Endangered Firefox?
At this point, the best thing Mozilla Corp. has going for it is that it is not a publicly traded company, because if it was, its stock would be getting slaughtered. The company’s CEO, Mitchell…
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Flying Clean and Green: Hydrogen Flights Set to Revolutionize Air Travel
Liquid hydrogen requires a larger tank volume than today’s aviation kerosene but is at the same time lighter and contains more energy per kilogram of fuel. Credit: Cranfield University By 2045, nearly all short-range flights…
Better Qubits: Quantum Breakthroughs Powered by Silicon Carbide
Artist’s representation of the formation pathway of vacancy complexes for spin-based qubits in the silicon carbide host lattice and to the right the associated energy landscape. Credit: University of Chicago Scientists Tame Quantum Bits in…
Not Science Fiction: Researchers Have Developed Metasurface Tractor Beams
Researchers at TMOS have developed a metasurface-enabled solenoid beam that can pull particles towards it, potentially revolutionizing non-invasive medical procedures like biopsies. This technology, which uses a thin layer of nanopatterned silicon, offers a lightweight,…
50 Global Experts Warn: We Must Stop Technology-Driven AI
Experts advocate for human-centered AI, urging the design of technology that supports and enriches human life, rather than forcing humans to adapt to it. A new book featuring fifty experts from over twelve countries and…
Revolutionizing Lens Design: AI Cuts Months of Work Down to a Single Day
The DeepLens design method is highly effective in creating both classical optical designs and an extended depth-of-field computational lens. Credit: 2024 KAUST; Heno Hwang The DeepLens method by KAUST researchers automates the design of complex…
NASA Spinoff 2024 – How NASA’s Latest Technologies Are Revolutionizing Our World
NASA’s 2024 Spinoff publication reveals how space exploration technologies have been adapted for use in medical advancements, safety protocols, and environmental sustainability, among other areas, showcasing the agency’s broad impact on improving quality of life…
Best phones under Rs 40,000 (Feb 2024): OnePlus 12R, Nothing Phone (2) to Samsung Galaxy S22 5G
We don’t remember seeing most of these smartphones under Rs 40,000 in India ever before. Image Credit: Firstpost | Mehul Reuben Das Looking to buy a new smartphone under Rs 40,000? Drop everything you are…
Quantum Leap: Pioneering Exciton Imaging Transforms Semiconductor Science
Illustration showing light exciting electrons in two molecules of the organic semiconductor known as buckminsterfullerene. The newly formed exciton (shown by the bright dot) is first distributed over two molecules before it settles on one…
The AI data-poisoning cat-and-mouse game — this time, IT will win
The IT community of late has been freaking out about AI data poisoning. For some, it’s a sneaky mechanism that could act as a backdoor into enterprise systems by surreptitiously infecting the data large language…