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North Korea Boosts Arms Flow to Russia
North Korea and Russia are deepening their military cooperation, as Pyongyang ramps up the supply of arms to Moscow for the war in Ukraine and receives much-needed cash and oil from the Kremlin in return.
WORKING MAN
The Hollywood slog that led Adam Scott to “Severance.”
Raimondo: U.S. Needs to Invest to Win Chip Race
Four years after the Biden administration made the race for chip manufacturing a top priority, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says efforts to restrict China's access to technology haven't held back the country's progress, and federal funding for domestic innovation is what will keep the U.S. ahead of Beijing.
Friends Struggle With Executive's Loss
Friends and colleagues say they are reeling from both the sudden loss of slain United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the lionization of the man accused of killing him.
Bitcoin Faces Threat From Quantum Hacks
Bitcoin's rally faces a risk that isn't on the radar of most crypto investors: quantum computing.
TALK SENSE
How much sway does our language have over our thinking?
Baby Boomers Flock To CD-Like Annuities
The highest interest rate on your cash right now might be coming from an insurance company, not a bank.
The Wildest Stock-Market Prices Ever
Why pay $1 when you can pay $2 or $12 for the same thing? Here is a tour through the most entertaining anomalies in history
TO THE DETECTIVE INVESTIGATING MY MURDER
Dear Detective, I'm not dead, but a lot of people can't stand me. What I mean is that breathing is not an activity they want me to keep doing. What I mean is, they want to knock me off. My days are numbered.
Ballmer Is the 'Noninvesting,' Undiversified Guru of Investing
The ultrawealthy tend to follow a time-honored model of investing: diversifying.
Datasheet: Microamps Per Megahertz Ultra-Low Power MCUs Minimize Current Consumption
How do chip makers differentiate if many ultra-low power MCUs on the market feature the same processor core? The peripherals and different power states offer various ways to manage current consumption down to microamps per megahertz.
Smart Home Lock Down Matter Provides Security Blanket
As more devices in the smart home connect to the Internet, they become increasingly vulnerable to outside attacks. Developers can now add the latest security measures to their Smart Home devices through Matter.
Basic Pulse Circuits
In part one of a three-part series, Wolfgang wrote how basic pulse circuits help digital circuits, such as embedded boards with ARM processors, deal with pulse trains or bursts of pulses from the outside. In Part 2, he dives into enabling flip-flops, timing parameters, and synchronization, design tasks needed to capture, detect, and filter pulses.
New TI MCUs Enable Edge AI and Industry-Leading Real-Time Control to Advance Efficiency, Safety, and Sustainability
Texas Instruments (TI) introduced two new series of real-time microcontrollers that deliver advancements to help engineers achieve more intelligent and secure processing in automotive and industrial applications.
Using Amazon Alexa to Control Custom IoT Gadgets
In part two of his article, Brian describes integrating custom IoT gadgets with Amazon Echo using emulation to receive spoken alarms. In part one, he used emulation and Arduino Cloud services as a middleman.
MUSK SAYS US IS DEMANDING HE PAY PENALTY OVER DISCLOSURES OF HIS TWITTER STOCK PURCHASES
Elon Musk says the Securities and Exchange Commission wants him to pay a penalty or face charges involving what he disclosed or failed to disclose - about his purchases of Twitter stock before he bought the social media platform in 2022.
OPENAI RELEASES AI VIDEO GENERATOR SORA BUT LIMITS HOW IT DEPICTS PEOPLE
OpenAl has publicly released its new artificial intelligence video generator Sora but the company won't let most users depict people as it monitors for patterns of misuse.
TRUMP HOSTS APPLE CEO AT MAR-A-LAGO AS BIG TECH LEADERS CONTINUE OUTREACH TO PRESIDENT-ELECT
Donald Trump hosted Apple CEO Tim Cook for a Friday evening dinner at the president-elect's Mar-a-Lago resort, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to comment publicly.
A NEW NEUTRINO DETECTOR IN CHINA AIMS TO SPOT MYSTERIOUS GHOST PARTICLES LURKING AROUND US
Underneath a granite hill in southern China, a massive detector is nearly complete that will sniff out the mysterious ghost particles lurking around us.
US HIKES TARIFFS ON IMPORTS OF CHINESE SOLAR WAFERS, POLYSILICON AND TUNGSTEN PRODUCTS
The Biden administration plans to raise tariffs on solar wafers, polysilicon and some tungsten products from China to protect U.S. clean energy businesses.
AMAZON TO CONTRIBUTE $1 MILLION TO TRUMP'S INAUGURATION FUND. META IS ALSO DONATING $1M
Amazon is planning to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund, a move that comes as major tech companies seek to improve their relationship with the incoming president.
Q&A: HIGH HOPES FOR AUSTRALIA SOCIAL MEDIA BAN AND CHANNELING PARENTAL 'FURY' OVER TECH
Mothers Against Media Addiction — earlier this year to help parents fight back against the harms of social media on children. A former journalist, Scelfo says she was inspired to take action after reporting on the youth mental health crisis and how screens and social media are affecting young people's lives.
Aural Test
EXPERIENCE PERSONALIZED INNOVATION FOR HEARING WELLNESS
TECH TIP: HOW TO PROTECT YOUR COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH ENCRYPTION
After a sprawling hacking campaign exposed the communications of an unknown number of Americans, U.S. cybersecurity officials are advising people to use encryption in their communications.
2024 WAS BIG FOR BITCOIN.STATES COULD SEE A CRYPTO POLICY BLITZ IN 2025 IN SPITE OF THE RISKS
The new year will usher in the bitcoin-friendly administration of President-elect Donald Trump and an expanding lobbying effort in statehouses that, together, could push states to become more open to crypto and for public pension funds and treasuries to buy into it.
JAPAN'S NISSAN RESHUFFLES MANAGEMENT TO FIX ITS MONEY-LOSING BUSINESS
Embattled Japanese automaker Nissan has tapped Jeremie Papin, who was overseeing its U.S. operations, as its chief financial officer in a major management reshuffle billed as key to a turnaround.
AUSTRALIA PLANS TO TAX DIGITAL PLATFORMS THAT DON'T PAY FOR NEWS
The Australian government said it will tax large digital platforms and search engines unless they agree to share revenue with Australian news media organizations.
SCHOOLS ARE CUTTING BUS SERVICE FOR CHILDREN.PARENTS ARE TURNING TO RIDE-HAILING APPS
Ismael El-Amin was driving his daughter to school when a chance encounter gave him an idea for a new way to carpool.
SENATE REPORT ALLEGES AMAZON REJECTED WAREHOUSE SAFETY
At least two internal Amazon studies found a link between how quickly the online retailer's warehouse workers perform tasks and workplace injuries, but the company rejected many safety recommendations out of concern the proposed changes might reduce productivity, according to a U.S. Senate committee report.
OPENAI'S LEGAL BATTLE WITH ELON MUSK REVEALS INTERNAL TURMOIL OVER AVOIDING AI 'DICTATORSHIP'
A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and prevent an artificial intelligence “dictatorship” is now heading to a federal judge as Musk seeks to halt the ChatGPT maker’s ongoing shift into a for-profit company.