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Two-dimensional (2D) materials have garnered notable research interest due to their extraordinary properties. Assembling two or more 2D materials into heterostructures introduces properties that are not present in any individual components, leading to a spectrum of nanodevices and applications. The lifetime and performance of nanodevices can be largely dictated by the working temperatures, and the heat dissipation in 2D materials and heterostructures is vital to the reliability and functionality of devices. However, mechanical effects encountered can potentially impact thermal transport. A comprehensive understanding of the interplay between mechanical loadings and thermal transport in 2D materials and their heterostructures is fundamental…
The discourse about to what level AI-generated code should be reviewed often feels very binary. Is vibe coding (i.e. letting AI generate code without looking at the code) good or bad? The answer is of course neither, because “it depends”. So what does it depend on? When I’m using AI for coding, I find myself constantly making little risk assessments about whether to trust the AI, how much to trust it, and how much work I need to put into the verification of the results. And the more experience I get with using AI, the more honed and intuitive these…
Everyone today seems eager to talk about how AI is accelerating software development. Teams are shipping faster. Individuals are more productive. Entire backlogs can be written in minutes. Estimates are a click away. Code that once took days now materializes in minutes. With all this newfound speed, it’s understandable that teams and leaders start asking whether they still need the same kinds of collaboration—or even the same kinds of teams. Yet hidden underneath all that enthusiasm is a risk that hasn’t received enough attention. In fact, I would argue it is the risk that agile leaders should be paying the…
Will Netflix’s $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. get approval from federal regulators? While Paramount was assumed to be the frontrunner to acquire the storied movie studio thanks to CEO David Ellison’s connections to the Trump administration, new reporting in Bloomberg and The Hollywood Reporter suggests that Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos met with President Donald Trump to discuss a potential deal in November. Trump reportedly told Sarandos that Warner Bros. should sell to the highest bidder, and the Netflix executive seems to have left the meeting convinced that the president would not immediately oppose the acquisition. After the initial…
Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention of scientists. This planet orbits the star within the “Goldilocks zone” – a distance where water on its surface is theoretically possible, but only if the planet has an atmosphere. And where there is water, there might be life. TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized, habitable-zone exoplanet Two recently scientific papers detail initial observations of the TRAPPIST-1 system obtained by a research group using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. In these publications, the authors, including Sukrit Ranjan with the University of Arizona Lunar…
Vodafone Idea (Vi) seems to have discontinued the Vi Guarantee extra-data program, which offered free data benefits to new smartphone prepaid users. Launched in May 2024 as a limited-period offer, the Vi Guarantee Program provided free high-speed data for “all 5G and new 4G smartphone users.”Also Read: Vodafone Idea Prepaid Plans: An Overview of the Bundled Benefits in September 2024Vi Guarantee for Smartphone Users: Extra DataUnder the Vi Guarantee program, users received 130GB of guaranteed extra data over one year. This meant that 10GB of data was automatically credited to the customer’s account every 28 days for 13 consecutive cycles.…
Artificial intelligence can now craft award-winning essays and help doctors detect disease with impressive accuracy. Yet when it comes to true mental flexibility, living brains still have the clear advantage. Humans can adjust to new situations and information with remarkable ease. Learning unfamiliar computer software, trying a new recipe, or figuring out the rules of a new game often happens quickly for people, while AI systems typically struggle to adapt in real time and to learn effectively “on the fly.” In a new study, neuroscientists at Princeton University identify one key reason for this difference. The human brain repeatedly reuses…
1. Introduction: The FoundationCloud object storage, such as S3, is the foundation of any Lakehouse Architecture. You are the owner for the data stored for your Lakehouse, not the systems that use it. As data volume increases, either due to ETL pipelines or more users querying tables, so do cloud storage costs.In practice, we’ve identified common pitfalls in how these storage buckets are configured, which result in unnecessary costs for Delta Lake tables. Left unchecked, these habits can lead to wasted storage and increased network costs.In this blog, we’ll discuss the most common mistakes and offer tactical steps to both…
Organizations face a challenging trade-off when adapting AI models to their specific business needs: settle for generic models that produce average results, or tackle the complexity and expense of advanced model customization. Traditional approaches force a choice between poor performance with smaller models or the high costs of deploying larger model variants and managing complex infrastructure. Reinforcement fine-tuning is an advanced technique that trains models using feedback instead of massive labeled datasets, but implementing it typically requires specialized ML expertise, complicated infrastructure, and significant investment—with no guarantee of achieving the accuracy needed for specific use cases. Today, we’re announcing reinforcement…
Posted by Aden Haussmann, Associate Product Manager and Sumeet Sharma, Play Partnerships Trust & Safety Lead Android uses the best of Google AI and our advanced security expertise to tackle mobile scams from every angle. Over the last few years, we’ve launched industry-leading features to detect scams and protect users across phone calls, text messages and messaging app chat notifications. These efforts are making a real difference in the lives of Android users. According to a recent YouGov survey1 commissioned by Google, Android users were 58% more likely than iOS users to report they had not received any scam texts…