Image credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain South Africa is at a crucial moment in its energy transition: it is trying to decarbonise its economy (move away from coal) and ensure that everyone has access to reliable and affordable energy. Renewable energy storage is very important to this transition. Solar and wind energy are not always available. […]

Extraction of the photoemission delay from attosecond angle fringe formation at a XFEL. Image credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07771-9 A team of researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has gained new insights into the photoelectric effect, a phenomenon first described by Einstein over a century ago. Their method provides a new […]

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks with Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter to announce the charges against RealPage. US prosecutors on Friday filed comprehensive antitrust charges against a property management software company. The company is accused of using algorithms to facilitate collusion between landlords and thus harm tenants in numerous US markets. The Department of […]

Apple has long touted the review process in its App Store as the best way for iPhone users to ensure that hackers or snoopers do not smuggle malicious code onto the devices. Apple will allow iPhone and iPad users in the European Union to delete the App Store or Safari browser, the tech giant told […]

Epic Games finally reaches consumers directly on mobile devices. Fortnite developer Epic Games launched its own app store on Friday, allowing its users to bypass the stores operated by Apple and Google, after years of struggling to offer its games directly to smartphone users. The Epic Games Store is available to Android phone users worldwide […]