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US Eyes Expanding China Tech Ban To Quantum Computing and AI
The Biden administration is exploring the possibility of new export controls that would limit China’s access to some of the most powerful emerging computing technologies, according to people familiar with the situation. The potential plans, which are in an early stage, are focused on the still-experimental field of quantum computing, Read more…
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Some People Really Are Mosquito Magnets, Study Finds
A new study finds that some people really are “mosquito magnets” and it probably has to do with the way they smell. The researchers found that people who are most attractive to mosquitoes produce a lot of certain chemicals on their skin that are tied to smell. And bad news Read more…
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France Becomes Latest Country To Leave Controversial Energy Charter Treaty
France has become the latest country to pull out of the controversial energy charter treaty (ECT), which protects fossil fuel investors from policy changes that might threaten their profits. The Guardian reports: Speaking after an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, French president, Emmanuel Macron, said: “France has decided to Read more…
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JavaScript Still Tops Python and Java in RedMonk’s Latest Rankings, While Go and TypeScript Rise
RedMonk has released its latest quarterly rankings of popular programming languages, arguing that “The idea is not to offer a statistically valid representation of current usage, but rather to correlate language discussion and usage in an effort to extract insights into potential future adoption trends.” Their methodology? “We extract language Read more…
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Overclocker Breaks CPU Frequency World Record with Intel’s Raptor Lake Core i9-13900K
Hardcore overclocker Elmor “officially broke the CPU frequency world record with Intel’s brand-new Core i9-13900K 24-core processor,” reports Tom’s Hardware — by hitting “a staggering 8.812GHz using liquid nitrogen cooling, dethroning the 8-year reigning champion, the FX-8370, by 90MHz.” That’s right; it took eight years for a new CPU architecture Read more…
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US Judge: Passengers in Fatal Boeing 737 MAX Crashes are ‘Crime Victims’
“A U.S. judge in Texas ruled on Friday that people killed in two Boeing 737 MAX crashes are legally considered ‘crime victims,’” reports Reuters, “a designation that will determine what remedies should be imposed.” In December, some crash victims’ relatives said the U.S. Justice Department violated their legal rights when Read more…