Many may wince remembering the rollout of Healthcare.gov under the Obama administration. Following passage of the Affordable Care Act, Healthcare.gov launched in October of 2013 to facilitate the anticipated wave of insurance signups. But…
Category: 3. Tech
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The Download: The dangers of DOGE, and how to blow up an asteroid
—Steven Renderos is the executive director of Media Justice
Tech buzzwords are clanging through the halls of Washington, DC. The Trump administration has promised to “leverage blockchain technology” to reorganize the US Agency for…
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AI at the Speed of Light: How Silicon Photonics Are Reinventing Hardware
A cutting-edge AI acceleration platform powered by light rather than electricity could revolutionize how AI is trained and deployed. Using photonic integrated circuits made from advanced III-V semiconductors, researchers have developed a system…
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Meet the researchers testing the “Armageddon” approach to asteroid defense
Flanked by klaxons and flashing lights, it’s an intimidating sight. “It’s the size of a building—about three stories tall,” says Moore. Every firing of the Z machine carries the energy of more than 1,000 lightning bolts, and each shot…
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Meta faces landmark US antitrust trial
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends the inauguration of Donald Trump.
Social media juggernaut Meta stands trial on Monday facing serious US…
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DNA Circuits Come Alive: Scientists Build Molecular Robots Inside Living Cells
DNA strand displacement circuits are inching closer to becoming cellular machines. Scientists are finding ways to make these programmable nanodevices stable and functional inside living cells. If successful, they could revolutionize how we…
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Dynamic model can generate realistic human motions and edit existing ones
Credit: Jiang et al.
When exploring their surroundings, communicating with others and expressing themselves, humans can perform a wide range of…
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‘Slow travel’ start-up launches cross-Channel crossings by sail
Simons says the idea for the service came to him when he was waiting for a cross-Channel ferry.
The crossing may be “a bit choppy,” Captain Andrew…
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Can AI Think Like Us? New Research Mimics Human Memory for Smarter Machines
A new AI framework inspired by human memory could make machines more efficient, adaptive, and capable of reasoning. A recent paper published in the journal Engineering presents a novel approach to artificial intelligence by modeling it after how…
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Outstanding Strength: Next-Gen Copper Alloy Pushes Past Limits of Traditional Materials
The strongest Cu-Ta-Li alloy developed to date exhibits outstanding strength and stability, making it ideal for advanced engineering applications. A team of researchers from Arizona State University, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL),…
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