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Billionaire Elon Musk and his social media firm X have reached a tentative settlement with former employees who had sued for $500m (£373m) in severance pay.The parties reported the deal in a court filing on Wednesday, jointly requesting the...

Newly unsealed and edited video shows TikTok employees and consultants expressing concern that potentially addictive features of the app could harm users' mental health.The video compilation, which was shared with CBS News by the North...

The leftover ore discarded by US mines is packed with key minerals – enough to provide virtually all of...

CT scanning, streaming videos, and sending images over the Internet wouldn’t be possible without the Fast Fourier transform. Commonly known as FFT, the computer algorithm designed by researchers at Princeton University and IBM is found in just about every...

Comparing Our Favorite Sunrise Alarm ClocksMore Sunrise Alarm Clocks We've TriedPhotograph: Nena FarrellVivilumens Sunrise Alarm Clock for $41: This sunrise alarm works fine but seems better suited as a desk lamp than a true sunrise alarm. But it could...

Battery materials startup Group14 announced Wednesday it has closed a $463 million funding round to expand its manufacturing footprint, a sign that investors remain confident in the future of electric vehicles.The startup manufactures silicon anode materials, which significantly boost...

The dwarf planet Ceres looks cold and dead, but a billion or so years after its formation, it may...

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During sleep, the human brain sorts through different memories, consolidating important ones while discarding those that don’t matter. What if AI could do the same?Bilt, a company that offers local shopping and restaurant deals to renters, recently deployed several...

My name is Engineer Bainomugisha. Yes, Engineer is my first name and also my career. My parents named me Engineer, and they recognized engineering traits in me from childhood, such as perseverance, resilience, and wanting to understand how things...