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Apple unsure when it will get more foldable iPhones ahead of Christmas
The tech giant reports strong sales but admits "constraints" are affecting supplies of the iPhone Duo.
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North Korea denies being behind record $6.3bn Binance hack
US government agencies and cyber analysts have blamed Pyongyang for the record-breaking heist.
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Is Claude Code truly faster with message threads? I did the math on my logs
Claude Code’s update could save you time during demanding, hours-long coding sessions at no extra cost. But by how much? Here’s my real-world result.
Science & Eng
Buoys—the communication link between the underwater and surface worlds
Amid geopolitical turmoil, protecting critical maritime infrastructure is more important than ever. The Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE is working together with maritime security research partners to develop innovative solutions for underwater acoustic communication and robust…
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Exploring sodium batteries down to the atom
Understanding how battery components work at the molecular or atomic levels can help scientists create faster-charging, more powerful, longer-lived storage devices. But the electron microscopes powerful enough to give this view also change and distort the materials in ways scientists…
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Humanoid AI connects walking and object handling without demonstrations of complete task sequences
A humanoid AI system has been developed that learns jointly from separately collected locomotion and object-manipulation data to perform multiple stages of a task in sequence.
Security
If hackers can take control of a supermarket freezer, how vulnerable is other tech?
Dozens of shops across European countries have been hit by a cyber-attack affecting their fridges.
Science & Eng
Infrared-transparent aerogel boosts performance of subambient daytime radiative cooling materials by up to 5.2°C
As global warming continues, people tend to switch on fans or air conditioners during hot weather. But the more we use electrical appliances, the more energy we consume and carbon dioxide we produce. With continuous breakthroughs in electricity-free cooling, City…
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Heated mirror reveals hidden 3D patterns in rising air near a wall
Heat transfer from a heated surface depends partly on the thin layer of air that warms and rises beside it. As this natural convection boundary layer develops, its flow can change from orderly patterns to turbulence, influencing heat transfer.
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Laden with eggs, robots race up sacred Chinese mountain
Dozens of robots took on more than 3,000 steps up one of China's most famous peaks Monday, carrying eggs and watermelons in a race organizers billed as a test of real-world machine endurance, state media showed.
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Laser pulses can track extreme airflow in tests for hypersonic spacecraft
Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington's Aerodynamics Research Center have published a study in the journal Communications Engineering. Their work details a laser-based technique applied to arc-jet flows that could transform how scientists measure hypersonic airflow, such as…
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Robot moth grows a UV sensor by using an artificial circulatory system
A moth-shaped robot used an artificial circulatory system to deliver chemical building blocks through its body and grow a light sensor where UV light struck.
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Solid-state cooling advances toward practical use, but challenges remain
As temperatures rise, the need for cooling is growing worldwide. Conventional cooling systems consume large amounts of electricity and use refrigerants with a high global warming potential. Caloric cooling could offer a sustainable alternative by using solid-state materials instead of…
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Fast Feature Field: The missing link between event cameras and robot vision
For decades, event cameras, which emulate the biological retina by continuously monitoring changes in light intensity, have promised to revolutionize how robots perceive the world by allowing them to react faster and operate more reliably than conventional cameras permit.
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Armored caterpillars offer robot designers lessons in crossing slippery glass
Animals have long been one of the primary sources of inspiration for robotics researchers. This is because they rely on sophisticated biological mechanisms and locomotion strategies that could be artificially reproduced in robots to equip them with desired capabilities.
Science & Eng
Mystery of 60-second fluctuations in power grids solved
TenneT Germany, the largest transmission system operator in Germany, has observed over several years that the frequency in the European power grid dips briefly every 60 seconds. While these deviations were not critical to grid security, they were clearly measurable…
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Making bad weather on purpose to test camera and sensor performance
Many buildings and sites tied to national security rely on cameras and sensor networks to detect people and other objects nearby, but weather conditions can quickly obscure their view. To understand how these systems perform, Sandia National Laboratories researchers are…
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New virtual assistant streamlines one of the most advanced microscopes
Some of the most important discoveries in materials science and structural biology come down to a simple question: Where, exactly, are the atoms? The arrangement of atoms determines nearly everything about how a material behaves in the real world—how strong…
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Self-adjusting drone controls could make for smoother formation flying
A new method for controlling groups of drones, technically known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), could make formation flying smoother and reduce energy consumption and mechanical wear, according to research in the International Journal of Systems, Control and Communications. The…
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A new flexible foot pad enables this one-legged, hopping robot to go where few robots have gone before
A team of University of Toronto Engineering researchers has developed a flexible foot pad for the "Hopcopter"—a one-legged, hopping robot they developed—significantly enhancing its performance on sand, ice and other difficult terrain.
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Insect-inspired flying robot bounces back after collisions
Flying insects, such as fruit flies, bees, dragonflies and mosquitoes, can dart through narrow spaces and survive collisions with various objects. In contrast, many flying robots fall, suffer damage or even break down when they hit nearby surfaces or objects.
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Artificial skin helps robots grasp pencil lead and pull away from needles
Researchers have covered robotic fingers with a new artificial skin that allows the hand to grasp fragile pencil lead and pull away from a needle before it punctures the covering. Both actions depend on more than sensitive sensors. The robot…
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Wearable system captures human activity data for robot training
Humanoid robots, robotic systems with a body shape that resembles that of humans, could tackle various chores and everyday manual tasks. To successfully complete these tasks, however, the robots should be able to reliably coordinate their movements, posture and how…