AI-enabled control system helps autonomous drones stay on target in uncertain environments

AI-enabled control system helps autonomous drones stay on target in uncertain environments

An autonomous drone carrying water to help extinguish a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada might encounter swirling Santa Ana winds that threaten to push it off course. Rapidly adapting to these unknown disturbances inflight presents an enormous challenge for the drone’s flight control system. To help such a drone stay on target, MIT researchers developed a…

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“Export control was a failure.” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang slams Biden’s China AI restrictions – Computex 2025 Q and A

“Export control was a failure.” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang slams Biden’s China AI restrictions – Computex 2025 Q and A

Following Nvidia’s keynote at Computex 2025, Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, sat down with journalists to talk about all of Team Green’s latest announcements, including talk of GB200, and international market opportunities. In response to one question, Huang talked about export controls which were first imposed by the Biden administration saying that the limitations had caused…

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Google’s New AI Tools Promise Faster Ads, But Raise Control Concerns

Google’s New AI Tools Promise Faster Ads, But Raise Control Concerns

Google’s latest AI tools promise to manage campaigns automatically. But advertisers are asking whether these new features give up too much human control. At Google Marketing Live, the company showcased three new AI agents. These tools can handle everything from creating campaigns to managing tasks across multiple platforms. However, the announcement raised questions from attendees…

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Moving CVEs past one-nation control

Moving CVEs past one-nation control

Sometimes you don’t know how much you will miss something until you (almost) lose it. That is certainly the case with the news on Tuesday that the MITRE Corporation had not received the funding necessary to continue operating the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program past April. Fortunately, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) stepped…

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Power Tips #138: 3 ways to close the control loop for totem-pole bridgeless PFC

Power Tips #138: 3 ways to close the control loop for totem-pole bridgeless PFC

Introduction Among all power factor correction (PFC) topologies, totem-pole bridgeless PFC provides the best efficiency; therefore, it is widely used in servers and data centers. However, closing the current control loop of a continuous conduction mode (CCM) totem-pole bridgeless PFC is not as straightforward as it is for a traditional PFC. A traditional PFC operating…

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Optimizing motor control for energy efficiency

Optimizing motor control for energy efficiency

In today’s world, motors are ubiquitous, powering everything from household appliances to industrial machinery. The importance of optimizing motor control for energy efficiency cannot be overstated, given that motors account for a significant portion of global energy consumption. This article delves into the structure of motors, the use of variable frequency drives (VFDs), and the…

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