Articles by Peter Grad
Tech Xplore / Canadian team designs smartphone app to track mental health
Canadian researchers have developed an app that tracks users' smartphone behavior to monitor mental health.
Phys.org / Buried GitHub archival storage to last 1,000 years
If civilization ever succumbs to global warming, nuclear annihilation, an unrelenting pandemic or a martian invasion, some future civilization—or alien life form—might well still be able to reconstruct today's computers and ...
Tech Xplore / Google Cloud announces enhanced Confidential Computing
Amid ever-increasing demands for privacy and security for highly sensitive data stored in the cloud, Google Cloud announced this week the creation of Confidential Computing.
Tech Xplore / New DDR5 SDRAM standard sees performance boost, dual-channel DIMM
They were two years behind schedule but the industry group overseeing memory technology development and standardization has finally announced the officials specs for the new DDR5 SDRAM standard.
Tech Xplore / Ex-Google robotics head unveils automated home assistant
The former head of Google's robotics division has unveiled a new robot named Stretch that he hopes will prove to be an economical and handy assistant around the home.
Tech Xplore / Facebook zeroes in on tourist photography habits
Facebook researchers scanned 57,804 photographs of popular tourist destination spot Cuzco, Peru, that were posted on Flickr over a 15-year period and made two key observations:
Tech Xplore / Panasonic launches mobility service at Tokyo transportation hub
Panasonic has begun testing robotic mobility devices at the newly constructed Takanawa Gateway train station in Tokyo.
Tech Xplore / Google Maps displays traffic light locations
For millions of motorists around the globe, GPS traffic guidance has become indispensable. This week, Google confirmed it has been testing a feature that will make getting to where you want to go even easier: traffic light ...
Tech Xplore / Nvidia brings Ampere A100 GPUs to Google Cloud
Just over a month after announcing its latest generation Ampere A100 GPU, Nvidia said this week that the powerhouse processor system is now available on Google Cloud.
Tech Xplore / New video codec halves streaming time
A German research institute announced Tuesday a new video standard that halves the bitrate required for streaming, allowing higher quality images on lower-power devices and opening the door wider to adoption of super high-definition ...
Tech Xplore / Chrome tweak stems battery drain
Google's Chromium browser team has come up with a simple fix to address heavy battery drain.
Tech Xplore / Fuji envisions 400TB tape drive
Fujifilm announced a technological breakthrough that will allow it to construct a massive 400 terabyte tape cartridge by the end of the decade.
Tech Xplore / Facebook designs ultra-thin VR eyeglasses
Facebook said this week it has developed the thinnest virtual reality headset in the world. Although it remains a prototype for now, the device does away with the bulky boxlike headgear commonly associated with virtual reality ...
Tech Xplore / Disney makes face swapping more believable
It may sound contradictory, but deepfakes are becoming more real.
