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IEEE Spectrum Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and several South Korean universities developed a wireless electrode, less than a millimeter wide, that can be placed on the scalp in between hair follicles. Integrated with a brain-computer interface, the sensor allowed users to control a video call on an augmented reality headset while walking […]

IEEE Spectrum There is strong demand for electrical engineers with expertise in power systems, energy efficiency, and renewable energy amid an increase in datacenter construction. Amazon, Meta, and Google reportedly are paying annual salaries up to $281,000 for electrical design, research and development, and mechatronics engineers, while Oracle is looking to fill more than a […]

IEEE Spectrum Layoffs.fyi reported a slowdown in the pace of global tech sector layoffs last year, when more than 150,000 jobs were cut at hundreds of companies. Now the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is forecasting a 9% increase in U.S. employment for electrical engineers from 2023 to 2033, versus a 4% gain among […]

IEEE Spectrum Nonprofit Software Heritage has launched the CodeCommons project with the goal of creating the biggest repository of ethically sourced code for training AI models. CodeCommons will be focused on developing a unified data platform that gives researchers access to pre-cleaned code collections featuring license information, links to related research papers, and other metadata. […]

In a news conference on Tuesday, President Trump announced the Stargate Project, which he called “the largest AI infrastructure project, by far, in history.” With the CEOs of OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank at his side, Trump said that these companies and other private sector partners will invest up to US $500 billion in building data centers […]

Current self-driving bus trials involve buses operating at Level 3 autonomy, where human input is required occasionally. These trials are taking place on private campuses such as universities and medical centers, where traffic is light and speeds are low. The next goal involves rolling out Level 4 autonomous buses, capable of navigating public roads without […]

IEEE Spectrum Researchers at Pennsylvania State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology demonstrated that a neural network can achieve an accuracy of more than 90% while sampling as little as 10% of original sensor data. The method relies on a “shift-invariant spectrally stable undersampled network,” a neural network that uses “selective learning” to train […]

IEEE Spectrum Kinesis, Hyperbolic, Runpod, and Vast.ai are among the firms offering access to computing power to AI startups via GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS). GPUaaS is more cost-effective for AI startups by eliminating the need to purchase and maintain physical infrastructure and allowing startups to pay for their exact amount of GPU usage. It also is more […]

IEEE Spectrum The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) launched a pilot project in response to recent disruptions to undersea Internet data traffic. The goal of the HEIST project is to ensure that when underwater data cables are damaged, operators will know their precise locations in order to mitigate disruptions. The project also aims to expand […]

The outages underscore how much of the global communications and financial system hinges on a few hundred cables of bundled glass fibers that are strung across ocean floors around the world, each cable about the same diameter as a garden hose.