Novel AI chip design platform to give the semiconductor industry a boost in productivity and quality 2 min read

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Novel AI chip design platform to give the semiconductor industry a boost in productivity and quality

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A*STAR researchers have developed an AI chip design platform that has the potential to transform the multibillion-dollar global integrated circuit (IC)... Read More

Vice Media to buy women's focused rival Refinery29 2 min read

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Vice Media to buy women's focused rival Refinery29

Vice Media is expanding its footprint with the acquisition of digital media rival Refinery29, which targets female readers Vice Media said Wednesday it was acquiring... Read More

EU opens probe into Boeing tie-ups with Brazil's Embraer 2 min read

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EU opens probe into Boeing tie-ups with Brazil's Embraer

The EU is throwing a spanner in the works The EU said Friday it had opened an “in-depth investigation” into plans by US aviation giant... Read More

Groundbreaking method detects defective computer chips 2 min read

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Groundbreaking method detects defective computer chips

Guaranteeing that computer chips, that can consist of billions of interconnected transistors, are manufactured without defects is a challenge. But how to determine if a... Read More

One-dimensional objects morph into new dimensions 3 min read

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One-dimensional objects morph into new dimensions

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University A line is the shortest distance between two points, but “A-line,” a 4-D printing system developed at Carnegie Mellon University, takes... Read More

Additively manufactured titanium alloy parts 4 min read

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Additively manufactured titanium alloy parts

Schematic of the split Hopkinson pressure bar setup. Credit: University of Illinois Dept. of Aerospace Engineering Aerospace manufacturers, industries, and government agencies like the design... Read More

GM strike negotiations take 'turn for the worse': union 2 min read

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GM strike negotiations take 'turn for the worse': union

GM workers went out on strike September 16, and union negotiators say talks have taken “a turn for the worse” Negotiations to resolve a three-week-old... Read More

Engineers develop thin, lightweight lens that could produce slimmer camera phones, longer-flying drones 2 min read

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Engineers develop thin, lightweight lens that could produce slimmer camera phones, longer-flying drones

A flat lens developed by researchers at the University of Utah that is much thinner and lighter than a conventional lens that could produce lighter... Read More

HBO orders 2 new seasons of Axios news series 1 min read

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HBO orders 2 new seasons of Axios news series

This image released by HBO shows Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, in a scene from the documentary series "AXIOS," returning for... Read More

Southwest pilots sue Boeing over 737 MAX 1 min read

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Southwest pilots sue Boeing over 737 MAX

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft parked on the tarmac after being grounded Pilots from Texas-based Southwest Airlines said Monday they had filed a lawsuit... Read More

Samsung Electronics flags 56% fall in Q3 operating profit 3 min read

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Samsung Electronics flags 56% fall in Q3 operating profit

South Korean tech titan Samsung leads the global smartphone market with a 23-percent share of the sector Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it expected operating... Read More

Ammonia may hold key to greener combustion 5 min read

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Ammonia may hold key to greener combustion

Credit: CC0 Public Domain One way to reduce flight shame may lie in a ring of flames. And in the gas that’s generated in an... Read More

Aerial threat: why drone hacking could be bad news for the military 4 min read

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Aerial threat: why drone hacking could be bad news for the military

Are military drones a security threat to their own operators? Credit: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Unmanned aerial vehicles, more commonly called drones, are now a fundamental part of... Read More

In-ear silicon speakers for the internet of voice 3 min read

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In-ear silicon speakers for the internet of voice

Photograph of All-Silicon-Speaker Test Chip. Credit: Fraunhofer IPMS “Hey Goosilexa, can I go swimming?” Today, we receive synthetically spoken answers to questions aimed at helping... Read More

Crisis-hit Nissan names China unit head Makoto Uchida new CEO 2 min read

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Crisis-hit Nissan names China unit head Makoto Uchida new CEO

Crisis-hit Nissan has named Makoto Uchida as its new CEO Crisis-hit Japanese automaker Nissan on Tuesday named Makoto Uchida its new chief executive, elevating the... Read More

Domain name fraud: is the global Internet in danger? 7 min read

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Domain name fraud: is the global Internet in danger?

A spider’s web is secure, and ours? Credit: Robert Anasch/Unsplash, CC BY In late February 2019, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN),... Read More

Facebook extends fact-checking programme to 10 new African states 2 min read

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Facebook extends fact-checking programme to 10 new African states

Facebook’s third-party fact-checking programme now covers 15 African countries Facebook on Tuesday announced the expansion of its third-party fact-checking programme to 10 new African countries... Read More