E-cigarettes containing nicotine can help people quit smoking according to a new study and may be more helpful for some smokers than other nicotine products like patches.
IRENA analysis shows solar and wind paired with storage now deliver 24/7 power cheaper than coal and gas. As battery costs drop, renewables are replacing fossil fuels.
China outspent the U.S. on R&D for the first time in 2024. 3,375 scientists, including 48 Nobel laureates, just filed formal testimony with the Senate.

More than 47,000 Samsung Electronics workers were gearing up for an 18-day strike after bonus payment negotiations between the company and its union collapsed. The strike was set to start on Thursday at Samsung’s domestic chipmaking plants, raising concerns around the already constrained production of memory chips amid the ongoing shortage. Later on Wednesday, both […]
People are angry about AI. This spills over into believing they can discern AI content versus human content. Their anger deludes them. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.
The next UFC event is Song vs. Figueiredo on May 30. Here’s the full schedule through UFC 329: dates, start times, full cards and star ratings for each event.
Analog Devices has agreed to buy Empower Semiconductor for $1.5 billion in cash, placing a major bet that the insatiable energy demands of AI data centres will keep chipmakers scrambling for better power-delivery technology. The deal, announced on Mond…

H2O.ai has unveiled tabH2O, a foundation model purpose-built for tabular data that can generate high-accuracy predictions from structured datasets using a single API call, with no model training required. The company announced the product at Dell Techn…