With sanctions against Russia well underway, Russia could start hitting back by not internally enforcing copyright and intellectual property protection. How does Russia allowing Pepper Pig IP infringement affect engineering, what impact would Russia breaking I...

By Robin Mitchell | 21-03-2022

Recently, controversial AI face recognition developer Clearview AI has received a €20m fine from the Italian data protection agency for unauthorised use and storage of private data. Why is Clearview AI regarded as highly unethical, what did Italy do in respons...

AI | By Robin Mitchell | 18-03-2022

Recently, controversial AI face recognition developer Clearview AI has received a €20m fine from the Italian data protection agency for unauthorised use and storage of private data. Why is Clearview AI regarded as highly unethical, what did Italy do in respons...

Privacy | By Robin Mitchell | 18-03-2022

Recently, researchers pursuing ever-smaller transistors have broken the record for the thinnest gate electrode at just one carbon atom, which may be the final record. Why are atomic-scale transistors challenging to manufacture, what did the researchers demonst...

By Robin Mitchell | 17-03-2022

A recent patent filing from Google shows their intention to use skin touch gestures to control their devices. What does the patent outline, what challenges would such a system face, and where could this lead in the future? What does the Google patent out...

By Robin Mitchell | 17-03-2022

Researchers have recently made more breakthroughs in developing flexible organic solar panels that could help usher in new wearable devices. What challenges do solar panel technologies face, what did the researchers achieve, and are wearable solar panels a goo...

Semiconductors | By Robin Mitchell | 16-03-2022

Researchers have recently made more breakthroughs in developing flexible organic solar panels that could help usher in new wearable devices. What challenges do solar panel technologies face, what did the researchers achieve, and are wearable solar panels a goo...

Environment | By Robin Mitchell | 16-03-2022

2D materials are gathering a lot of interest for a range of applications, both on the high-tech end of the application spectrum and on the lower end. There’s been much interest in 2D materials because of the sheer breadth of materials available within the mate...

By Liam Critchley | 16-03-2022

The recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia has caused worldwide effects from market losses to increase fuel prices. But Toshiba, a manufacturer of semiconductors and other electronics, is also worried about its supply chain, with the industry being dependent on...

Semiconductors | By Robin Mitchell | 15-03-2022

A consortium of semiconductor manufacturers and suppliers is creating an industry standard for interconnects between silicon chiplets. What challenges would a non-unified chiplet industry present, what is UCIe, and will it help accelerate future semiconductor...

By Robin Mitchell | 15-03-2022

Recently, researchers from MIT were able to demonstrate a security chip that can utilise threshold computing to hide the power signature of specific computations that attackers can use to extract private information. What challenges do side-channel attacks pre...

By Robin Mitchell | 14-03-2022

Lithium-ion batteries have helped to drive technological advances in mobile devices, and no other battery technology is yet able to take its place. Why are Lithium-Ion batteries problematic, why is Fitbit recalling some of their products, and what technologies...

By Robin Mitchell | 14-03-2022