The technical documentation for chips in the semiconductor industry is often thousands of pages long. Keeping those documents updated with every revision is a massive lift, as is generating the manuals and tutorials for engineers who then implement those chips in their own products. And to make matters even more complicated, very few products only … Read more
The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has more than 130,000 job cuts across 457 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024. Smaller-sized … Read more
Soon after Hamas attacked on October 7th last year, around a third of workers at Elsight, an Israeli maker of drone communications systems, were called up to fight in Gaza. A similar exodus took place across Israel’s tech sector, which accounts for over half of the country’s exports, a fifth of GDP—and a fifth of … Read more
Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity for the first time.
Esther Baumann works in the lab where a team of researchers has developed an improved version of a laser-based measurement technique called dual-comb spectroscopy. Credit: R. Jacobson/NIST Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new laser-based technique that could dramatically improve our ability to analyze a variety of materials … Read more
Top innovators from across Georgia gathered at Georgia Tech for Avant South, hosted by the Atlanta Collegiate Entrepreneurship Syndicate (ACES) and the City of Atlanta, to explore the future of technology, entrepreneurship, and creativity. The two-day experience included networking opportunities, and a pitch competition followed by panel discussions and keynote speeches, highlighting Georgia’s role … Read more
In last week’s episode we talked about technological advances that can help the environment. For example, at the University of Nevada, researchers are working on a groundbreaking solution to tackle Las Vegas’ water shortage through a process called atmospheric water harvesting. And scientists in Iceland are working to harness the intense energy from volcanoes – … Read more
LIVE FROM MWC LAS VEGAS 2024: While access to technology and connectivity is important, it is perhaps even more imperative that it is used in the right way, argued leading football player Asisat Oshoala who serves as the GSMA’s ambassador for its Breaking Barriers campaign. Oshoala, who currently plays for Bay FC and has a … Read more
As the United Arab Emirates prepares to host COP28 later this year, GITEX will emphasize how technology can support environmental, social, and governance initiatives. For tech leaders, this is an opportunity to explore how integrating sustainable technologies can not only reduce carbon footprints but also improve operational efficiency and cut costs. 4. Web3 and blockchain … Read more
The idea of “a machine that thinks” dates back to ancient Greece. But since the advent of electronic computing (and relative to some of the topics discussed in this article) important events and milestones in the evolution of AI include the following: 1950 Alan Turing publishes Computing Machinery and Intelligence (link resides outside ibm.com). … Read more