If the thought of having a spoonful of plastic in your noggin sounds bad to you, you’re not the only one. Scientists are sounding the alarm over a recent study showing that microplastics can accumulate in the brain. Researchers from the U.S. and Canada wrote the commentary, published Tuesday in the journal Brain Medicine. In
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Firefly Aerospace succeeded in its first attempt to land on the moon with its uncrewed Blue Ghost spacecraft on Sunday, kicking off a two-week research mission as a handful of private firms compete to reach the frontlines of a global moon race. The size of a compact car, the four-legged Blue Ghost carried 10 scientific
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During the pandemic, chip factories, especially those overseas making the majority of processors, shut down [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest $100 billion in the United States, President Donald Trump said Monday, on top of $65 billion in investments the company had previously announced. TSMC, the world’s
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Chip designers Nvidia and Broadcom are running manufacturing tests with Intel, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, demonstrating early confidence in the struggling company’s advanced production techniques. The two tests, which have not been reported previously, indicate the companies are moving closer to determining whether they will commit hundreds of millions of dollars’
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As digital economies expand and blockchain technology reshapes global finance, governments worldwide are grappling with the classification, regulation and taxation of Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs). India’s Income Tax Bill, 2025 introduces a comprehensive legal framework for VDAs defined in Section 2(111), aligning the country’s tax structure with global precedents. This move is crucial, considering how
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A metal is a material defined by specific properties, including conducting electricity well. Every metal has a finite conductivity — a measure of how well it conducts — in particular conditions. It changes when the metal is heated or cooled. For example, at a pleasant 20º C, the electrical conductivity of zinc is roughly 16.9
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Users of the popular uBlock Origin extension on Google Chrome might need to make the switch to a new browser. Or maybe cave and subscribe to YouTube Premium—features like offline downloads, background listening, and unlimited music streaming make it a decent value. Regardless, uBlock Origin is getting deprecated on Chrome as Google completes the process
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It sounds so good, doesn’t it? After Apple CEO Tim Cook met with US President Donald J. Trump, Cook announced: “We are bullish on the future of American innovation, and we’re proud to build on our long-standing US investments with this $500 billion commitment to our country’s future. We’ll keep working with people and companies across this
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In a blistering critique, former Intel CEO and Chairman Craig Barrett has strongly opposed breaking the company into separate design and foundry units, arguing that Intel’s recent technological resurgence positions it to challenge TSMC’s dominance in the semiconductor industry without corporate dismantling. Barrett also dismissed calls from four former Intel board members who suggested that
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This April 2024 image provided by NASA shows the SPHEREx telescope at a facility in Boulder, Colorado, in the US. | Photo Credit: AP NASA is preparing to launch a megaphone-shaped observatory on a mission to better understand what happened immediately after the Big Bang that initiated the universe and to search the Milky Way
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