Error-correction technology to turn quantum computing into real-world power

Ripples spreading across a calm lake after raindrops fall—and the way ripples from different drops overlap and travel outward ...
EDN

5 octave linear(ish)-in-pitch power VCO

Using the TDA7052A audio amplifier to generate a five octave, linear in pitch voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO).
Portland Press Herald

Can a single data center use as much power as 5,000 homes? | Fact brief

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the average U.S.
NPR

AI data centers use a lot of electricity. How it could affect your power bill

AI data centers require incredible amounts of energy to run. NPR's Planet Money investigates how that demand for power might affect your electric bills. Tech companies invested hundreds of billions of ...
CNET

Holiday Safety Alert: Never Plug Space Heaters or These 6 Other Devices Into Extension Cords

Corin Cesaric is a Flex Editor at CNET. She received her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Before joining CNET, she covered crime at People Magazine and ...
Hackaday

The Intel 8087 And Conditional Microcode Tests

Continuing his reverse-engineering of the Intel 8087, [Ken Shirriff] covers the conditional tests that are implemented in the microcode of this floating point processing unit (FPU). This microcode ...