Microsoft and Stellantis want to use AI to help car owners

​Digital services for brands from Jeep to Peugeot will feel the presence of AI.  Stellantis, the global car company that owns brands from Alfa Romeo to Vauxhall (including Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram), has begun a five-year partnership with Microsoft. The tech company will use its expertise to help…

Meet the Quantum Kid

Nine-year-old Kai’s podcast explores how quantum technologies can transform our daily lives. Scientists are often advised to explain their work in terms that a child can understand—a task that is particularly challenging when it comes to such complex topics as quantum mechanics. It’s easier when the interviewer is an…

Google releases new apps for Windows and MacOS

Google mostly creates products for the web, but it has some new desktop apps today.  Most people access Google’s search and AI products through a browser, but you’ve got some new options today. Google has been testing a Windows search app for some months, and it’s now officially available.…

New 3D map of Universe could solve dark energy mystery

Latest data must still be analyzed but could help determine if dark energy is constant or varies over time. Visualization shows how DESI built its 3D map of the Universe. Earth is at the center of the wedges, and every point is a galaxy. Credit: DESI/KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor In a…

What’s the deal with Alzheimer’s disease and amyloid?

For decades, scientists have concentrated on what now looks to be a blind alley. At the end of last month, a scientific journal pulled a research paper on Alzheimer’s disease. The retraction came from Neurobiology of Aging, which removed a 2011 paper claiming to show that a version of a…