In this episode, Ray Cochrane breaks down a reversible conductive glue from Newcastle University that could replace solder and finally make electronics recycling work. Additional stories cover China widening its clean energy lead, DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve scoring wins from genomics to…
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a law that threatens to shut down the widely popular TikTok social media platform in the US as soon as Sunday, ruling that free speech rights must yield to concerns that the Chinese control of…
Nintendo has now revealed the Nintendo Switch 2 and, though it tired to remain coy with a vague 2025 window, may have subtly suggested it won’t arrive until at least June, ING reported. A short trailer from Nintendo confirmed the…
TikTok reportedly plans to shut down its app for U.S. users on Sunday, so long as Biden administration law forcing the company to sell itself is not stopped by the Supreme Court or Congress, Gizmodo reported. Technically speaking, TikTok could…
President Biden issued an executive order today aimed at speeding the development of AI data centers in the U.S, The Verge reported. It directs the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy (DOE) to lease federal sites to private…
The Biden administration’s “AI diffusion rule” restricts the export of GPUs crucial for AI, primarily to curb China’s AI advancements. The rule establishes three licensing tiers, with China and other adversarial nations effectively barred from accessing top-tier GPUs. Critics, including…
The US is imposing expansive export controls on chips used for artificial intelligence in an effort to make it harder for China and other adversaries to get access to advanced technology with military applications, Financial Times reported. Joe Biden’s administration…
Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement this week that Meta would pivot its moderation policies to allow for more “free expression” was widely viewed as the company’s latest effort to appease President-elect Donald Trump, CNBC News reported. More than any of its Silicon…