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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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Physicists Extend Qubit Lifespan in Pivotal Validation of Quantum Computing
Yale University physicists demonstrated the feasibility of quantum error correction by doubling the lifespan of a qubit.
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Bitcoin Mining has Raised Texas Electricity Prices 5%
The costs of cryptocurrency are increasingly clear. Are the benefits?
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'Digidog Is Out of the Pound': Robot Dog Rejoins New York Police
New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the New York Police Department will deploy the technology this summer.
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Four-Legged Robotic System for Playing Soccer on Various Terrains
The four-legged DribbleBot robot developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers can dribble soccer balls using onboard sensors, computing, and reinforcement...
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Predicting the Effects of Environmental Noise on Quantum Information
An advancement crucial for designing and building quantum computers capable of working in an imperfect world.
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Google Says Its AI Supercomputer with TPU v4 Chips Outperforms Nvidia's A100 in Speed
Google claims the supercomputers used for training its artificial intelligence models are faster and more energy-efficient than those employed by multinational...
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Crystal Impervious to Radiation Could be Used in Spaceship Computers
Putting two forms of semiconductor material called gallium oxide together seems to make it completely resistant to radiation.
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Robotaxis Are Going to Sound Weird
Good weird! Skip the small talk in a driverless EV and enjoy the audio cues that will guide you through a ride and keep you safe.
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Seagull Algorithms Could Hide Secret to Greener Cloud Computing
British, Chinese, and Austrian researchers say more sustainable cloud computing systems can be achieved by algorithmically mimicking seagulls' hunting and migration...
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AI is Teaching Us New, Surprising Things About the Human Mind
Scientists are gaining new insights into the human mind though artificial intelligence, including the mechanism of communication between neurons, and the roots...
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Computer Made of DNA Works Out Prime Factors of 6 and 15
Researchers at China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University developed a simple computer using molecules of folded DNA that was able to split the numbers 6 and 15 into...
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Japan Quantum Computer Debut Sets Off Scramble for Tech Breakthroughs
On March 27, Japan's RIKEN research institute began granting cloud access to its quantum computer to outside users.
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Smartphone-based Satellite Connectivity to Move Beyond Emergency Services
Different approaches emerge in the race to provide direct-to-satellite smartphone services.
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U.S.-China Tech War: Without Advanced Chips, Can China's Smartphone Industry Survive?
Limited access to high-end semiconductor chips poses a major threat to China's world-leading smartphone manufacturing industry.
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Researchers Screen for Prediabetes with Smartphones
University of Washington researchers have created a prediabetes screening tool that taps the capacitive touch-sensing capabilities of smartphones to measure blood...
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The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog Computing
Computers have been digital for half a century. Why would anyone want to resurrect the clunkers of yesteryear?
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Supersized Atoms Could Help Quantum Computers Link to Optical Fibers
Researchers developed a device that could enable multiple quantum computers to be networked together by converting quantum outputs into light signals that can travel...
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Meet The Band's New Drummer: Keirzo the Robot
Keirzo has absorbed recordings of a range of different drummers, and is practicing and merging various techniques to develop its own playing style.
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Venus Flytrap Cyborg Snaps Shut with Smartphone Commands
Wenlong Li and colleagues at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University have transformed Venus flytraps into biological robots.
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