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China’s Solar Dominance Faces New Rival: An Ultrathin Film

ByContributor January 11, 2024

Updated Jan. 11, 2024 1:00 am ET

TOKYO—China’s near-monopoly on the solar-energy market has prompted the U.S. and allies to step up the search for workarounds. Engineers believe they have found one in a type of solar cell that looks and feels like camera film.

Japan is pushing the technology with subsidies and other support, a sign of how renewable energy, alongside other high-tech fields such as semiconductors, has become a geopolitical football.

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AI: EU agrees landmark deal on regulation of artificial intelligence

ByContributor December 9, 2023

The proposed rules cover the use of AI in systems like ChatGPT and by law enforcement.

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Here’s What Happens When You Train An AI On Pauly Shore Movies

ByContributor February 23, 2023

There are many reasons to be panicked about AI text generators like ChatGPT. The AI might allow students to cheat their way through AP exams. It might give you bad information about how compound interest works, like when CNET used AI to write SEO-friendly explainers on personal finance. It might try to seduce you and…

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Column: The crypto scam is on life support. Why are some lawmakers trying to give it CPR?

ByContributor November 28, 2023

The criminal convictions of Sam Bankman-Fried and the Binance gang just mark the beginning of the U.S. government’s drive to expose crypto as a tool for fraud and money-laundering. Yet some politicians are still trying to polish its reputation.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Buy Juniper Networks For $14 Billion

ByContributor January 9, 2024

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has agreed to buy Juniper Networks, a $14 billion deal that would merge two legacy network-operations companies as they seek to capitalize on the rise of generative artificial intelligence. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that the companies were nearing a deal. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights…

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Microsoft announces AI key on Windows 11 PCs

ByContributor January 4, 2024

The new keyboard will introduce a Copilot key which accesses AI capabilities on Windows 11.

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Your Laptop Camera Isn’t Cutting It. Try These Instead.

ByContributor January 9, 2024

IF IT WERE up to my laptop’s webcam, I’d look like a potato on video calls. To make sure I don’t, I often spend the better part of an hour setting up for a 15-minute check-in. I’ll use floor lamps to offset harsh fluorescents and stack my laptop on books to meet my colleague’s gaze….

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