Nikola Corp. founder and former chairman Trevor Milton has been charged by prosecutors with making false statements to investors in the electric-vehicle startup. The company’s shares fell the most in almost five months.Milton, who stepped down from the company last year, is in federal custody after voluntarily surrendering. He’s charged with misleading investors from November … [Read more...] about Nikola founder Milton charged with misleading investors
Machine learning fuels personalized cancer medicine
The Biomedical Genomics laboratory at IRB Barcelona has developed a computational tool that identifies cancer driver mutations for each tumour type. This and other developments produced by the same lab seek to accelerate cancer research and provide tools to help oncologists choose the best treatment for each patient. The study has been published in the journal Nature. Each … [Read more...] about Machine learning fuels personalized cancer medicine
Activision Blizzard lashed out when accused of sexism. Workers don’t like that response
Employees at Activision Blizzard walked off the job Wednesday to protest the company’s response to an explosive lawsuit filed last week alleging pervasive discrimination and harassment against women. The suit, filed against the company by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, largely focuses on the Blizzard division of the company and outlines a workplace … [Read more...] about Activision Blizzard lashed out when accused of sexism. Workers don’t like that response
New cybersecurity technique keeps hackers guessing
Army researchers developed a new machine learning-based framework to enhance the security of computer networks inside vehicles without undermining performance. With the widespread prevalence of modern automobiles that entrust control to onboard computers, this research looks toward to a larger Army effort to invest in greater cybersecurity protection measures for its aerial and … [Read more...] about New cybersecurity technique keeps hackers guessing
Now in 3D: Deep learning techniques help visualize X-ray data in three dimensions
Computers have been able to quickly process 2D images for some time. Your cell phone can snap digital photographs and manipulate them in a number of ways. Much more difficult, however, is processing an image in three dimensions, and doing it in a timely manner. The mathematics are more complex, and crunching those numbers, even on a supercomputer, takes time. That's the … [Read more...] about Now in 3D: Deep learning techniques help visualize X-ray data in three dimensions
Op-Ed: Why we need a national strategy to prevent computer chip shortages
Semiconductors are the foundation of everything from weapons systems to technologies used daily by consumers and businesses. The current shortage has exposed gaps and vulnerabilities across the global semiconductor supply system.This shortage reflects a variety of factors — including significant pandemic-driven disruptions in both demand and supply and U.S. trade restrictions … [Read more...] about Op-Ed: Why we need a national strategy to prevent computer chip shortages
Satellite images of wildfires are saving lives. The Pentagon might let the program expire
WASHINGTON — When a brush fire trapped more than 100 hikers and campers last year in the Sierra National Forest, California firefighters needed to know precisely where the blaze was — and they needed to know fast.They turned to a little-known program called FireGuard, which gave them access to video and images captured by a U.S. military drone. The aerial view of the fire’s … [Read more...] about Satellite images of wildfires are saving lives. The Pentagon might let the program expire
Researchers demonstrate technique for recycling nanowires in electronics
Researchers at North Carolina State University demonstrated a low-cost technique for retrieving nanowires from electronic devices that have reached the end of their utility and then using those nanowires in new devices. The work is a step toward more sustainable electronics. "There is a lot of interest in recycling electronic materials because we want to both reduce electronic … [Read more...] about Researchers demonstrate technique for recycling nanowires in electronics
As Jeff Bezos stresses climate change, Amazon promotes books saying it’s fake
Soon after Jeff Bezos returned from the edge of space, the billionaire-turned-astronaut delivered a warning to everyone he’d briefly left behind on Earth.“We live on this beautiful planet,” Amazon.com Inc.’s founder — and, until recently, chief executive — said Tuesday. “When you get up there and you see it, you see how tiny it is and how fragile it is.”“We need to take all … [Read more...] about As Jeff Bezos stresses climate change, Amazon promotes books saying it’s fake
New organ-on-a-chip finds crucial interaction between blood, ovarian cancer tumors
In the evolving field of cancer biology and treatment, innovations in organ-on-a-chip microdevices allow researchers to discover more about the disease outside the human body. These organs-on-chips serve as a model of the state an actual cancer patient is in, thus allowing an opportunity to finding the correct treatment before administering it to the patient. At Texas A&M … [Read more...] about New organ-on-a-chip finds crucial interaction between blood, ovarian cancer tumors