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President Donald Trump says the US government is taking a 10 percent stake in chip maker Intel. Trump shared the news during a press conference on Friday, though an official…

Marian Petre spoke to us about her research on how to make software developers better at developing software.Marian is an Emeritus Professor of the School of Computing & Communications at…

Summary Google Maps on Android is set to receive a new "Your recent places" section within the mobile app's "You" tab. While the change hasn't rolled out to everyone quite…

Apple might use Gemini to power its revamped version of Siri, Bloomberg reports. The companies are in the early stages of exploring a partnership, with Google training a version of…

Kevin Lannen is an embedded systems engineer making powered wheelchairs safer. This sounded interesting to us.Kevin works at LUCI Mobility (luci.com). Check out their tear jerker introduction video as well…

Summary Long HDMI cables can get expensive, especially for higher quality ones. Watch out for cheaper, lesser-known brands. Longer cables can introduce more points of failure and signal issues, especially…

Google held its annual Made by Google showcase this week, during which it unveiled the latest Pixel phones and various new AI features. What it didn’t announce is a Gemini-powered…

Chris and Elecia talk about their favorite processors, their breakfast preferences, large language model ethics, presents, and Eeyore's birthday.Elecia’s new edition of her book  Making Embedded Systems is finished! (Except…

On Friday, Ubisoft announced… something. The company describes The Division 2: Survivors as "an updated take on the survival extraction experience." Is it DLC? Is it a new game mode?…

Yanina Bellini Saibene joined us to discuss teaching, localization, barriers to learning coding, and global communities. Yani works on Teach Tech Together (https://teachtogether.tech/) with Greg Wilson. It is a fantastic resource…