The world's largest neurocomputer simulates a monkey's brain
Chinese engineers have unveiled a new neurocomputer that mimics the brain of a macaque.
Scientists made AI search for new laws of physics and correct incorrect assumptions — it works
American researchers from Emory University in Atlanta taught AI make new physical discoveries, not just look for mistakes or predict research results.
Startup founder cuts his legs to demonstrate a new biotechnology — investors give him $4.3 million
Jake Adler, the 21-year-old founder of the biotech and defense startup Pilgrim, literally put his own sweat and blood into developing the business, cutting his thighs to demonstrate the new technology. Surprisingly, this bloody effort paid off and he received $4.3 million from investors.
Self-washing windows: China has learned to clean glass with an electric field
Chinese scientists from Zhejiang University has developed a self-cleaning glass using an electric field to dust removal and other particles from the surface.
Restoring AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT: re-soldering after an unsuccessful attempt by an unknown wizard
Trouble can happen not only with NVIDIA RTX, but also with AMD Radeon graphics cards. We bought one such trouble on the secondary market.
Apple's new patent: "Bend the monitor, you're looking at it wrong"
Apple is developing technology that will allow screens to automatically adjust the viewing angle depending on the user’s movements.
Solid-state batteries charge quickly and don't catch fire. Why they are still not in smartphones and cars
Solid-state batteries are already outperforming lithium-ion batteries in literally every way: charging speed, twice the power reserve in electric vehicles and stable operation without the risk of thermal overclocking. However, they are not yet widely used commercially. Advantages of solid-state batteries In a new extensive review, researchers from…
Perovskite solar cells have become more durable and are no longer afraid of water
A team of researchers from the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) in South Korea has developed an innovative technology for manufacturing flexible perovskite solar cells, that can be produced outdoors.
New AI data center in Wyoming will consume 5 times more energy than the entire population of the state
Wyoming is planning to build a new data center for processing artificial intelligence tasks that will consume more electricity than all households in the state combined. This is yet another proof of how power-hungry modern AI systems are becoming.
Harvard packs quantum computer into a chip
Harvard engineers create ultra-thin metasurface capable of replacing targets quantum optical installations.
AMD plans «graphics card» for AI — discrete NPU will work with PC
It seems that soon ordinary PCs will have a new type of expansion card that will have a separate neuroprocessor on board to work with artificial intelligence.
Walls absorb CO₂ and become stronger, — startup creates new bricks
The British startup earth4Earth (e4E), which specializes in the production of eco-materials, has created a brick that can effectively to capture and store CO₂.
It's too hot: Athens launches 2000-year-old aqueduct to supply more water
Annormal heat wave in Athens, where the temperature has been above 40°C for several days, forced the local authorities to return to work an ancient Roman aqueduct more than 2,000 years old.
Sci-fi in your pocket: a tiny sensor turns a smartphone into a spectrometer
A group of American researchers has created a tiny spectrometric device the size of just a few millimeters, which can potentially be installed in a smartphone.
Samsung Exynos 2600 will get a cooler inside the chip
Samsung plans to introduce Heat Pass Block technology in the next generation of Exynos 2600 chips. It is designed to significantly improve heat dissipation from the chip and, as a result, increase its performance.
One tablet turns your blood into a deadly poison for mosquitoes
The results of a large-scale study conducted in Kenya and Mozambique showed that the use of ivermectin — an antiparasitic drug, reduced the incidence of malaria by 26%.
A flash drive made of a bird: a YouTuber converted data into sound, and a starling was able to play it back
Some of the experiments «don’t make sense, but they are quite logical. Birds are good at memorizing complex sounds, so you can «record» data on them, and you will get a kind of «flash drive»
China is the leader in renewable energy, with three quarters of projects being built there
Currently, about a quarter of all of new projects wind and solar energy in the world is being built by China.
Dugouts are making a comeback: Japanese dirt houses made of 3D-printed soil
Japanese company Lib Work presents its own technology building houses using 3D printing, in which soil is a key component.
America for America: NASA tests new nuclear fuel for deep space
NASA is testing americium-241 as a new nuclear fuel for spacecraft intended for for long-distance missions.
«Aeroflot» under cyber attack: hackers stole more than 20 TB of data and destroyed IT infrastructure
Belarusian hackers with «Cyber guerrillas BY» and Silent Crow claimed responsibility for the attack on Russian «Aeroflot» and shared its details. They claim that the company’s internal IT infrastructure was completely compromised and destroyed. As a result, «Aeroflot» reported a failure in its information system, which forced it to…
Aerogel makes salt water drinkable — this time effectively
Researchers from Hong Kong Polytechnic University in search of ways to improve systems water desalination created an aerogel that is more efficient in desalination than existing systems.
Household chemicals manufacturer Clorox was hacked in one call — tech support gave out the password and disabled MFA
Hacking may seem like a complicated business, but not when you’re targeting people who are too trusting. For example, in 2023, the American household chemicals manufacturer Clorox was hacked with a single call thanks to a tech support worker who was not afraid to share his password with an anonymous person.
New technology will make robots as agile as humans, and they won't slip
Researchers from the University of Surrey in the UK have proposed a new method of capturing and holding robotic systems fragile, slippery or asymmetrical objects.
WhoFi: Wi-Fi identifies and tracks the human body in space without any gadgets
Italian scientists have proved that a regular Wi-Fi signal can be used to track people who don’t have any devices with them.
