UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Silicon is king in the semiconductor technology that underpins smartphones, computers, electric vehicles and more, but its crown may be slipping according to a team led by researchers at Penn State. In a world first, they used two-dimensional (2D) materials, which are only an atom thickContinue Reading
Climate tech startups are companies that use technology and innovation to address the climate crisis, with a primary focus on either reducing greenhouse gas emissions or helping society adapt to climate change impacts. Their unifying mission is to create scalable solutions that accelerate the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon future.Continue Reading
Every second counts when it comes to detecting and treating heart attacks. That’s where a new technology from the University of Mississippi comes in to identify heart attacks faster and more accurately than traditional methods. In a study published in Intelligent Systems, Blockchain and Communication Technologies, electrical and computer engineeringContinue Reading
Legal professionals often spend a significant portion of their work searching through and analyzing large documents to draw insights, prepare arguments, create drafts, and compare documents. The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has brought an inflection of foundation models (FMs). These FMs, with simple instructions (prompts), can perform variousContinue Reading
tupungato/iStock via Getty Images The hot technology sector looks likely to stay strong no matter if either U.S. President Joe Biden or former president Donald Trump emerge victorious in their White House bids, according to a sentiment survey from 22V Research. The investment strategy research firm in a Sunday noteContinue Reading
John M. Chase/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Salesforce (NYSE:CRM), a customer relationship management company, reduced its workforce by about 300 positions over the past month, according to a report by Bloomberg. The software firm is reducing roles as it spends more on product innovation, according to people familiar with theContinue Reading
British regulators said they will examine the rapidly increasing use of digital wallets, which are used by multiple Big Tech firms, including concerns on competition, consumer protection or market integrity. The Financial Conduct Authority and Payments Systems Regulator said they are seeking views on the benefits and risks digital walletsContinue Reading
Khanchit Khirisutchalual reAlpha Tech (NASDAQ:AIRE) Monday said that it has acquired 85% of the outstanding equity in Singapore-based AiChat Pte which develops AI-powered conversational customer experience solutions. The company will acquire the remaining 15% on June 30, 2025. The total purchase price is $1.14 million, which is payable in sharesContinue Reading
wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images The rise of artificial intelligence has become a recurring theme behind recent layoffs in the tech industry. Job reductions in the sector surpassed 100,000 year to date, reaching 106,630 as of July 12, according to the tracker Layoffs.fyi. The most recent mass layoff in the techContinue Reading
bymuratdeniz/iStock via Getty Images The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) at the start of this decade might be one of the biggest advances in technology over the last 50 years – or at least, that’s what investors certainly seem to think. Bespoke Investment Group on Saturday highlighted that since theContinue Reading
