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News

OpenAI Slashes Compute Spending Target To $600 Billion By 2030

Wonderful EngineeringFebruary 26, 20260

OpenAI has reset expectations around its long-term infrastructure ambitions, telling investors it now plans to spend...

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Technology

New Self-Healing Material Could Keep Machines Running For Hundreds Of Years

Wonderful EngineeringFebruary 26, 20260

A new fiber-reinforced composite developed by researchers at North Carolina State University could dramatically extend...

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News

World’s First Transatlantic Fiber-Optic Cable Is Being Pulled From The Ocean After 37 Years

Wonderful EngineeringFebruary 26, 20260

A groundbreaking piece of internet history is being removed from the ocean floor more than three decades after it...

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Tesla Quietly Prepares Major Upgrade To One Of Its Smartest Driving Features

Wonderful EngineeringFebruary 26, 20260

Tesla appears to be preparing a significant upgrade to its advanced Matrix Headlights system, based on new software...

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Amazing

YouTuber Wires 400 Car Batteries Together In Jaw-Dropping High-Voltage Experiment

Wonderful EngineeringFebruary 26, 20260

A US YouTuber has taken DIY science to an extreme by wiring together 400 car batteries to unleash controlled blasts of...

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Technology

ChatGPT Diary Accidentally Exposes Alleged Chinese Intimidation Network

Wonderful EngineeringFebruary 26, 20260

A new report has revealed that a Chinese law enforcement official inadvertently exposed a sprawling international...

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Plug-In Hybrids May Be On Their Way Out

Wonderful EngineeringFebruary 26, 20260

Plug-in hybrid vehicles were supposed to serve as a practical bridge between gasoline cars and fully electric models....

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Amazing

Scientists Discover Blue Hole So Deep They Still Haven’t Found The Bottom

Wonderful EngineeringFebruary 26, 20260

A vast underwater sinkhole in Mexico’s Chetumal Bay is forcing scientists to rethink what they know about so-called...

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Amazing

Scientists Finally Explain Why Scotch Tape Makes That Horrible Screeching Sound

Wonderful EngineeringFebruary 26, 20260

Scotch tape has been sticking to desks and wrapping paper for nearly a century, yet it has continued to puzzle...

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Gadgets

This PS5-Sized Device Could Deliver 25Gbps Internet Without Cables Or Satellites

Wonderful EngineeringFebruary 26, 20260

A shoebox-sized device called the Taara Beam is promising to deliver fiber-like internet speeds of up to 25Gbps using...

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