he MacBook Neo feels less like a stripped-down MacBook and more like a carefully edited one. At ₹69,900, it sits at the most accessible end of Apple’s lineup, but nothing about the experience immediately signals compromise. If…
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Contrary to popular superstition, AES 128 is just fine in a post-quantum world
On Monday Valsorda finally channelled years’ worth of frustration fueled by the widely held misunderstanding into a blog post titled Quantum Computers Are Not a Threat to 128-bit Symmetric Keys.
“There’s a common…
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A campaign to protect one of the planet’s only expanding kelp forests takes shape
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Diving in the Great African Seaforest, with its tightly packed towering kelp stipes that can rise up to 9 meters, or 30 feet, from the seabed, is a surreal experience, even for those who study this vast underwater…
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Kairos breaks ground for nuclear reactor to power Google data centers
Kairos Power, a maker of small modular reactors (SMRs), has broken ground on its second nuclear reactor, Hermes 2, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This is the first fourth-generation nuclear reactor that will demonstrate power production in the…
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Data centers don’t have to be a burden on local communities – and can even support them by generating power and repurposing waste heat
A data center is planned to occupy a vacant commercial building in Monterey Park, Calif., near homes and businesses and not far from downtown Los Angeles. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Many consumers – and state policymakers…
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NASA shuts off Voyager 1 probe
Voyager 1, the most distant man-made object from Earth, shut down one of its three remaining instruments as NASA worked to extend its near-half-century mission.
The Voyager probes launched in 1977 toward the solar system’s outer planets, a…
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Placebo effect can work as well as real medicine – but your body may need permission to use it
The first time the placebo effect really got under my skin was when I read that roughly one-third of people with irritable bowel syndrome improve on placebo treatments alone. Usually this statistic is presented as a fascinating quirk of…
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Battery-free wearable sweat sensor made from semiconductor nanofibers monitors health
Researchers developed a power-free wearable sweat sensor using nanocomposite fibers that passively collect sweat and detect electrolytes, metabolites, and motion simultaneously.
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The Download: turning down human noise, and LA’s stunning subway upgrade
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 Apple’s Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO
Hardware chief John Ternus will take over from him in September. (CNN)
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