They offer a self-sustaining power solution for marine regions, pioneering use in wave energy harvesting in 2014″. Ten years later, researchers have developed several structures for these “triboelectric nanogenerators” (TENGs) to “facilitate their commercial deployment.” But there’s a lack of “comprehensive summaries and performance evaluations. So the review “distills a Read more…
Remember those Harvard dropouts who built smart glasses for covert facial recognition — and then raised $1 million to develop AI-powered glasses to continuously listen to conversations and display its insights? One of its selling points is that the specs don’t come with a visual indicator that lights up to Read more…
French President Emmanuel Macron vowed a strong response [non-paywalled source] if any country takes measures that undermine Europe’s digital sovereignty. From a report: Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump threatened to impose fresh tariffs and export restrictions on countries that have digital services taxes or regulations that harm American Read more…
A 56-year-old tech industry veteran killed his mother and himself in Old Greenwich, Connecticut on August 5 after months of interactions with ChatGPT that encouraged his paranoid delusions. Greenwich police discovered Stein-Erik Soelberg and his 83-year-old mother Suzanne Eberson Adams dead in their home. Videos posted by Soelberg documented conversations Read more…
Wouldn’t it be great if the plants in your home could do more than just sit there looking pretty? Researchers at South China Agricultural University in the city of Guangzhou have found a way to upgrade them into soft glowing night lights in a range of hues, with the use Read more…
Nevada has been crippled by a cyberattack that began on August 24, taking down state websites, intermittently disabling phone lines, and forcing offices like the DMV to close. The Register reports: The Office of Governor Joseph Lombardo announced the attack via social media on Monday, saying that a “network security Read more…
An app developer has jailbroken Echelon exercise bikes to restore functionality that the company put behind a paywall last month, but copyright laws prevent him from being allowed to legally release it. Last month, Peloton competitor Echelon pushed a firmware update to its exercise equipment that forces its machines to Read more…