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The Speech Accessibility Project is actively recruiting U.S. and Puerto Rican adults who have had a stroke or have Parkinson's disease, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This project, funded by big tech…

2023 devastated Silicon Valley tech workers—representing the worst 12 months since the dot.com crash two decades ago. Reasons cited for layoffs in 2023 included over-hiring during the pandemic, rising inflation, and lower consumer demand.…

In August, the news broke that Amazon would acquire iRobot. Today, they announced that they’re terminating the deal due to not getting European Union regulatory approval. Under the deal, Amazon would have invested in continued innovation by…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

Sphere Entertainment Co. and STMicroelectronics have shared details about their joint effort to develop the world's largest image sensor for the Big Sky camera system. The collaboration aims to push the boundaries of cinematic camera…