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Colorado is in a heated battle with Illinois to win designation as the nation’s top hub for quantum technology, with potentially $1 billion in federal support, not to mention multiple times that in economic activity, at stake. The CHIPS and Science Act directs $52 billion in federal dollars to boost U.S. competitiveness in semiconductors and restore the country’s leadership in chip manufacturing and other advanced technologies. The Biden administration announced Monday that it would make the first award under the act by…

Infant electric truck brand Scout Motors is expanding its US footprint, announcing plans for a new “Innovation Center” in Michigan that will become home to its R&D, design, and engineering, creating hundreds of new jobs in the area. Scout is the classic nameplate originating from the International Harvester Scout – an off-road vehicle from the ’60s and ’70s. In 2022, Volkswagen Group confirmed it would revive the brand, but as an entirely electric marque targeting a similar customer demographic…

Rochester’s LLE has been awarded $10 million by the DOE to advance inertial fusion energy research, leading efforts to create innovative laser technologies and train a new generation of scientists in this emerging clean energy field. Federal funding brings together experts to chart a viable path to realizing fusion energy as a clean power source. The University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) has received a four-year, $10 million award from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fusion Energy…

Visualization of total carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere in 2021 Credit: NASA NASA’s U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center, unveiled at COP28, offers open-source data and tools to analyze and manage greenhouse gas emissions, fostering collaboration in climate change efforts. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, and other United States government leaders unveiled the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center on December 4 during the 28th annual United Nations Climate…

The CEO of technology giant Nvidia said Friday that he views Malaysia as a potential hub for artificial intelligence "manufacturing," though he did not confirm the chipmaker is in talks with a local conglomerate to set up AI data centers in the Southeast Asian country. Jensen Huang, Nvidia's founder and CEO, told reporters in Kuala Lumpur that the Malaysian conglomerate YTL Corp. could play an important role in setting up AI data centers. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

G7 leaders forge historic international rules for generative AI; Tech giants fail to deliver on ethical AI promises, according to a Stanford report; Amazon CEO foresees transformative impact of generative AI on customer experiences; New York partners with intuition robotics to combat senior loneliness with AI companions- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. G7 leaders forge historic international rules for generative AIThe G7 leaders reached a historic agreement on the first international rules for…

The CEO of technology giant Nvidia said Friday that he views Malaysia as a potential hub for artificial intelligence “manufacturing,” though he did not confirm the chipmaker is in talks with a local conglomerate to set up AI data centers in the Southeast Asian country.Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder and CEO, told reporters in Kuala Lumpur that the Malaysian conglomerate YTL Corp. could play an important role in setting up AI data centers.Speaking at a media roundtable, Huang did not confirm reports that Nvidia is in talks…

What mysteries might a time-lapse of a single cell unlock, and how might it transform our understanding of disease and the body’s most granular processes—over the long term and in real time, to fuel new medicines? On Thursday, a powerhouse academic trio of the Allen Institute, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), and the University of Washington announced the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology (SEAHub) to take on that exact groundbreaking work: a collaborative to develop biotechnologies that create a historical biological…

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp, has invested USD 100 million in Hyderabad's economic landscape. The company has inaugurated its first Advanced Capability Community (ACC) in Hyderabad, which is a hub for technological and digital innovation. The launch ceremony was attended by FedEx Corporation President and CEO Raj Subramaniam and Richard Smith, FedEx Express President and CEO of Airline and International.The FedEx ACC is aligned with the Telangana government's strategic emphasis on nurturing a thriving pool of…

June Wan/ZDNETOne of the best reasons to use a Chromebook is simplicity. Anyone can log in to a Chromebook and start using it without much thought. And if you make use of the Google ecosystem, Chromebooks are an even easier sell.You might, however, be curious as to whether you can connect your Android phone to your Chromebook for features like Smart Lock, instant tethering, syncing of open tabs and recent photos, notifications, and even Wi-Fi sync. I'm happy to tell you there's been an option to make that connection…