Bluesky Is Turning Into a Strong X Alternative
After an hour or so of scrolling through Bluesky the other night, I felt something I haven’t felt on social media in a long time: free. Free from Elon Musk, and his tedious quest to…
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What to Know About Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Under 16
Australia has passed a law to prevent children under 16 from creating accounts on social media platforms. The bill, which the government calls a “world leading” move to protect young people online, was approved in…
How to Navigate Updates to Apple’s and Google’s Photos Apps
Apple’s fall overhaul of its Photos app — publicized by the company as its “biggest redesign ever” — gave the software a fresh look and new methods for managing your portable picture library on the…
The Evolution of Home Beauty Device Trends
For years, an at-home beauty device meant a hair dryer or maybe an electric toothbrush. Today, they have never been more omnipresent or more advanced, with heavily marketed products that range from $500 LED masks…
Fable, a Book App, Makes Changes After Offensive A.I. Messages
Fable, a popular app for talking about and tracking books, is changing the way it creates personalized summaries for its users after complaints that an artificial intelligence model used offensive language. One summary suggested that…
The Future of Fighting Disease: AI Detects Cancer and Viral Infections With Nanoscale Precision
AINU, an innovative AI, uses high-resolution imaging to identify changes in cells, potentially transforming how diseases like cancer and viral infections are diagnosed and monitored. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Researchers have developed AINU, an AI that can…
Revolutionary Eco-Friendly Cooling Device Shatters Performance World Record
HKUST engineers have set a new standard in refrigeration with their elastocaloric device, achieving a 75 K temperature lift and improving efficiency by 48%, using environmentally sustainable materials. HKUST’s new cooling device breaks world records…
Finally Revealed: The Surprising Cause of Qubit Decay in Quantum Computers
Scientists have uncovered how qubits lose energy through a straightforward experiment involving Josephson junctions. They traced thermal dissipation to radiation within the qubit circuits, offering insights crucial to advancing quantum computing. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Researchers at…
Turning Heat Into Custom Light With Advanced Nanotechnology
A thermal metasurface is made of a single layer of nanostructured silicon (gray) on top of glass (blue) and a metal mirror (gold). The nanostructured surface is specifically tailored so that it thermally emits circularly…
Perovskite Waveguides: Revolutionary Crystals for Next-Gen Photonics
Innovative perovskite waveguides with edge lasing effect. Credit: Dr. Mateusz Krol University of Warsaw and the School of Physics at the Australian National University in Canberra Scientists have developed perovskite crystals that could revolutionize optical…