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30 Aug 23

X-Ray tech uncovers how Pompeii’s fleeing residents met their end

Computer & Information Technology

It’s been nearly 2,000 years since Vesuvius’ eruption buried the vibrant Roman city of Pompeii under a deadly blanket of ash. The eerie ruins and the famous casts of Pompeii represent an invaluable window into the dramatic event. However, one of the most pressing questions about that day remains: what…

30 Aug 23

James Webb telescope captures clearest-ever image of Whirlpool galaxy

Computer & Information Technology

First discovered in 1773 by French astronomer Charles Messier, the Whirlpool galaxy (aka ‘M51’) is one of the most well-known objects in the night sky. Everyone from amateur astronomers to NASA have been sharing images of the Whirlpool galaxy for decades. But never have you seen an image like the…

30 Aug 23

£340m cash injection into Sizewell C takes government stake above £1bn

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Ministers have made available a further £341m of previously allocated funding for development work on the project, adding to the £170m the project was granted just last month. The money will be used to ramp up activity at the Suffolk site, supporting continued preparation works such as constructing onsite training…

30 Aug 23

Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing: Win for a “New India”

Aerospace & Aeronautical

India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission had to do one incredibly difficult thing: touch down on the moon. When it did, the cheers at mission control in Bengalaru could be heard in Washington and Beijing, Moscow and Tokyo, and on 8 million video screens, where coverage of the landing was streamed live on…

30 Aug 23

A statewide partnership to create job pathways for Pennsylvanians

Computer & Information Technology

Google, Governor Shapiro and PASSHE announced a new partnership to offer Google Career Certificates across the state of Pennsylvania.

29 Aug 23

Cloud Next 2023: Sharing the best of our AI with Google Cloud

Computer & Information Technology

AI is helping us transform Google products and businesses — and it’s how we help Google Cloud customers transform theirs.

August 29, 2023
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

In our goal of trying to estimate a programming language’s popularity, we realized that no one can look over the shoulder of every person writing code, whether that be a child writing a Java script for a personal Minecraft server, a mobile app developer hoping to hit it big, or…

29 Aug 23

The Top Programming Languages 2023

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Welcome to IEEE Spectrum’s 10th annual rankings of the Top Programming Languages. While the way we put the TPL together has evolved over the past decade, the basics remain the same: to combine multiple metrics of popularity into a set of rankings that reflect the varying needs of different readers.This…

29 Aug 23

Access Locked Folder in Google Photos across your devices with cloud backup

Computer & Information Technology

Locked Folder now supports cloud backup, and is available on iOS devices and the web so you can access your photos and videos across more of your devices.

29 Aug 23

Google Develops Quantum-Safe Security Keys

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

There’s a race on to update the cybersecurity infrastructure before quantum computers become capable of cracking the current standards. Now Google has developed a quantum-resilient way of implementing the FIDO2 security key standard, an increasingly popular method of authentication that’s used as an alternative to passwords.Security keys, like passwords, help…