Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Finnish telecom giant Nokia said Tuesday it is suing Amazon in five global jurisdictions, including the United States and India, over patent infringements on video-related technologies.…
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Mapping Time and Space: Neurons Decode Human Existence Dimensions
Summary: Researchers unveil how neurons in the brain depict time and space, fundamental to human consciousness. Utilizing special depth electrodes, they studied patients undergoing treatment for epilepsy, revealing “place cells”…
A surprising finding shows that light can make water evaporate without heat could enable new approaches to desalination
A new study says that Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria thrive in dew drops. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Evaporation is happening all around us all the time, from the sweat cooling our…
Cognitive Maturity: 18 is the Threshold of Cognitive Adulthood
Summary: A new study sheds light on when adolescents start thinking like adults. Researchers found that executive function, critical for task-switching and focus, typically matures around 18 years old. Drawing…
Ex-Amazonian critical of return-to-office mandate says she was forced out
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Standing outside Amazon’s Seattle headquarters in May, Pamela Hayter told her colleagues she wasn’t nervous. “We’re here today because it’s the right thing to do,” the…
Samsung Electronics says Q3 operating profits down 77.57%
Samsung on Tuesday reported that operating profits were down nearly 80 percent for the third quarter. South Korea’s Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that its operating profits for the July to…
New tool automates the formal verification of systems software
Tang Family Assistant Professor of Computer Science Rongui Gu (left) and Professor of Computer Science Jason Nieh (right). Credit: Columbia Engineering Formal systems verification, which mathematically proves that code is…
Accelerating AI tasks while preserving data security
SecureLoop is an MIT-developed search engine that can identify an optimal design for a deep neural network accelerator that preserves data security while improving energy efficiency and boosting performance. This…
Japan’s first fully autonomous vehicle suspended
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Japan’s first pilot project of a fully autonomous self-driving vehicle has been suspended after a minor accident with a parked bicycle, officials said Monday. It is…
Bilingual Boost: Preterm Children Thrive with Two Languages
Summary: Researchers discovered that bilingualism benefits children born prematurely, contradicting some health care professionals’ advice. The study found bilingual preterm children outperformed monolingual peers in cognitive tests. Bilingualism could be…
