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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…

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…

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…

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…

Microcontrollers have always been at the heart of electronic systems, but their role is rapidly expanding with the advent of edge computing. This article explores the evolution of microcontroller technology, emphasizing its growing…

EPC has recently released three new evaluation boards—EPC9179, EPC9181, and EPC9180—featuring pulse current laser drivers with 75 A, 125 A, and 230 A capacities. These boards showcase EPC's AEC-Q101 GaN FETs (EPC2252, EPC2204A, and…

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology created the world’s first functional semiconductor made from graphene, opening the door to a new way of doing electronics. Silicon is reaching its limit due to increasingly faster computing…

Coal, although abundant in the U.S., has a bad reputation based on its use as a fossil fuel. However, joint research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,…