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Apple increases prices for Macs and iPads, blaming a shortage of memory chips

Apple on Thursday announced an increase in prices for Macs and iPads, citing a memory chip shortage brought on by the artificial intelligence boom.This post was originally published on this site

Check politics at the door? Not at many workplaces, researcher says

When people think of workplace segregation, they usually think of race or gender. Yet Americans are also sorted at work by something employers rarely measure: how they vote.This post was originally published on this site

It only takes one fake web page to fool AI shopping bots, study finds

AI shopping assistants are popping up all over the internet, changing how we browse, compare and discover products. However, these helpful tools appear to have a serious security flaw. According to a paper published on […]

New study calls for rethink of domestic abuse responses in children’s services

A major new study has raised concerns about how domestic violence and abuse is understood and responded to within children’s services.This post was originally published on this site

EU says Amazon, Microsoft cloud services should face stricter rules

The EU said Thursday that the cloud services of Amazon and Microsoft should face tougher digital competition rules in Europe because of their dominant position in the sector.This post was originally published on this site

Plain-language AI workflow tool could cut cloud energy use and costs dramatically

Agentic workflows are artificial intelligence-powered software systems that chain together multiple models and external tools to tackle complicated tasks, like analyzing a video and answering questions about it. But the way these highly fragmented systems […]

Extrusion retrofit system designed to help manufacturers get into ShAPE

A new invention from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) could soon help manufacturers more easily adopt the lab’s patented Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion (ShAPE) technology, enabling faster manufacturing of superior […]

Safer adhesives: Two-component microcapsules bond surfaces using only pressure at room temperature

Microcapsules containing a reactive two-component adhesive can simplify bonding processes in industry and assembly while improving occupational safety. The adhesive is initially safely enclosed in capsules, contact with exposed reactive components can be reduced, and […]

Semi-communal ‘compound houses’ in Ghana affect how people participate in political activity

Could the precise architectural form of your residence influence how much you participate in politics? A new study by MIT scholars finds this to be exactly the case—at least in Accra, Ghana, where many people […]

How fair climate action works: Findings from 88 countries with 5 billion people

A study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) now sheds light, for the first time, on the carbon intensity of household consumption across much of the world—and thus on the distributional impact […]