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An undersea cable breach would reroute to satellites

This year’s Ram 1500 Ramcharger reveals the new focus on extended range

DeepComputing PCs aim to elbow out Arm and x86 architectures

This weird information-theory concept has become a power-saving chip

Anybody’s airplane, robotaxi rides, Moore’s Law machines, and more

British startup Deep is pioneering a new way to study the ocean

Industrialists and researchers are plotting a new future for these critical materials

A TSMC fab will open in Arizona in 2025, a test of the CHIPS Act

These companies are trying to make the oceans a better carbon sink

Makers of the first AI feature film confront the tech's continuity problems

Sagence emerges from stealth promising Llama 2 at 10 percent power

Here are three ways to help it flourish into the future

Transcontinental link would move clean electricity from Caucasus to Europe

The Falcon Neuro imager is plugging gaps in lightning research

The partnership aims to make Atlas into a general-purpose humanoid

The BLEscope transmits in vivo imaging—no strings attached

This year’s technological milestones could determine long-term outcomes

Before World War II, soldiers hunted for land mines with pointy sticks

To detect temblors far away, a long-period seismometer is the ticket

Electronic warfare is taking a perilous turn into civilian airspace

Joppe Bos designs encryption that even quantum computers can’t crack

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