Leaked Yandex Code Breaks Open the Creepy Black Box of Online Advertising
IF YOU LIVE in Russia, there’s no avoiding Yandex. The tech giant—often referred to as “Russia’s Google”—is part of daily life for millions of people. It dominates…
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Open Laboratory
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Robots are coming to drive down your profits (at first)
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered that installing robots has a ‘U-shaped’ effect on company profits—driving them down at first, before they rise…
Long-sought hum of gravitational waves from giant black holes heard for first time
By turning networks of dead stars into galaxy-size gravitational wave detectors, radio astronomers have tuned into the slowly undulating swells in spacetime thought to arise from pairs of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) that are about to collide.
LET THERE BE DARK
Crops grown without sunlight could help feed astronauts bound for Mars, and someday supplement dinner plates on Earth
BY ROBERT F. SERVICE
AI tools could ‘transform’ manufacturing sustainability in £2m project
Two Catapult organisations have received £2m funding to accelerate the adoption of digital solutions designed to tackle ‘major’ sustainability challenges in manufacturing. The newly formed…