The Middle East is a region of intense beauty and ancient kingdoms. It has also repeatedly endured periods of geopolitical instability over many centuries.

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In 2023, about 4.4% (176 terawatt-hours) of total energy consumption in the United States was by data centers that are essential for processing large quantities of information. Of that 176 TWh, approximately 100 TWh (57%) was used by CPU...

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The promise of a new type of computer chip that could reshape the future of artificial intelligence and be more environmentally friendly is explored in a technology review paper published by UC Riverside engineers in the journal Device.

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Through industry–academia collaboration, a joint research team developed an Integrated Network-Computing Load Balancing ("INCL Balancing") simulator optimized for next-generation 6G services. This is the world's first research project to implement a load-balancing simulator that integrates network and computational resources...

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In his second lawsuit targeting social media giants, Baltimore lawyer and real estate firm co-owner Barry Glazer is suing Meta and Google over social-media-based networks that sell unauthorized access to vacant properties.

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One company offers Bay Area employers artificial intelligence that filters potential hires by combing through 10,000 public online sources looking for references to violence or illegal drugs. Another uses the technology to scan workers' office emails for signs of...

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Harmful content including hate speech has surged across Meta's platforms since the company ended third-party fact-checking in the United States and eased moderation policies, a survey showed Monday.

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The US Department of Defense on Monday awarded OpenAI a $200 million contract to put generative artificial intelligence (AI) to work for the military.

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US President Donald Trump is widely expected to extend the Thursday deadline for TikTok to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban in the United States.

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Today's generative artificial intelligence models can create everything from images to computer applications, but the quality of their output depends largely on the prompt a human user provides.

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A study from the Stockholm School of Economics finds that the competitiveness of green steel production in Romania partly hinges on hydrogen sourcing—requiring a 15% price premium if hydrogen is purchased externally as opposed to produced on-site. Without this...

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Would you like to live next door to a solar farm? Traditionally, it's been thought that although people like the idea of renewable energy plants, they don't want them close by. Now, research investigating how people who live near...

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The first emojis can be traced back to the late 1980s, but it was not until 2011 that they became a part of our everyday lives. That was when Apple, followed by other tech companies, implemented emojis in their...

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As e-commerce platforms grow ever more reliant on cloud computing, efficiency and sustainability have come to the fore as urgent pressures on development. A study published in the International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems has introduced an innovative approach...

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MIT researchers have designed a compact, low-power receiver for 5G-compatible smart devices that is about 30 times more resilient to a certain type of interference than some traditional wireless receivers.

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The minerals that power lithium-ion batteries—including lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite—are both highly valuable and difficult to come by.

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Data centers are the invisible engines of our digital world. Every Google search, Netflix stream, cloud-stored photo or ChatGPT response passes through banks of high-powered computers housed in giant facilities scattered across the globe.

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A security specialist at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has found evidence that it might be possible to infiltrate an air-gap computing system using a smartwatch. Mordechai Guri has published a paper outlining his ideas on the arXiv preprint...

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