General Tech News:
Of note: This is a use of the NewsApi to grab tech news. It's the most recent addition and needs some refinement; currently, it grabs the top 10 search results pertaining to tech news on page BUILD, not serve, and would be better implemented as a front-end interactive piece that makes request based on user input for what topics they want to see, but hey, we'll get there.
Nike designed new gear to keep athletes cool in a warming world
Oct 23 9:26 PM
Nike is showing off new performance apparel today that it says it designed with climate change in mind. It introduced its new Aero-FIT performance cooling technology today, which it says will make its debut in football kits Nike federations wear in 2026. The…
A New Light-Based Cancer Treatment Kills Tumor Cells and Spares Healthy Ones
Nov 4 09:30 AM
By combining LED technology and nanomaterials, researchers have created a therapy that eliminates cancer cells using localized heat without damaging healthy tissue.
Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Plan to Make Mobile Voting Happen
Nov 14 5:00 PM
Political consultant Bradley Tusk has spent a fortune on mobile voting efforts. Now, he’s launching a protocol to try to mainstream the technology.
Is Waymo Ready for the Icy Streets of Detroit and Denver? It Had Better Be, Because It’s Coming
Nov 16 10:30 AM
Buckle up. Autonomous vehicle technology is moving to locales less-than-ideal conditions.
The Long Tail of the AWS Outage
Oct 22 4:31 PM
Experts say outages like the one that Amazon experienced this week are almost inevitable given the complexity and scale of cloud technology—but the duration serves as a warning.
Louvre heist inspires ad campaign for 'whisper' quiet lift
Oct 24 04:35 AM
Böcker is touting its "quiet as a whisper" technology for "when you need to move fast".
China's investment spree in UK gave it access to military-grade technology, BBC told
Nov 17 05:49 AM
Tens of billions of pounds has been spent by the Chinese in the UK since 2000, Panorama has learned.
An eye implant and smart glasses restore some lost vision
Oct 20 7:48 PM
Several dozen patients regained some of their vision thanks to an implant inside their eye paired with a set of smart glasses. The study was published Monday in The New England Journal of Medicine, and researchers report that patients could see well enough us…
Meet Mico, Microsoft’s AI version of Clippy
Oct 23 4:00 PM
It’s been nearly 30 years since Microsoft’s Office assistant, Clippy, first graced our screens as an annoying paperclip. After the Groucho-browed interruptions of Clippy came to an end in 2001 with Office XP, Microsoft tried to revive the spirit of an assista…
‘Eyes-off driving’ is coming, and we’re so not ready
Nov 3 9:34 PM
Last month, General Motors added its name to the growing list of automakers who are pursuing a novel type of partially automated technology called "eyes-off driving." What they didn't do, though, is provide a thorough description of how they'll take responsib…