Widespread outages for Facebook, Instagram and Threads were reported Tuesday morning, as parent company Meta warned that many of its core services were suffering from outages. A status page went from listing all of Meta’s…
Researchers have developed a groundbreaking light-based processor that enhances the efficiency and scalability of quantum computing and communication. By minimizing light losses, the processor promises significant advancements in secure data transmission and sensing applications. Credit:…
One of the hottest startups in the generative AI (genAI) market, Anthropic, has updated its flagship models to a new 3.0 standard, bringing improvements across a range of common tasks and faster processing speeds. The…
A group of MIT researchers who use AI to mitigate traffic congestion applied ideas from that domain to tackle the problem of multiple robots in a warehouse setting. By breaking an intractable problem into smaller…
Apple is telling European customers that new EU competition laws will make iPhones less safe once the company is forced to open up its platforms to third-party App Stores. The company, not exactly happy about this,…
Affective computing is transforming the way machines understand and interact with human emotions, integrating computer science, psychology, and neuroscience. With advancements in emotion recognition, ethical practices, and immersive technologies, this field is set to revolutionize…
The business environment is better than ever, but that isn’t stopping many tech companies from laying off employees. At the same time, numerous other organizations — often poorly run ones — insist remote workers return…
The “Graphene Flagship” initiative has investigated the effects of graphene (blue) and related materials on health and the environment. Colored scanning electron microscopy. Credit: Empa The largest EU research initiative ever launched has come to…
The European Commission (EC) on Friday said it needs more information from Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta to assess its compliance with applicable privacy and security laws in the European Union (EU). The EC,…
PhD candidate Jordan Noronha holding a sample of the new titanium lattice structure 3D printed in cube form. Credit: RMIT A 3D printed ‘metamaterial’ boasting levels of strength for weight not normally seen in nature…
