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Nate Farshchi Nate Farshchi
Updated on March 15, 2023

Who’s Going to Pay for American-Made Semiconductors?

Soon, we’ll see rising costs from domestic semiconductor fabs in the price tags on consumer goods.

Thar Casey Thar Casey
Updated on March 15, 2023

Solid-State Silicon Chips Are About to Change the Way We Live. Forever.

You’ll never look at a wall outlet the same way.

Stephen Gossett Stephen Gossett
Updated on February 16, 2023

Quantum Computer Games: How Quantum Computing Will Influence Gaming

Better graphics, hyper-realistic character movement and truly random level generation — all may be found in quantum computer games.

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Artturi Jalli Artturi Jalli
Updated on January 17, 2023

What Is Firmware?

Firmware is like software that makes your hardware work. Here’s everything you need to know about firmware and why it’s important to your devices.

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Michael Hines Michael Hines
Updated on October 25, 2022

How Dropbox Optimized Its Storage System After Ditching AWS

The only thing more challenging than building a multi-exabyte distributed storage system is scaling it.

Sam Yang Sam Yang
Updated on August 23, 2022

Radar Can Detect Your Heartbeat. Really.

Ultra-wide-band radar can sense minute changes in heart rates and breathing patterns. This has huge implications for healthcare, energy efficiency, and more.

Matthew Marrone Matthew Marrone
Updated on August 09, 2022

Are You Prepared for the Quantum Revolution?

The technology beneath quantum computing isn’t easy to grasp. But it stands to change everything — and you should be ready for it.

Ken Tinnes Ken Tinnes
Updated on July 27, 2022

Satellite Broadband Is Finally Arriving

Significant barriers have kept satellite broadband from becoming widely used. Here’s why that’s about to change.

Hal Koss Hal Koss
Updated on April 24, 2022

Meet the Tech Taking on Lucid Dreaming

Companies are trying to build sleep tech to help you control your dreams. Turns out, it’s not easy.

Stephen Gossett Stephen Gossett
Updated on November 08, 2021

The Future of 3D Printing

An aerospace startup wants to take additive manufacturing to interstellar heights by building the world’s first 3D-printed rocket with the world’s biggest 3D printer.