The Technology Thread - Part 1

[Hunter Rider]

Have you tried with uninstalling and reinstalling the app?

I ended up finding out how to clear the apps individual cache, and that sorted the issue.

 

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Researchers pack a "quantum light factory" into a 1mm² CMOS chip — combines photonics, electronics, and quantum hardware with traditional silicon manufacturing that can achieve mass scale

Light years ahead, literally.

www.tomshardware.com

 

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China launches world's first robot that can run by itself 24/7 — watch it change its own batteries in unsettling new footage

The Walker S2 humanoid robot, which can change its own battery when it's running low on power, could potentially be left to run on its own forever.

www.livescience.com

 

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Luxury PC company Maingear launches '90's style Retro95 beige PC — company known for flashy rigs with custom cooling and automotive paint brings old-school aesthetics to modern hardware

This 'sleeper build' comes with up to a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, GeForce RTX 5080, 96GB DDR5, and 8TB storage.

www.tomshardware.com

 

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Yes, you can store data on a bird — enthusiast converts PNG to bird-shaped waveform, teaches young starling to recall file at up to 2MB/s

Who needs Starlink when you've got an actual starling

www.tomshardware.com

 

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PCI-SIG announces PCIe 8.0 spec with twice the bandwidth — 1TB/s of peak bandwidth, 256 GT/s per lane, and a possible new connector

Fast. Furious. Copper?

www.tomshardware.com

 

[Teelie]

The numbers have gotten insane with the throughput.

 

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World's first artificial tongue 'tastes and learns' like a real human organ

Scientists have created the first artificial tongue that can taste, and process flavors entirely in a liquid environment.

www.livescience.com

 

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I love OLED, but Samsung's new Micro RGB TV might finally level the playing field – albeit at a huge price

Say hello to Micro RGB

www.whathifi.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Meta hired a bigot to make AI less biased towards minorities?

 

[Brutikus]

le shock !

 

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This Wi-Fi development could spell a smoother streaming experience – but not until 2028

A potential boost for 8K streaming?

www.whathifi.com

 

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China is about to launch SSDs so small you insert them like a SIM card

Ever heard of a “1517” or a “Mini SSD”?

www.theverge.com

 

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UK’s Royal Navy tests 40-foot submarine drone which can be operated from ‘the other side of the world’

Excalibur is classed as an XLUUV and will likely be used for long-endurance surveillance, seabed warfare, and more.

www.tomshardware.com

 

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Japanese power breakthrough could be 'step toward a fully wireless society'

Japanese researchers employed machine learning to develop a wireless power transfer system that remains stable under any load.

www.livescience.com

 

[Lily Adler]

**** Google

 

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Your household gadgets could soon be battery-free — scientists create tiny solar cells that can be powered by indoor light

Researchers said the breakthrough "paves the way for electronics powered by the ambient light already present in our lives."

www.livescience.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Teelie]

"Real person, please," has become too common.

 

[squeekness]

 

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UltraRAM scaled for volume production — memory that promises DRAM-like speeds, 4,000x the durability of NAND, and data retention for up to a thousand years, is now ready for manufacturing

At the heart of the breakthrough is an advanced industrial process using gallium antimonide and aluminum antimonide epitaxy.

www.tomshardware.com

 

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Scientists cram an entire computer into a single fiber of clothing — and you can even put it through your washing machine

A new fiber computer contains eight devices that work together as a single computing entity, and scientists want to weave many of them so they can work together as cohesive smart garments.

www.livescience.com

 

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Scientists turned to a red onion to improve solar cells — and it could make solar power more sustainable

Solar cells often degrade due to ultraviolet exposure, but scientists achieved 99.9% protection. How? The answer lies in this vegetable.

www.livescience.com

 

[squeekness]

Kewl.

 

[Teelie]

I hope insurance covers that.