Transforming urban systems: Toward sustainability
Urban areas are on the rise and changing rapidly in form and function, with spillover effects on virtually all areas of the Earth. The UN estimates that by 2050, 68% of the world's population will reside in urban areas. In the inaugural issue of npj.....»»
UK government"s approach to realizing benefits of AI assessed in new report
A new report on the UK government's use of AI offers insight into accelerating its adoption and overcoming the barriers to transforming public services, saving the taxpayer billions of pounds......»»
Study outlines spectroscopic signatures of fractionalization in octupolar quantum spin ice
Quantum spin liquids are fascinating quantum systems that have recently attracted significant research attention. These systems are characterized by a strong competition between interactions, which prevents the establishment of a long-range magnetic.....»»
Shadow AI is the latest cybersecurity threat you need to prepare for
Shadow IT – the use of software, hardware, systems and services that haven’t been approved by an organization’s IT/IT Sec departments – has been a problem for the last couple of decades, and a difficult area for IT leaders to manage effective.....»»
Organizations under pressure to modernize their IT infrastructures
The use of hybrid multicloud models is forecasted to double over the next one to three years as IT decision makers are facing new pressures to modernize IT infrastructures because of drivers like AI, security, and sustainability, according to Nutanix.....»»
Automotive AI poses EV range and sustainability challenge
Powerful software requires increases in the building blocks of computation, which also require power draw......»»
Elucidating urban "ecosystems" and creating regional diversity
What is a city? What are the geographical conditions and social factors that lead to the concentration of population in an area, and how does urbanization progress? And what is needed to create urban environments that meet the diversifying lifestyles.....»»
Apple releases updates for iOS 17.4.1, iPadOS 17.4.1, visionOS 1.1.1
Apple has released iOS 17.4.1 and iPadOS 17.4.1 to the public, at the same time as bringing visionOS up to 1.1.1 while also slipping out iOS 16.7.7.iPadOS on an iPadA granular update for all three operating systems, iOS 17.4.1, iPadOS 17.4.1, and vis.....»»
A Soyuz crew launch suffers a rare abort seconds before liftoff
The Soyuz booster and its launch systems are typically robust. Enlarge / Within minutes of Thursday's scrub, technicians were on the pad in Baikonur with the fully fueled rocket. (credit: NASA TV) On Thursday a crew of t.....»»
Research reveals global wildfire risk trends in wildland–urban interface areas
Wildfires present complex socio-economic and ecological challenges, as they devastate vegetation, endanger communities, and cause extensive environmental, wildlife, and human health impacts. These consequences include severe air pollution and soaring.....»»
"Modern-day redlining": Research investigates Wall Street-backed rental market
Carol Camp Yeakey, the Marshall S. Snow Professor of Arts & Sciences and founding director of Washington University in St. Louis's Center on Urban Research & Public Policy, is leading a two-year national study to examine the surge of corporate invest.....»»
Companies reluctant to pay extra to confirm suppliers" sustainability claims
Many companies proclaiming ethical credentials resist paying a premium to test their suppliers' sustainability claims, new research suggests......»»
People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One
Removing cars from urban areas means lower carbon emissions, less air pollution, and fewer road traffic accidents. So why are residents so resistant?.....»»
Study demonstrates spontaneous self-organization of microdroplets through quasi one-dimensional confinement
Polymer systems composed of multiple components can spontaneously induce emulsion or microdroplets by mechanical mixing, as an intermediate state of macroscopic phase separation. Unfortunately, the size of generated droplets is nonuniform and their s.....»»
Suppliers are churning out innovative concepts for vehicle interiors
Suppliers are designing innovative seats, infotainment systems and other technologies for EV interiors to help automakers differentiate their models......»»
1% of users are responsible for 88% of data loss events
Data loss is a problem stemming from the interaction between humans and machines, and ‘careless users’ are much more likely to cause those incidents than compromised or misconfigured systems, according to Proofpoint. While organizations a.....»»
F1’s pursuit of sustainability drives Pirelli to unveil forest-friendly tires
The Forest Stewardship Council has given its approval to Pirelli's natural rubber. Enlarge / You'll notice the Forest Stewardship Council's logo on the sidewall to the right of the Pirelli logo. (credit: Pirelli) Formula.....»»
“Disabling cyberattacks” are hitting critical US water systems, White House warns
Biden administration rallies nation's governors to security facilities in their states. Enlarge / Aerial view of a sewage treatment plant. (credit: Getty Images) The Biden administration on Tuesday warned the nation’s.....»»
Webb finds hints of a third planet at PDS 70
The exoplanet census now stands at 5,599 confirmed discoveries in 4,163 star systems, with another 10,157 candidates awaiting confirmation. So far, the vast majority of these have been detected using indirect methods, including transit photometry (74.....»»
MediaTek and NVIDIA Want to Make your Car Even Smarter
MediaTek's Dimensity Auto Cockpit lineup takes the term "smart car" to a whole new level. The post MediaTek and NVIDIA Want to Make your Car Even Smarter appeared first on Phandroid. The rise of modern in-vehicle infotainment systems has u.....»»
Lynis: Open-source security auditing tool
Lynis is a comprehensive open-source security auditing tool for UNIX-based systems, including Linux, macOS, and BSD. Hardening with Lynis Lynis conducts a thorough security examination of the system directly. Its main objective is to evaluate securit.....»»