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In 2021, a team led by MIT physicists reported creating a new ultrathin ferroelectric material, or one where positive and negative charges separate into different layers. At the time, they noted the material's potential for applications in computer memory and much more. Now the same core team and colleagues—including two from the lab next door—have built a transistor with that material and shown that its properties are so useful that it could change the world of electronics.

Unlike traditionally printed circuit boards, which are flat, 3D circuitry enables components to be stacked and integrated vertically—dramatically reducing the footprint required for devices.

Freshwater scarcity affects over two billion people in the world, primarily in arid and remote regions, as well as islands and coastal areas without freshwater sources. Climate change and population growth are only making the problem worse, and existing methods require an energy input, usually electrical.

Anker's Black Friday sale features discounts of up to 60% off on a variety of charging accessories.

UN member states meet Monday seeking to finalize an international treaty on the fight against cybercrime, a text strongly opposed by an unlikely alliance of human rights groups and big technology companies.

Companies and countries are in a race to develop quantum computers. The machines could revolutionize problem solving in medicine, physics, chemistry and engineering.

It's the case of the vanishing startup: some of Silicon Valley's most promising names in the fast-developing generative AI space are being gobbled up by or tied to the hip of US tech giants.

"Move fast and break things," a high-tech mantra popularized 20 years ago by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was supposed to be a rallying cry for game-changing innovation. It now seems more like an elegy for a society perched on a digital foundation too fragile to withstand a defective software program that was supposed to help protect computers—not crash them.

Apple has reached a tentative collective bargaining contract with the first unionized company store in the country.

The three-year deal will increase pay by an average of 10% and offer other benefits to workers at a store in the Baltimore suburb of Towson.

Apple and Amazon have teamed up to offer a new three-month free trial of Apple TV+ to Twitch users who subscribe to any Twitch streamer.

The Republican nominee was indefinitely banned in January 2021 after the US Capitol attack.

Vehicles are essential to getting around in Once Human, and knowing how to make and repair them is key to your survival.

Billions have been spent on Apple TV+ original TV shows and movies, but now there is more pressure to control how the massive budgets are spent on productions.

A child protection organization says it has found more cases of abuse images on Apple platforms in the UK than Apple has reported globally.

A new leak backs up previous claims that Apple is planning a slimmer iPhone 17, and that 120Hz ProMotion will no longer be a Pro model exclusive.

The worldwide outage of Windows PCs was because of European Commission demands, says Microsoft, and we should get used to it.

Travel is filled with too many complicated decisions as it is, so let Nomad make things simple by providing your eSIM data plan in over 170 countries.

A new record low price is in effect on AirPods Max this Monday, with the over-ear headphones 30% off at Amazon.

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