Apple recently announced that Luca Maestri, the chief financial officer, will be stepping down from his role at the beginning of next year. Despite being a key player in Apple’s financial success, Maestri will now be transitioning to the head of the company’s corporate services team. During Maestri’s tenure as CFO, Apple experienced significant financial
The recent global cybersecurity incident involving CrowdStrike has raised serious concerns about the fragility of our technical infrastructure and the inadequacy of our legal and policy frameworks to respond to such attacks. The ACM’s USTPC has issued a statement urging for a thorough investigation to prevent similar incidents in the future. The USTPC Statement highlights
Lithium-ion batteries have been crucial components in the world of rechargeable batteries, especially with the rise of electric vehicles (EVs) globally. The need for a high-energy, low-cost battery solution has led researchers to explore the potential of utilizing manganese (Mn) as a primary material in these batteries. Currently, most batteries in EVs rely on nickel
In recent years, the internet has experienced exponential growth, with social media platforms becoming a significant part of people’s daily lives. The ease of creating and sharing content online has resulted in a surge of both appropriate and inappropriate content. One particularly harmful form of inappropriate content is hate speech, which targets individuals or groups
In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, data portability has emerged as a crucial factor in ensuring user control and flexibility. Inflection AI, a startup that gained recognition for developing the Pi AI assistant, recently announced a partnership with the non-profit Data Transfer Initiative (DTI) to enable existing Pi users to export their
The study coordinated by the University of Trento and the University of Chicago proposes a revolutionary approach to understanding the interactions between electrons and light. This new approach could potentially revolutionize the development of quantum technologies and lead to the discovery of new states of matter. Quantum particles’ interaction plays a crucial role in the
Automatic bug assignment has been a topic of interest for researchers in recent years. Bug reports play a crucial role in helping engineers locate and fix bugs in software systems. However, the presence of noise in textual bug reports can negatively affect the effectiveness of automatic bug assignment systems. A research team led by Zexuan
The recent arrest of Pavel Durov, the co-founder of Telegram, in France has brought to light the platform’s involvement in allowing the sharing of illegal content. Durov, who launched the messaging platform in 2013 with his brother Nikolai, has been a vocal advocate for privacy and freedom on the internet. With a reported 950 million
India’s push for green energy in the Thar desert has led to the rapid expansion of wind farms, providing critical renewable energy for the country. However, the residents living in the shadows of these wind turbines have a different story to tell. For many like 65-year-old livestock herder Nena Ram, the arrival of these giant
Meta revealed that it had recently blocked a small cluster of WhatsApp accounts that were traced back to an Iranian hacking group known as APT42. The targets of this group included officials associated with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. This comes as no surprise, as other tech companies like Google have previously