Soft sensors engulfed on A4-size elastomer. Credit: Rongzhou Lin. The electronics industry has been rapidly advancing over the past few decades, leading to the development of countless devices of different sizes and shapes, which are designed for a variety of applications. These include stretchable electronics, which are sensors and other devices that can be used … Read more
Apple and other smartphone makers are being pressed by India to pre-install government-developed apps on devices before sale, echoing a similar 2021 demand from Russia that Apple ultimately complied with. The request came during a meeting last month where government officials outlined plans for expanding access to state digital services, according to Bloomberg. The initiative … Read more
If a robot traveling to a destination has just two possible paths, it needs only to compare the routes’ travel time and probability of success. But if the robot is traversing a complex environment with many possible paths, choosing the best route amid so much uncertainty can quickly become an intractable problem. MIT researchers developed … Read more
Samsung and Apple are the two most popular mobile phone brands in the US, but which one is right for you? The answer is generally obvious for most of us, as it largely comes down to whether you prefer Android or iOS. I admit that the Galaxy S25 Ultra impresses me more than Apple’s iPhone … Read more
President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has been re-interviewing existing employees in a White House tech team since Trump changed its name from the U.S. Digital Service to the United States DOGE Service after taking office, according to people familiar with the internal happenings. The organization was originally set up in 2014 in the wake … Read more
Lots of organizations are rushing to embrace AI and hoping to deliver business value. But AI is only as good as the data that underpins it. We spoke to Julian LaNeve, chief technology officer of Astronomer, to discuss why it’s important to fix the foundations before implementing AI solutions. BN: Why are so many companies … Read more
We know, we know. If you could afford it, you’d already have an Apple Studio Display on your desk. Hey, maybe you’d have two. But with the Studio Display costing the best part of £2,000 – as much as the base models of both Apple’s Macbook Air and Mac Mini combined – there is a … Read more
In December 2023, Angela McArdle, the chair of the Libertarian Party, flew to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Donald J. Trump. Mr. Trump wanted to know how to win over libertarian voters, a constituency he thought could help him reclaim the presidency, Ms. McArdle said in an interview. She had an answer: Free Ross Ulbricht, a … Read more
The Milky Way keeps its planets close to its chest. Stars in a thin, flat disk bisecting the galaxy have more planets on average than stars in a thicker, enveloping disk — and astronomers now think they know why. Stars that currently live in the galaxy’s thick disk were born during a time of galactic … Read more
Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Images Line judges will no longer feature at Wimbledon from next year “The drama of a player shouting and making a challenge, and the crowd watching the screen and waiting for Hawk-Eye to make a decision, all of that drama is now lost.” David Bayliss is describing a scene he … Read more
