Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 865 5G mobile platform
Qualcomm Technologies has introduced the Snapdragon 865 5G Mobile Platform, which combines an advanced 5G Modem-RF System with a mobile platform to deliver what …
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Drones help track wildfires, count wildlife and map plants
Drones are revolutionising the way scientists observe, measure and monitor the natural environment. From mapping the patterns of wildfires, like those in California, to …
Google and IBM are at odds over ‘quantum supremacy’ — an expert explains what it really means
Google claims to have demonstrated something called “quantum supremacy”, in a paper published in Nature. This would mark a significant milestone in the development of a …
Indian engineers develop software for world’s largest Electronic Telescope
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), slated to be the world’s largest ground-based telescope operating at optical and infrared wavelengths, is an international Big Science …
Electronic devices ‘need to use recycled plastic’
Plastic in waste electronics (e-waste) is an environmental time bomb that has been overlooked, say campaigners.Plastic accounts for about 20% of the 50 million …
Consumer electronic companies to step up investment
Companies like LG, Dixon and Super Plastronics also indicated that they will expand their investment for manufacturing capacity and add newer categories for production. …
Apple to produce Mac Pro in US instead of China
US tech giant Apple announced that it will manufacture its new desktop Mac Pro computer in the United States rather than China, just as …
NASA tests autonomous drill to explore signs of life on Mars
Guess why the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration has deployed an autonomous drill aboard a rover in Chile’s Atacama Desert? Hint: Think red; …
Researchers are developing an efficient OLED
Organic light-emitting diodes are components that no longer consist of compounds containing the semiconducting material gallium, but of so-called organic compounds in which carbon is …
Reactor turns greenhouse gas into pure liquid fuel
A common greenhouse gas could be repurposed in an efficient and environmentally friendly way with an electrolyzer that uses renewable electricity to produce pure …
