Computing
Quantum Hardware Readiness for Two-Step Quantum Se...
The traveling salesman problem (TSP) has challenged computer scientists for decades. Finding the shortest route that visits all cities exactly once sounds simple, but it becomes computationally explosive as the number of destinations grows. With applications spanning logistics, manufacturing,...
Websites are tracking you via browser fingerprinti...
Clearing your cookies is not enough to protect your privacy online. New research led by Texas A&M University has found that websites are covertly using browser fingerprinting—a method to uniquely identify a web browser—to track people across browser sessions...
Psycholinguist talks nonsense to ChatGPT to unders...
A new study appearing in PLOS One by a psycholinguist at the University of Kansas explores how ChatGPT, the popular artificial-intelligence chatbot, responded to nonwords.
New all-silicon computer vision hardware advances ...
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have pushed forward the development of computer vision with new, silicon-based hardware that can both capture and process visual data in the analog domain. Their work, described in the journal Nature Communications,...
The Alters Is A Very Strange Survival Sim And An I...
The Alters takes place on a lifeless planetoid which you have crashed onto alone, and you need to continually keep your base rolling along the surface to avoid sunrise; a very bad…
A trio of studies could help Puerto Rico's energy ...
When Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico in 2022, it exposed the vulnerabilities of the island's energy infrastructure. Though only a Category 1 storm, Fiona caused a total blackout across the island, leaving residents without power for days to weeks...
AI paves the way toward green cement
The cement industry produces about 8% of global CO₂ emissions—more than the entire aviation sector worldwide. Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have developed an AI-based model that helps to accelerate the discovery of new cement formulations that...
Humanoid robot achieves controlled flight using je...
The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) has reached a milestone in humanoid robotics by demonstrating the first flight of iRonCub3, the world's first jet-powered flying humanoid robot specifically designed to operate in real-world environments.
Miniaturized quantum magnetometer offers new measu...
Fraunhofer IAF is presenting the latest version of its compact integrated quantum magnetometer at World of Quantum in Munich, June 24–27. The diamond-based system is characterized by its robustness, high integration density, and state-of-the-art measurement sensitivity. Thanks to its...
Electric car warning signals prove hard to locate ...
As electric cars become more common, vulnerable road users are encountering more and more warning signals from them. Now, new research from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, shows that one of the most common signal types is very...
AI Bots Are Now DDoSing Our Art Galleries, Librari...
You're likely familiar with the kleptomania that AI displays, ransacking any and all content posted to the web. Artists are seeing AI abscond with their creations and using them as training data…
Xreal One Pro Review: Segment-leading AR glasses w...
Xreal’s One Pro brings 6DoF tracking with the Eye accessory.
Seeing through a new LENS allows brain-like naviga...
QUT robotics researchers have developed a new robot navigation system that mimics the neural processes of the human brain and uses less than 10% of the energy required by traditional systems.
Amazon hopes to deliver 10,000 robotaxis annually ...
Amazon is gearing up to make as many as 10,000 robotaxis annually at a sprawling plant near Silicon Valley as it prepares to challenge self-driving cab leader Waymo. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is also vying to join the autonomous...
Enthusiast hacks FSR 4 onto RX 7000 series GPU wit...
A Reddit user used FP8 emulation and DLL injection techniques to run AMD's latest upscaling tech on unsupported hardware.
Charging infrastructure found more effective than ...
In the United States, tax incentives and infrastructure investments play a role in speeding the adoption of electric vehicles (EV). In a new study, researchers examined the effects of competing government incentives on EV adoption in Washington state by...
Self-driving cars may only lower ride-hailing pric...
In 2018, when Zhen Lian, then a Ph.D. student at Cornell, started working on a research project about self-driving cars, the technology still seemed like "a futuristic topic," she says. Just five years later, while traveling in Phoenix, she...
Malaysia investigates Chinese use of Nvidia-powere...
Malaysia’s trade ministry is investigating whether a Chinese firm’s use of Nvidia-equipped servers in a local data center violates domestic laws.
Texas Instruments commits $60 billion to U.S. semi...
Texas Instruments follows the semiconductor industry in announcing its new investments in expanding U.S. facilities, though we already knew about most of the projects.
Wybot F1 Pool Skimmer review: A noisy but effectiv...
At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros The overall best skimmer at capturing debris in our tests Huge filter basket Remote control allows for manual steering when needed Cons Extremely loud Blunt operation; runs into the wall Constantly Weak battery life...