New study examines US markets for microreactors

Microreactors can be easily transported using a tractor trailer. Credit: Department of Energy Microreactor Program Developers seeking to deploy advanced nuclear reactors can find high market potential in states with…

Audio book narrators say AI is already taking away business

A woman poses at an installation showing headphones at the booth of JVC at the IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) electronics trade fair in Berlin on September 1, 2016. As people brace…

Linda Yaccarino to bring vaunted ad skills to Twitter

Newly announced Twitter chief Linda Yaccarino told Elon Musk during a recent marketing conference interview that content moderation and safety are part of a formula to get advertisers to spend…

Executive fired from TikTok’s Chinese owner says Beijing had access to app data in termination suit

This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. A former executive at TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has accused the tech giant of serving as…

3 takeaways from the exchange

Twitter CEO Elon Musk, center, speaks with Linda Yaccarino, chairman of global advertising and partnerships for NBC, at the POSSIBLE marketing conference, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Miami Beach, Fla.…

Cryptocasinos are evolving worryingly fast. Here’s how to get to grips with them

Congress eyes new rules for tech: What’s under consideration

A person uses a smartphone in Chicago, Sept. 16, 2017. Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, particularly social media platforms.…

Researchers evaluate energy conservation and carbon reduction potential for biomass energy conversion

Fig. 1.  Schematic diagram of biomass energy conservation and carbon reduction with multiple-sources and multiple-approach biomass use. Credit: Xi Fengming Biomass energy is a form of solar energy stored in…

AI exemplifies the ‘free rider’ problem—here’s why that points to regulation

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain On March 22, 2023, thousands of researchers and tech leaders—including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak—published an open letter calling to slow down the artificial…

Twitter alerts back on track for NYC subway after week off

A Twitter logo hangs outside the company’s offices in San Francisco, Dec. 19, 2022. Service alerts for subways, commuter trains and buses in New York City were back on Twitter,…