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Kanishk Agrawal Kanishk Agrawal
Updated on July 23, 2025

Billions of Investment in Advanced Chips, but Who Will Build Them?

All the investment in AI chips doesn’t mean there is a workforce skilled enough to meet the demand. Our expert offers a path forward.

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Eric Kleppen Eric Kleppen
Updated on July 22, 2025

What Is a Hypervisor?

A hypervisor is software that allocates a computer’s hardware resources among virtual machines (VMs), allowing multiple VMs to run simultaneously on a single physical machine. Here's how they work, their types, benefits and risks.

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Jeff Rumage Jeff Rumage
Updated on July 21, 2025

Inside Elon Musk’s Government Contracts

SpaceX, Tesla — and now, xAI — are collectively pulling in billions of dollars in government contracts and subsidies. Let’s break it down.

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Bill Douglas Bill Douglas
Updated on July 18, 2025

The Hidden Tech Debt You Won’t Catch in the Code

Many product roll outs fail not because of product flaws, but because of hidden debt that comes from environment and deployment mismatches. Here’s how to plan for it.

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on July 17, 2025

Mechatronics Is Taking Off. Here’s How You Can Get In on the Action.

Mechatronics engineers fuse their knowledge of hardware, software and intelligent automation to build machines that can think, navigate and adapt to the physical world.

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on July 03, 2025

What Is Swarm Intelligence?

Inspired by nature, swarms intelligence allows multiple machines to move and act as one, coordinating their efforts to perform complex tasks more efficiently than any single machine could do alone.

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on June 30, 2025

Green Steel Aims to Clean Up One of the World’s Dirtiest Industries

Steelmaking is a major climate offender. Green steel is working to fix that by replacing coal with cleaner alternatives. But is it ready for mass adoption?

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on June 30, 2025

What Is a Drone Swarm?

A drone swarm involves multiple drones working together as a single, unified entity, allowing one operator to control the entire group — or let it off-leash altogether.

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on June 26, 2025

Subtractive Manufacturing, Explained

First used in Ancient Egypt, subtractive manufacturing methods are now being used to cut, drill, mill and shape materials for cutting-edge industries like aerospace and medical devices. Here’s how it works.

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Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Updated on June 26, 2025

Facial Recognition, Explained

Facial recognition uses AI and biometric data to identify individuals by their unique facial features. Learn how the technology works, where it’s used and the benefits and disadvantages — including its ethical concerns.

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