Author: Awais

arXiv:2512.03864v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Smart manufacturing can significantly improve efficiency and reduce energy consumption, yet the energy demands of AI models may offset these gains. This study utilizes in-situ sensing-based prediction of geometric quality in smart machining to compare the energy consumption, accuracy, and speed of common AI models. HyperDimensional Computing (HDC) is introduced as an alternative, achieving accuracy comparable to conventional models while drastically reducing energy consumption, 200$\times$ for training and 175 to 1000$\times$ for inference. Furthermore, HDC reduces training times by 200$\times$ and inference times by 300 to 600$\times$, showcasing its potential for energy-efficient smart manufacturing.

The latest addition to Proton’s workplace suite is a spreadsheet tool called Proton Sheets. It will offer real-time collaboration, and users can control who has access to view and edit files. Proton Sheets can also be accessed on any device, including mobile ones. It supports importing CSV and XLS files, and the spreadsheets also support commonly used formulas for calculations.A big part of Proton’s pitch is privacy, promising that users’ information won’t be used for training AI. The company also protects user data with end-to-end encryption by default; the press release pointedly notes that products like Google Sheets and Microsoft…

We’ve all seen those USB flash drives, headphones, and other techy goods at a dollar store, gas station, or similar cheap retailer. And while it can be tempting to give them a try—even if out of curiosity—there are certain items you shouldn’t bother with buying at discount stores. Save your money, avoid a bad experience with terrible products, and keep yourself safe by avoiding tech junk from a dollar store or other discount retailer. Headphones, speakers, and other audio devices Louder, but not clearer You can likely intuit that bottom-dollar audio equipment isn’t worth using. Headphones under $10 cut every…

Google today released its 2025 Year in Search list, but don’t mistake it for a ranking of the “top searches” or the “most searched” terms. This year’s recap focused on trending queries – the topics that grew the fastest compared with 2024. That shift reveals a lot about where Google Search is heading, and how it’s been evolving for years. Why we care. Google chose to spotlight fast-rising, emerging queries. Freshness has long mattered in search, but the 2025 top trending queries list underscores an accelerating shift: the biggest AI search and SEO opportunities will come from new, developing topics –…

or Claude to “search the web,” it isn’t just answering from its training data. It’s calling a separate search system. Most people know that part. What’s less clear is how much traditional search engines matter and how much has been built on top of them. All of it isn’t fully public, so I’m doing some mental deduction here. But we can use different hints from looking at larger systems to build a useful mental model. We’ll go through query optimization, how search engines are used for discovery, chunking content, “on-the-fly” retrieval, and how you could potentially reverse-engineer a system like…

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For years, there has been talk and much debate around AI video generation, and it’s been centered primarily on how to produce cinematic-level perfection. That is, making the output look as real as, say, a Hollywood movie. Every technical next step has brought creators closer to that goal: better lighting, more believable faces, and physics that mostly work.  It’s been an impressive endeavor, but many creators are realizing that no matter how amazing the results they get, they still don’t automatically make their tools useful. The last step toward truly real-looking AI video is how much an actual person can…

Google released its Year in Search data, revealing the queries that saw the largest spikes in search interest. AI tools featured prominently in the global list, with Gemini ranking as the top trending search worldwide and DeepSeek also appearing in the top 10. The annual report tracks searches with the highest sustained traffic spikes in 2025 compared to 2024, rather than total search volume. AI Tools Lead Global Trending Searches Gemini topped the global trending searches list, reflecting the growth of Google’s AI assistant throughout 2025. DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company that drew attention earlier this year, appeared in both…

Have you ever had a brilliant video content idea that you knew could transform your brand’s social media presence, only to watch it get shot down in the boardroom? You’re staring at declining engagement, watching competitors gain traction with authentic content, and knowing that your polished, safe videos aren’t cutting through the noise anymore. Meanwhile, you’re stuck explaining why “professional” doesn’t always mean effective, why vulnerability can be more valuable than perfection, and why your audience craves real stories over stock footage montages. The frustration of having the vision but lacking the organizational support to execute it is something most…

BMW has been peppering us with teasers and bits and pieces about its next-gen EV platform, Neue Klasse, for so long — fully two years now — that I confess I’ve become a bit numb to the hype. I’d seen the dashboard-filling displays, talked to engineers endlessly about the completely retooled active safety suite, and even got a go behind the wheel of a prototype machine.All this for the launch of a crossover SUV, typically the most milquetoast of all the automotive classifications. But after spending the better part of a day wheeling around the final version of the iX3,…