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Cisco announced a definitive agreement to acquire Splunk for $157 per share in cash ($28B in equity value). Cisco's goal in purchasing Splunk is to move from threat detection and response to threat prediction and prevention. Splunk brings…

Sorry, Shakespeare, I just had to use this headline as Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain-computer interface (BCI) start-up, is recruiting people for its first human trial—the goal is connecting human brains to computers. Initially, the company…

Amazon isn't getting sued because it's too big, but because it isn't playing fair according to the FTC and 17 states. The basis of the suit is that the company's conduct blocks competition, enabling it to use monopoly power to inflate…

While it may not be common knowledge, ASICs have transformed many electronics products. Even a mid-range vehicle manufactured some years ago will feature several specialized ASICs for tire pressure monitoring, engine monitoring, and gas…

Researchers from Xi’an Jiaotong University in China innovated a new method for making tiny stretchable antennas from hydrogel and liquid metal. Potentially used in wearable and flexible wireless electronic devices, they can provide a link…

It’s beautiful. The brilliant colors of 2,000-year-old Roman glass fragments that were exposed to constant changes in temperature, moisture, and surrounding minerals, are now moving past use in jewelry as pendants or earrings and museum…

Researchers at Tokyo Tech just circumvented an existing high-voltage requirement for blue OLEDs. Their OLED, based on a blue-fluorescence emitter, achieves emission at an ultralow turn-on voltage of 1.47 V. Target applications for the OLEDs…

Fear of becoming obsolete (FOBO) has increased more in the past two years than at any time since 2017, according to Gallup’s Aug. 1-23 Work and Education poll. 22% now say technology will make their job obsolete—up seven percentage…

I love how we use technology to attack a growing problem—especially in medicine. This one has particular relevance for me. I went from having the bones of a 35-year-old to osteoporosis in two years due to a medication regimen. I also fell…

The move to EVs creates large amounts of e-waste and environmentally damaging mining. The Lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese shortages could slow the EV transition and rapidly expand mining activities. There’s growing interest in…