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Having switched my major from geology to business, I’m still a sucker for all things USGS. The organization just turned to quantum technology to help with the next generation of geological challenges, establishing a Cooperative Research and…

I'm always looking for surveys and news about what you need to know to do your job. The following list comes from Carnegie Melon University, and after reading the ten skills recommended, I felt it was important to pass on. This info is…

Japan is now the fifth nation to make a soft lunar landing. Its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) successfully landed on the moon, but its solar panel failed to generate power, posing a challenge. According to the Japan…

Reacting to lighter-than-expected sales, Ford cut production of the F-150 Lightning EV pickup truck. The company plans to reduce shifts at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center starting April 1.  It isn’t an all-out job loss of 1,400 workers…

There’s a new way to identify security weaknesses and vulnerabilities to account takeover attacks, where hackers gain unauthorized access to online accounts. According to Dr Luca Arnaboldi, from the University of Birmingham's School of…

According to a recent article on cw33, Datamax recently tapped into Google Search and identified the top 10 most asked tech questions in the U.S.. The data, ranked by search volume, involves searches during December 2023. Datamax gives us…

Face it, we love it when people go rogue. We've all cheered for the likes of Han Solo, James Bond, and Star-Lord. Now, we can add an AI-powered chatbot in the UK to that list. A United Kingdom parcel delivery company, Dynamic Parcel…

The machines malfunction, IDs must be checked for age-restricted products, there are too few store workers there to help, and self-checkout technology is not living up to its promise. It falls severely short. For retailers, it was the…

Moore's Law predicted that the number of transistors on a chip would double every two years. Limitations exist. Today's advanced chips can house nearly 50 billion transistors in a thumbnail's space. Packing more in is more than problematic.…

Where was DeepMind when I was knee-deep in my college geometry class—a class I would likely not have passed if my teacher hadn't included a student's effort as part of the score, even if my conclusion was wrong? Now, Google’s DeepMind AI…

Battery manufacturer Northvolt manufactures a sodium-ion battery that is competitive with traditional chemistries. The company claims its battery is safer, cheaper, and more sustainable than most batteries on the market containing nickel…

OpenAI's usage policies page firmly states that the company prohibits using its technology for "military and warfare" purposes. Recently, and quietly, the statement was deleted. On January 10, the company posted an update. While it still…

Oh oh! Can you imagine what this could mean? Columbia engineers created a new AI that shatters the long-held belief in forensics–that fingerprints from different fingers of the same person are unique. According to the AI effort, they are…

Google appeared before a federal jury in Boston, arguing against a computer scientist's claims that it should pay his company $1.67 billion for infringing patents. The alleged infringing patents cover processors used by Google to power its…

Move over Lithium; there's a new material in town. Researchers have discovered a material that might reduce Lithium use in batteries thanks to AI and supercomputing. Microsoft and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Department of…