Researchers at The University of Osaka have developed a novel technique to enhance the performance and reliability of silicon carbide (SiC) metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) devices, a key component in power electronics. This breakthrough utilizes a unique two-step annealing process involving...

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To avoid buyer’s remorse, Bambu Lab announced its new tool changer-like system, dropping in Q4.

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Security firm ESET has discovered a new type of ransomware that uses a local AI model to generate malicious scripts and perform other illicit activities. Because of the variance of LLM output, this malware is harder to track than...

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Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed an inexpensive device that generates enough electricity to power a calculator using only waste walnut shells and drops of water. Their work is published in the journal Energy & Environmental Materials.

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How will AI affect American workers? There are two major narratives floating around. The "techno-optimist" view is that AI will free humans from boring tasks and create new jobs, while the "techno-pessimist" view is that AI will lead to...

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SK hynix has announced mass production of their latest QLC NAND flash, which is a 321-layer 2Tb product coming first to consumer SSDs. Not only does this - the first QLC…

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OLED monitors aren’t exactly cheap, but Dell subsidiary Alienware definitely has some of the best bang-for-your-buck value in this space. The first model it offered is still popular for exactly that reason, and today you can get that ultrawide...

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A NIMS research team has discovered that the fatigue limit of steel is improved by prior cyclic deformation (fatigue) training. Based on this finding, the research team developed a novel pre-fatigue training technique, which successfully doubled the fatigue limit...

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Framework has updated its 16-inch laptop for 2025, featuring a new RTX 5070-powered graphics module, Zen 5 Ryzen AI HX CPU options, a G-Sync display, and a 240W Type-C charger.

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Working from home has gone from being a growing trend to a full-scale phenomenon. There are many perks to a work-from-home arrangement, to be sure, but there can also be downsides: For example, there’s a good chance you’ll need...

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Last Updated on August 26, 2025 If you’ve set up your gaming PC and are looking for the perfect gaming monitor to enjoy the full potential of the CPU and the GPU, we just might have the option for...

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Last year, Framework expanded its options for fully modular and repairable laptops into a new 16-inch form factor, with added space for a discrete graphics card. At the time, AMD’s Radeon series was the only option for graphics, paired...

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AT&T will spend $23 billion to acquire certain wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar, a significant expansion of AT&T's low- and mid-band coverage networks.

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Chinese overclocker wytiwx has pushed Intel's Core i9-14900KF to 9130.33 MHz, establishing a new world record.

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One of the best ways to free up space on a cluttered desk is to take your monitor off its stand and mount it on an adjustable arm. You’d be surprised by how much extra space you can reclaim...

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Last Updated on August 26, 2025 A new breakthrough at Nvidia promises to dramatically speed up LLMs (‘Large Language Models’ such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Anthropic’s Claude, Meta’s Llama etc.), making them not twice, nor thrice, but 53...

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Recently, defect detection systems using artificial intelligence (AI) sensor data have been installed in smart factory manufacturing sites. However, when the manufacturing process changes due to machine replacement or variations in temperature, pressure, or speed, existing AI models fail...

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SSDs, or solid state drives, have drastically improved the computing experience over the last decade or so. Thanks to them, once ponderous boot times now border on instantaneous, programs and games are far more responsive, and the frustratingly long...

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I tend to buy a lot of USB cables because they “somehow” go missing… It’s definitely not my fault that I lend them to friends, stash them in bags and forget about them, or trust my kid to take...

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A research team from Skoltech, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, N.M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS, and other scientific organizations has studied the effect of various types of defects on the mechanical behavior of lead telluride (PbTe)-based thermoelectric...

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