YouTuber cools AMD Threadripper Pro 9995WX with BMW M4 radiator and Toyota Highlander fans
The new AMD Threadripper Pro 9995WX can consume from 350W to 1000W, and it does not come with a cooling system.
E-brick: MIT to produce electrically conductive heat-resistant blocks for renewable energy
American company Electrified Thermal Solutions, formerly part of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has signed an agreement with HWI to produce electric bricks, or E-bricks, that can store and give off large amounts of heat from electricity using renewable sources.
Fusion startup has learned to make gold from mercury profitably and in large quantities
Alchemy is no longer a pseudoscience, and it is used to write scientific papers and propose technologies. It made fusion possible.
The end of an era: 90% of renewable energy projects are already cheaper than fossil fuels
It is still widely believed that renewable energy projects are promising, attractive, but expensive and impractical. However, recent studies show that most renewable energy projects are already cheaper than fossil fuels.
Sales of catalysts are no longer the same: scientists have reduced the amount of platinum in them and increased hydrogen yield
Chinese researchers have developed a new graphene-coated catalyst with ultra-low platinum content that provides highly efficient production «green» hydrogen on an industrial scale.
New anode protection technology doubles the life of electric car batteries
A group of South Korean researchers has developed a new printing technology that more than doubles the stability of lithium-metal batteries in electric cars.
Built-in AMD Strix Halo and up to 128 GB LPDDR5X — Sixunited introduces «all-in-one motherboards»
The Mini-ITX motherboard will allow you to build a powerful system with AMD Ryzen AI Max and 128 GB of LPDDR5X RAM.
LG Smart Monitor Swing 32" 4K — monitors move around the world on a leg with wheels
LG has introduced a 32″ 4K touchscreen monitor with a built-in stand on wheels. It has a fairly high-quality IPS panel and many standalone functions.
New alloy reduces power consumption of electronics and eliminates the need for external magnets
A group of American researchers from the University of Minnesota has introduced a new Ni4W, which can dramatically change the way electronic devices process and store information.
This robot operates autonomously and continuously — as long as there are batteries in stock
The Chinese company UBTech has presented a model of a humanoid robot capable of replacing its own batteries and working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
This solar cell utilizes its other side with an additional 8.44% efficiency
South Korean researchers from The Kangbuk Institute of Science and Technology in Daegu has created double-sided thin-film solar cells made of copper, indium and selenium, which collect sunlight not only from the front but also from the back.
Stable Diffusion 3.0 Medium image generator will run locally on AMD processors
Recently, AMD and Stability AI announced that they managed to port the Stable Diffusion 3.0 Medium AI model to the Amuse image generator, which runs locally on the NPU module AMD chip.
YouTuber creates a mechanical 8-bit computer from K'NEX construction set
The YouTuber Shadowman39 used the children’s plastic construction set K’NEX as the basis for a full-fledged 8-bit computer.
Flexible displays: future technologies with the disadvantages of the present
Devices with flexible displays are gradually taking over the world. The main «pioneers» are smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy Fold, Motorola Razr, or Huawei Mate X. Other solutions are slowly emerging, such as external monitor of the Asus brand. Next, tablets and laptops will enter the race. Today we will try to figure out […]
NVIDIA CUDA platform now officially supports RISC-V
NVIDIA plans to implement support for the RISC-V architecture in its graphics processors. This should significantly expand the list of compatible chips. At the same time, it seems that the main focus will be on artificial intelligence.
«Rethinking silicon»: scientists have learned to control electrons as a wave
American scientists from the University of California, Riverside have discovered a new way to control electrons in crystalline silicon — a key material widely used in modern electronics.
Notebook NVIDIA RTX 5090 gains +20% performance from increased power
Users of laptops with NVIDIA RTX 5090 have a new method for increase productivity video cards by 20%. However, not everyone will be able to use it.
New optical microscope «sees» atoms — scientists bypass diffraction
An international team of researchers has developed a new visualization method ULA-SNOM, which allows optical microscopes to distinguish parts as small as 1 nanometer.
Gabe Newell from Valve: «People who can't program but use AI will become more efficient than programmers»
In another part of the interview with YouTuber Zalkar Saliev, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell discusses AI and programming.
ChatGPT says it is writing a 700-page book for users — scary and funny truth revealed on Reddit
The user believed that ChatGPT had written a 700-page, 500MB children’s book for him. Reddit was bursting with laughter when he asked how to download the book.
Intel is likely to abandon E-core after Razer Lake
There are first reports that future Intel processors for the desktop segment will not have energy-efficient cores. This is due to the company’s desire to focus on a unified architecture.
OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Agent that will take over your computer and do everything for you
OpenAI, one of the key AI companies, has made a big step towards autonomous agents that can act almost like virtual assistants. It introduced ChatGPT Agent — tool, can perform work on behalf of the user using its own «virtual computer».
How about this, Elon Musk? Wooden battery is more fire-resistant than Tesla's
Austrian researchers from the the Institute of Vehicle Safety of Graz Technical University has created battery housing for electric cars made of wood and steel, which is an environmentally friendly and more reliable alternative to aluminum bodies used, for example, by Tesla.
Too fragile: Intel Raptor Lake processors can't withstand the heat in Europe
Intel processors behave strangely during the summer heat. This was reported by… the developer of Firefox.
Solar cells — the best «crop» to grow in California, farmers say
A new study conducted in the United States shows that more and more farmers in California prefer to lease their own land to accommodate solar panels instead of growing crops.
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