Engineering
Table tennis has been played for decades as a more accessible version of tennis. The sport is particularly beginner-friendly while maintaining a rich level of competitive play. However, like many sports, it remains inaccessible ...
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Engineering
International collaboration to create standards and policies for the construction industry is vital to bring down the industry's carbon footprint, argues Professor Matti Kuittinen of Aalto University in a paper published ...
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Business
Taking key measures to reduce the power consumption of cooling equipment would cut at least 60 percent off predicted 2050 sectoral emissions, provide universal access to life-saving cooling, take the pressure off energy grids ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
The rapidly evolving nature of digital media presents a challenge for those who study digital addiction—social networks like TikTok and video games like Fortnite might be popular now, but they could be irrelevant in a matter ...
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Security
Personal genetics firm 23andMe on Tuesday confirmed that hackers using stolen passwords accessed the personal information about 6.9 million of its members.
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Business
As Jason Steffen will tell you, the job of an astrophysicist is never done. It just keeps expanding—much like the universe.
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Robotics
Soft grippers have advantages in human-machine interactions, but most of them suffer from low response time. Bistable structures could improve this characteristic, but the performance of current bistable grippers is limited ...
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Engineering
Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a portable, self-powered ultraviolet-C device called the Tribo-sanitizer that can inactivate two of the bacteria responsible for many foodborne illnesses ...
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Computer Sciences
While Santa Claus may have a magical sleigh and nine plucky reindeer to help him deliver presents, for companies like FedEx, the optimization problem of efficiently routing holiday packages is so complicated that they often ...
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Robotics
Artificial hands can be operated via app or with sensors placed in the muscles of the forearm. New research from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) shows that a better understanding of muscle activity patterns in the ...
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Business
The rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning is increasing the demand for data from app users, device owners, firms, consumers, and even patients. As data-hungry technologies are getting more and more efficient, ...
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Machine learning & AI
Meta, IBM and dozens of startups and researchers have launched an alliance defending a more open and collaborative method to develop artificial intelligence, setting up a clash with OpenAI and Google over the technology's ...
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Business
The most notorious, violent and often sexist video game "Grand Theft Auto" is finally dropping a playable woman character into its testosterone-fueled world, capping a wider trend towards more inclusivity in the gaming industry.
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Energy & Green Tech
They hold modern life together in everything from airplane parts to apartment blocks, but steel, concrete and aluminum come with a hefty climate cost that the world could be paying for decades.
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Engineering
Simulations from West Virginia University researchers demonstrate their use of two kinds of industrial wastewater to decontaminate each other has the potential to slash a power plant's total water use.
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Engineering
Researchers from Cornell Tech have developed a method to identify delays in the reporting of incidents such as downed trees and power lines, which could lead to practical insights and interventions for more equitable, efficient ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
To heat your home without damaging the climate, you will need to replace your gas boiler. UK government advisers recommend switching to appliances that run on electricity.
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Engineering
Engineers have added graphene oxide to cement mixture to make stronger 3D-printed concrete that is easier to print, paving the way to create potential "smart" walls that can monitor cracks.
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Consumer & Gadgets
Elon Musk's recent endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory on X (formerly Twitter) is the latest in a series of controversial statements the owner of the social media platform has made since he acquired it in 2022. ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
The highly-anticipated trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI arrived a little early after a copy was leaked online.
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Internet
Remember what you searched for in 2023? Well, Wikipedia has the receipts.
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Engineering
Simultaneous measurements of the pressure and temperature find diverse applications in various fields including aerospace, environmental monitoring, and biomedical engineering.
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Engineering
Researchers from EPFL have resolved a long-standing debate surrounding laser additive manufacturing processes with a pioneering approach to defect detection.
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Energy & Green Tech
More than 2.2 billion people currently live in water-stressed countries, and the United Nations estimates that 3.5 million die every year from water-related diseases. Because the areas most in need of improved drinking water ...
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Engineering
Amid the rubble of large-sale earthquake, war or other disaster—and as aging buildings and infrastructure are replaced—mountains of concrete are often taken to landfill or pounded into rubble for roads.
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Over the past decades, electronics engineers have been trying to develop increasingly smaller and highly performing field effect transistors (FETs) with multiple functions. FETs are crucial components of most electronics ...
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Robotics
Seeing robots made with soft, flexible parts in action appears to lower people's anxiety about working with them or even being replaced by them.
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Business
Canada's public broadcaster on Monday announced it would cut 600 jobs, or 10 percent of its workforce, as it confronts financial challenges sparked by a drop in television ad revenues and competition from digital news outlets.
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Business
The Premier League announced on Monday it had agreed a record £6.7 billion ($8.45 billion) domestic television rights deal for a four-year period starting from the 2025/26 season.
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Business
A daredevil YouTuber who deliberately crashed his plane to boost the number of viewers on his channel and then lied about it to investigators has been jailed for six months after reaching a plea deal, US authorities said ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
Fans around the world exploded with excitement Monday when Rockstar Games released the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI—the most hotly anticipated game of the decade.
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Consumer & Gadgets
Gamers got their first glimpse on Tuesday of a trailer for the sixth edition of "Grand Theft Auto", a testosterone-fueled franchise that has been lighting up screens since 1997.
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Consumer & Gadgets
In a video game industry known for cranking out sequels, Rockstar Games has cashed in big by making "Grand Theft Auto" fans painfully wait for their next fix of the shoot 'em up blockbuster.
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Software
Millions of video game fans got their first glimpse Tuesday of "Grand Theft Auto VI", after a trailer landed on YouTube promising the first woman lead character and a 2025 release date for the latest installment of one of ...
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Business
Tech leaders have been vocal proponents of the need to regulate artificial intelligence, but they're also lobbying hard to make sure the new rules work in their favor.
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Energy & Green Tech
Georgia Power Co. is urging the state's utility regulators to approve a deal to pay for the company's new nuclear reactors as a few holdout opponents keep fighting to try to get the Public Service Commission to keep the utility ...
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Automotive
California regulators are alleging a San Francisco robotaxi service owned by General Motors covered up the severity of an accident involving one of its driverless cars, raising the specter they may add a fine to the recent ...
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