It is a common refrain to say that geopolitics gets in the way of climate action. From the war in Ukraine to trade tensions, each year seems to bring …
For much of 2024, one of President-elect Donald Trump’s staunchest allies in Silicon Valley was David Sacks, an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-host of the popular podcast All-In. On his podcast and social media, Sacks argued that Trump’s pro-industry stances would unleash innovation and …
Earlier this year, Meta tried to get its own nuclear powered data center the easy way, by building one next to an existing reactor. But after regulators threw cold water on the plan — the site was reportedly home to a rare bee species — the company is back with a new idea: find a developer who will …
The Biden administration is running out of time to finalize agreements that would secure billions in funding for US chipmakers. In 2022, President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS Act into law, which included $39 billion in manufacturing incentives for chip production in the US along with $13.2 billion …
On the south side of Austin, Texas, engineers at the semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices designed an artificial intelligence chip called MI300 that was released a year ago and is expected to generate more than $5 billion in sales in its first year of release. Not far away in a north Austin …
Impact of China's Export Restrictions on Gallium and Semiconductor Companies
Introduction
China's decision to restrict exports of gallium and germanium has raised global concerns about the...
China announced Tuesday that it was banning the export of certain rare minerals to the U.S. that have military and technological applications. Why it …
Autonomous Vehicle Technology Comparison: Tesla and Waymo
Tesla and Waymo represent two fundamentally different approaches to autonomous vehicle development. Tesla employs a vision-only system using...
GE Vernova is aiming to deploy small nuclear reactors across the developed world over the next decade, staking out a leadership position in a budding …
Anthropomorphism occurs when we attribute human characteristics to non-human entities like animals or machines. Chatbots, such as ChatGPT, Gemini and …
They’re angry at the public-health establishment. Now they’re in control of it. On Christmas Eve of 2020, my father was admitted to the hospital with sudden weakness. My mother was not allowed to join him. She pleaded with the staff—my dad needed help making medical decisions, she said—but there …