Consumer Electronics
Microsoft working on next-gen Xbox video game console
Xbox president Sarah Bond on Tuesday confirmed that her team is working on a new Xbox video game console.This post was originally published on this site.
Month: June 2025
Consumer Electronics
A new tool predicts when users will reject a new technology
There is something paradoxical about our relationship with technology. We have very high expectations that new technology will solve the greatest challenges of our time. At the same time, we are quite often skeptical about […]
Consumer Electronics
AI ‘reanimations’: Making facsimiles of the dead raises ethical quandaries
Christopher Pelkey was shot and killed in a road range incident in 2021. On May 8, 2025, at the sentencing hearing for his killer, an AI video reconstruction of Pelkey delivered a victim impact statement. […]
Hardware
Wafer-scale accelerators could redefine AI
The promise of a new type of computer chip that could reshape the future of artificial intelligence and be more environmentally friendly is explored in a technology review paper published by UC Riverside engineers in […]
Consumer Electronics
‘Yes, in my back yard’—most people who live near large-scale solar projects are happy to have more built nearby
Would you like to live next door to a solar farm? Traditionally, it’s been thought that although people like the idea of renewable energy plants, they don’t want them close by. Now, research investigating how […]
Consumer Electronics
Emojis bring facial expressions and hand gestures back into our conversations
The first emojis can be traced back to the late 1980s, but it was not until 2011 that they became a part of our everyday lives. That was when Apple, followed by other tech companies, […]
Hardware
Tiny receiver chip uses stacked capacitors to block interference in 5G IoT devices
MIT researchers have designed a compact, low-power receiver for 5G-compatible smart devices that is about 30 times more resilient to a certain type of interference than some traditional wireless receivers.This post was originally published on […]
Hardware
Seeing clearly through thick fog: Researchers develop ultra-low noise, high sensitivity photodetector
Technologies enabling safe visual recognition in low-visibility environments are gaining increasing attention across sectors such as autonomous driving, aviation, and smart transportation. Thick fog remains a major challenge on highways, mountainous roads, and airport runways, […]
Consumer Electronics
Big tech on a quest for ideal AI device
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has enlisted the legendary designer behind the iPhone to create an irresistible gadget for using generative artificial intelligence (AI).This post was originally published on this site.
Consumer Electronics
AI-generated podcasts open new doors to make science accessible
The first study to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to generate podcasts about research published in scientific papers has shown the results were so good that half of the papers’ authors thought the podcasters were […]