Steve Jobs application going up for auction as both physical item and NFT
A job application filled out by late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs is again headed to the auction block, this time both as a physical item and as a non-fungible token (NFT).Credit: AppleThe rare piece of Apple memorabilia has been put up for auction in.....»»
Generating spin currents directly using ultrashort laser pulses
An international team of physicists has found that it is possible to generate spin currents directly using certain kinds of ultrashort laser pulses. In their study, published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the group used a linearly polarized.....»»
Making "atomic lasagna": New method transforms 3D materials into stable layered thin films with promising properties
A research team discovered a method to transform materials with three-dimensional atomic structures into nearly two-dimensional structures—a promising advancement in controlling their properties for chemical, quantum, and semiconducting application.....»»
Microsoft Layoffs Continue as 650 Personnel Sacked from Xbox Division
Earlier this year, Microsoft cut around 1,900 jobs which included key positions. The post Microsoft Layoffs Continue as 650 Personnel Sacked from Xbox Division appeared first on Phandroid. The gaming industry is certainly in a peculiar spo.....»»
Organization of DNA in chromosomes can be explained by weak interactions between nucleosomes, research suggests
An article by UAB professor Joan-Ramon Daban analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA packaging that have often been neglected in structural models of chromosomes......»»
Neural network improves tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy quantification accuracy
A research group from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently developed a neural network-based absorbance recovery method to improve the accuracy of single path tunable diode laser absorption spect.....»»
AirPods 4 tidbits: Secret capacitive button, Vision Pro lossless
Historically, AirPods cases have always had a physical button on the back to initiate pairing with your iPhone. With the announced this week, however, Apple is switching things up. Instead of a physical pairing button, the AirPods 4 case has a hidde.....»»
iPhone 16 Camera Control is about to free up a lot of Action buttons
iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro introduce a new Camera Control button. As I’m thinking about this physical hardware button, it occurs to me that I’m sort of getting an Action button for the first time — despite currently being an iPhone 15 Pro Max.....»»
The PS5 Pro brings the game console’s disc drive era to an end
Sony relegates physical game discs to a peripheral afterthought. Enlarge / Notice anything missing from the one and only model of the PS5 Pro? (credit: Sony) Here at Ars, we've been publicly musing about whether the worl.....»»
Lessons from the biggest business tax cut in US history
Congress is spoiling for a tax battle in 2025. Key parts of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are set to expire. Most urgent to many voters are sunsetting provisions aimed at households, including the more generous Child Tax Credit. But renewing the law.....»»
Harris, Trump trade barbs on manufacturing jobs, tariffs in debate
Vice President Kamala Harris touted investments in clean energy and manufacturing job creation, while former President Donald Trump said he would use tariffs to keep Chinese automakers from selling vehicles in the U.S......»»
AWS is spending £8 billion to boost its UK cloud business
AWS UK expansion could support up to 14,000 jobs annually......»»
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ACISO HTX | Singapore | Hybrid – View job details As an ACISO, you will formulate Agency ICT security strategy and work plan, alignment to MHA and HTX’s IT & Cybersecurity strategic directions. Evaluate existing IT environment again.....»»
Steve Biko"s murder exposed deep racism in how medicine was taught and practiced in South Africa
In 1966, Steve Biko began studying medicine at the University of Natal in South Africa, the same year that the general assembly of the United Nations declared apartheid a crime against humanity. As a young man, and a leading thinker, philosopher and.....»»
New dense sub-Saturn exoplanet discovered
Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad, India and elsewhere, have detected a new sub-Saturn exoplanet with a relatively high density. The finding was reported in a.....»»
Scientists demonstrate first experimental evidence of non-Hermitian edge burst in photonic quantum walks
In a new Physical Review Letters study, scientists have demonstrated the first experimental observation of non-Hermitian edge burst in quantum dynamics using a carefully designed photonic quantum walk setup......»»
Iron-doped carbon-based nanoparticles boost cancer treatment with enhanced precision and safety
Recently, a collaborative research team led by Prof. Wang Hui and Prof. Qian Junchao from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences designed a catalytically active, photoresponsive, Fe-doped carbon nanoparticle (FDCN) fo.....»»
No one wanted these PS5 Concord discs until Sony stopped making them
eBay prices have risen quickly less than a week since online game's shutdown. If you paid $40 for the physical edition of Concord, you can make a lot more than that back on eBa.....»»
Electrically modulated light antenna points the way to faster computer chips
Today's computers reach their physical limits when it comes to speed. Semiconductor components usually operate at a maximum usable frequency of a few gigahertz—which corresponds to several billion computing operations per second......»»
Carvana chooses ADESA Houston for second reconditioning ‘megasite"
The Houston site is the fourth ADESA auto auction at which Carvana is integrating its own inspection and reconditioning processes......»»
Quantum error correction technology outperforms world"s leading quantum computing company, researchers claim
Solving the problem of error is essential for the practical application of quantum computing technologies that surpass the performance of digital computers. Information input into a qubit, the smallest unit of quantum computation, is quickly lost and.....»»