $40 billion of investors' money and shook global crypto markets.
Business
6 hours ago
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Reddit files legal challenge to Australia social media ban
Online discussion site Reddit launched a legal challenge Friday to Australia's social media ban for under-16s, just days after the landmark law came into effect.
Internet
6 hours ago
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French indie title 'Clair Obscur' dominates Game Awards
French indie title "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" dominated the annual Game Awards in Los Angeles, winning a record of nine categories including best video game of the year.
Software
6 hours ago
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New window insulation blocks heat, but not your view
Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have designed a new material for insulating windows that could improve the energy efficiency of buildings worldwide—and it works a bit like a high-tech version of Bubble ...
Engineering
18 hours ago
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Transistor 'design limitation' actually improves performance, scientists find
What many engineers once saw as a flaw in organic electronics could actually make these devices more stable and reliable, according to new research from the University of Surrey and Joanneum Research Materials.
Engineering
20 hours ago
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How much for a bot army? Index tracks prices across hundreds of online platforms, from TikTok to Amazon
A new site that tracks the daily fluctuating costs behind building a bot army on over 500 social media and commercial platforms—from TikTok to Amazon and Spotify—in every nation on the planet is launched today by the ...
Internet
21 hours ago
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AI can pick up cultural values by mimicking how kids learn
Artificial intelligence systems absorb values from their training data. The trouble is that values differ across cultures. So an AI system trained on data from the entire internet won't work equally well for people from different ...
Computer Sciences
20 hours ago
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Carbon capture made easier: Simple additive could slash costs for industrial plants
Capturing carbon dioxide from industrial plants is an important strategy in the efforts to reduce the impact of global climate change. It's used in many industries, including the production of petrochemicals, cement, and ...
Engineering
22 hours ago
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Simple teflon coating boosts hydrogen production efficiency by 40%
A common non-stick coating used in cookware has been shown to enhance hydrogen production efficiency in water electrolyzers by approximately 40%. The key innovation involves applying a specialized coating to critical components ...
Energy & Green Tech
23 hours ago
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Squashing 'fantastic bugs' hidden in AI benchmarks
After reviewing thousands of benchmarks used in AI development, a Stanford team found that 5% could have serious flaws with far-reaching ramifications.
Computer Sciences
23 hours ago
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Why new kinds of steel are needed to build lead-cooled reactors
Safer operation, better fuel efficiency and lower waste mark lead-cooled nuclear power as a potentially dramatic shift from the water-cooled nuclear stations the world has relied on since the mid 20th century. A recent Swedish ...
Engineering
13 hours ago
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Tantalum oxide addition slows lithium-ion battery capacity loss by nearly half
Skoltech researchers have developed a new method to improve the cathode, a key battery component. They proposed doping the cathode material with high-valent tantalum and discovered that adding 0.5 mole % of tantalum oxide ...
Engineering
23 hours ago
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