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Building Up the U.S. Semiconductor Industry
U.S. chipmakers await monetary support from the government a year after supporting legislation was signed into law.
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Chip Investment Decisions Await Congressional Action on $52 Billion Funding Bill
Political wrangling slows progress on what began as bipartisan effort to restore America's semiconductor production prowess.
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Memory-Chip Prices Fall From Pandemic Highs
Prices have come down to levels that suggest the demand boom is likely over.
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Sweden's Einride to Test Autonomous Trucks on U.S. Roads
Sweden's autonomous-truck startup Einride AB, working in partnership with GE Appliances, will test self-driving freight vehicles on U.S. roadways .
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Self-Driving Big Rigs Are Coming. Is America Ready?
Autonomous trucks that mostly stick to highways could make sense, both technologically and economically, in ways robotaxis have not.
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Financial Firms Seek Edge in Algorithms Inspired by Quantum Computing
Some firms are running algorithms used for quantum computers on advanced machines for risk analysis and portfolio optimization.
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Global Chip Shortage's Latest Worry: Too Few Chips for Chip-Making
Intel and TSMC are looking to boost chip output amid supercharged demand, but getting the equipment to do so requires increasing patience.
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Intel CEO Sees Chip Shortage Lasting Into 2024
Semiconductor giant says quarterly sales fell amid sagging demand for lower-end laptops.
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DARPA: Safeguarding Data for Stronger Democracy
The agency is using emerging encryption techniques to protect data in transit, in storage, and during computation.
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Apple Opens Self-Repair Store With $300 iPhone Screens, 19-Cent Screws
You can now access official manuals and parts, but for most people, the minimal savings won't be worth it.
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Ukraine Sounds Alarm on Chinese Drones, Opening Skies to U.S. Startups
Hundreds of small drones from U.S. startups are searching for survivors and Russian hideouts in Ukraine, after Ukrainian government officials cited Chinese drones...
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Google Bans Apps With Hidden Data-Harvesting Software
Google has pulled dozens of applications from its Google Play store amid researchers' findings that they contain software that secretly harvests data.
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Waymo to Send Driverless Cars Through San Francisco
Waymo has deployed fully driverless cars onto the streets of San Francisco to provide free rides to its employees.
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VR to the ER: Metaverse Early Adopters Prove Accident-Prone
Tally includes broken vases, dislocated shoulders, injured girlfriends; "Why don't you go to the gym like a normal person?"
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Robotic Arms Use ML to Reach Deeper into Distribution
Robots increasingly are being used in warehouses to sort, pack, and prepare orders for delivery as logistics operators faced with labor shortages turn to automation...
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Microsoft Hit by Defections as Tech Giants Battle for Talent to Build the Metaverse
Around 100 people on the team developing Microsoft's HoloLens augmented-reality headsets have left, mostly to Facebook parent Meta.
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Ford, GM Step Into Chip Business
Detroit's two biggest car companies are looking to align with computer chip makers to develop and potentially manufacture chips.
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Ford Steps Into the Chips Business
The automaker and GlobalFoundries have agreed to develop, and potentially produce, semiconductors in U.S. under a strategic pact.
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The Chip That Changed the World
Most of the wealth created since 1971 is a result of Intel's 4004 microprocessor.
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Saks E-Commerce Business Pairs Robots with Workers
Department store chain Saks Fifth Avenue is now shipping online orders from a Middletown, PA, warehouse that uses autonomous robots to help workers locate items...
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