Xi says China must ‘overcome’ AI chip challenges

Chinese startup DeepSeek shook up the AI world in January with its R1 chatbot, matching the performance of its US competitors at a lower cost. President Xi Jinping said China…

Oregon agency won’t say if hackers stole data in cyberattack

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Oregon’s environmental agency won’t say if a group of hackers stole data in a cyberattack that was first announced earlier this month. The Oregon Department of…

Infant Social Skills Thrive Despite Hardship

Summary: A large international study finds that babies living in insecure conditions, including as refugees, display key social skills on par with children raised in more stable environments. Using eye-tracking…

A green technology for the closed-loop recycling of vat dyed textiles

System turns simple sketches into digital schematics

A practical example of how the drawing language can be used simply to create the desired effects on a material, in this case a tea stand. Credit: 2025 Igarashi et…

In-memory computing overcomes data transfer bottlenecks

A schematic representation of in-memory computing using electrochemical memory devices (ECRAMs) arranged in a cross-point array structure, mimicking the way synapses in the brain process information. When voltage is applied…

A new automated removal tool can stop most remote-controlled malware

formal model instantiated from the Youku sample. Credit: Hitchhiking Vaccine: Enhancing Botnet Remediation With Remote Code Deployment Reuse. https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss-paper/hitchhiking-vaccine-enhancing-botnet-remediation-with-remote-code-deployment-reuse/ Cyberattacks can snare workflows, put vulnerable client information at risk, and…

AI Still Falls Short in Understanding Human Social Interactions

Summary: Humans significantly outperform AI models in interpreting dynamic social interactions, a skill critical for technologies like autonomous vehicles and assistive robots. In a new study, participants reliably judged short…

Combining electrical and force signals boosts prosthetic hand accuracy

Graduate student Peyton Young works with a robotic arm controlled by electromyography (EMG) signals. Young has now developed a technique to use pressure measurements from muscles (force myography, FMG) combined…

Diagram-based language streamlines optimization of complex coordinated systems

Coordinating complicated interactive systems, whether it’s the different modes of transportation in a city or the various components that must work together to make an effective and efficient robot, is…