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Data centers face a conundrum: how to power increasingly dense server racks using equipment that relies on century-old technology. Traditional transformers are bulky and hot, but a new generation of ...

A software engineer and book author with many years of experience, I have dedicated my career to the art of automation. A software engineer and book author with many years of experience, I have ...

If you’re reading this while watching a movie, you’re doing exactly what Netflix predicted. Oops. The Rip star Matt Damon told Joe Rogan that Netflix anticipates ...

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck recently appeared on the “Joe Rogan Experience” to promote their new Netflix film “The Rip,” and the long-time friends and collaborators shared their thoughts on how the ...

Despite longstanding guidelines, many dementia patients are still prescribed brain-altering medications that can raise the risk of falls and confusion. A new study shows that while prescribing has ...

It is more or less normal to be confused about oneself, in various ways, at various times, under a range of circumstances. Self-confusion is a part of development, because as we change and grow, we ...

“If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?” the Disclosure Day trailer asks. Leave it to the great and powerful Steven Spielberg to bring a ...

The Federal Reserve still sees just one rate cut in 2026, unchanged from its last forecast about three months ago. The central bank's so-called dot plot, which anonymously shows 19 individual members' ...

The literary landscape of the 21st century seems more and more divided when it comes to one particular aspect: plot. Some books have it; others don’t. The have-nots have gotten a lot of critical ...