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Steelcase resurrects the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of home-office furniture

Over 80 years in the making, these classic designs fetch a hefty sum

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Frontier launches symmetrical 5Gbps plan across their fiber network

Less than 2 minutes to download a 100 minute, 8K film sounds pretty impressive

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WATCH: Youtuber gives London’s Knightrider Court signage a cheeky ‘upgrade’

Unfortunately, the upgrade didn't cause the sign to start talking

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Microsoft blames ‘networking configuration issue’ for global service outage

The company says they are monitoring services after implementing a network rollback

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mBeat USB4 14-in-1 Docking Station turns your laptop into a full workstation

When working on a laptop either at home or in the field, we’re naturally limited by the capabilities of our work setup. Now, these limitations can be lifted with...

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FAA’s grounding of all U.S. flights points to vastly outdated technology

The Department of Transportation describes system as "failing vintage hardware."

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LG issues recall for 86 inch Smart TVs over tipping hazard

Over 52,000 TVs are affected

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Microsoft’s VALL-E can reproduce a voice after hearing a 3 second clip

Trained on 60,000 hours of speech, VALL-E at times sounds eerily human

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Watch out Google Pixel 7 owners: your camera glass may spontaneously combust

The issue seems to the result of a manufacturing defect

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Solar cell efficiency record broken once again

The record has been broken for the third time in just over a year as implementation of solar power becomes more of a reality

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Apple is preparing to release more external monitors– with Apple Silicon

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports on upcoming external displays

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German researchers post record-breaking semiconductor speeds using salt water

Using a process that turns water into a circuit switch, unheard of speeds become possible

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Electricity….from wood?

Scientists in Sweden have altered wood's properties to vastly increase the energy transferred as the wood dries.

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Department of Energy announces $2.5 billion loan for battery production

The loan will finance the construction of manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan.

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Stanford has a salty solution to the problem of battery flammability

Stanford has created a new solution to a pressing problem: SAFE

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Book memorializes Apollo missions with breathtaking remastered photos

Andy Saunders has painstakingly remastered images from the Apollo missions in his book, Apollo Remastered

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Researchers create prototype capable of sending and receiving tactile sensations

Though currently limited to texture patterns, researchers are working to add the sensations of heat and cold

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Mind blown: New study upends the understanding of color perception

Have we been doing color space all wrong?

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WATCH: Disney researchers create facial age altering program powered by machine learning

Say hello to FRAN (Face Re-Aging Network)

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MIT battery breakthrough could pave the way to smaller, safer batteries

Pressure and stress can manipulate dendrites harmlessly away from electrodes

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A promising “Polytherapeutic” tinnitus treatment app

A small study had impressive results in tests across three to six months

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FBI issues official alert on counterfeit batteries

The FBI cites global supply chain issues and continuing need for new batteries as contributing to the growing number of counterfeits

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Review: TinySA spectrum analyzer

Pocket-sized device puts RF spectrum visualization in your toolbelt

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LG Display announces world’s first stretchable display

The display is resistant to external impacts, and flexible enough to be stretched, folded, and twisted

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Meta Quest Pro review roundup

While most are impressed, time will tell if the Quest Pro is the future of work-- or just a very expensive gadget.

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IPMX is Interoperability

IPMX is built on SMPTE ST 2110 and is supported by a large base of manufacturers. Critical announcements from some new adopters of IPMX have now been showcased in...

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WATCH: The “Alternative” Flight Simulator

When AV engineers get bored

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New technology can transmit the world’s internet traffic in one second

The speed record for data transmission has been obliterated-- and it may signal a more efficient, environmentally-friendly future

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Intel demos the next generation of Thunderbolt, tripling speeds

The next-gen of Thunderbolt will allow a bi-directional speed of 80 Gbps, uni-directional of up to 120 Gbps

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Virtual production for Pro AV

Not just for Hollywood any more

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When batteries go bad

A Tesla Megapack battery caught fire this morning at the local utility company PG&E’s Elkhorn Battery Storage facility in Monterey County, California, as reported by local news stations KSBW...

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Northeastern University VR lab rattled by pressurized explosive device

The staff member who opened the package had minor hand injuries; an enclosed note railed against VR

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New web app Koe Recast will allow users to completely change their voice

Koe Recast allows you to transform your voice in real-time, letting you alter the core characteristics of your voice

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The Most Metal of Modules Go to Auction

Used for recording iconic albums by Soundgarden, Marilyn Manson, Hole, Ozzy Osbourne and Korn, Michael Beinhorn's rack of vintage Neve 1057 mic preamp and EQ modules heads to auction.