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gcn.com > nearly-4-dating-app-users-report > 21288

Nearly 4 in 5 dating app users report burning out on swiping, but a panel study finds those who open the app to find a relationship do not grow lonelier while those chasing likes do

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (840+ words) Picture the Sunday-evening scroll: the couch, the snack, the thumb moving in that same small arc. Swipe, pause, swipe. Thirty minutes pass and nothing feels different. The app closes. A faint restlessness lingers that is hard to name. Most people…...

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gcn.com > quantum-circuits-ibm-nighthawk-runs-100 > 21495

IBM Nighthawk r2 runs 100,000 quantum circuits per second, hitting a key 2026 roadmap target ahead of schedule

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (463+ words) Nighthawk r2 departs from conventional conditional reset techniques. In previous processor generations, quantum circuits relied on conditional resets using π-pulses and measurement cycles, requiring idle times of hundreds of microseconds between executions to prevent state leakage. Instead, it uses a dissipative…...

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gcn.com > meta-expected-smartwatch-connect-2026-september > 21254

Meta expected to reveal its first smartwatch at Connect 2026 on September 23

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (647+ words) Meta is scheduled to hold Meta Connect 2026 on September 23, 24, 2026, at its Menlo Park, California campus, and the company’s first commercial smartwatch is among the products expected to debut there, giving the device a likely public reveal date for a wrist…...

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gcn.com > pnnl-fervo-nvidia-geothermal-digital-twin > 21425

PNNL, Fervo and NVIDIA build AI digital twin to run geothermal reservoirs in real time

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (556+ words) A federal laboratory, a geothermal developer and an AI computing company announced on June 22, 2026, that they are jointly building an AI-powered virtual replica of an enhanced geothermal reservoir, a tool its creators say could eliminate weeks-long analysis waits that today…...

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gcn.com > doe-opens-geothermal-center-excellence-golden > 21557

DOE opens Geothermal Center of Excellence in Golden, Colorado to target gigawatt-scale output

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (469+ words) The U.S. Department of Energy launched its Geothermal Center of Excellence at an in-person event hosted at the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) campus in Golden, Colorado, bringing together DOE leadership and staff, NLR and National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)…...

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gcn.com > 1-059-miles-full-size-electric > 21404

A full-size electric pickup covered 1,059 miles across metro Detroit on one charge last summer, and the world record it claimed beat the previous holder by more than 300 miles

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (725+ words) The needle on the battery gauge never moved the way it was supposed to. A full-size pickup truck rolled through suburban Michigan streets for seven straight days, hour after hour, driver after driver. The roads were ordinary. The speed was…...

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gcn.com > nrel-ev-charging-distribution-grid-upgrade > 21398

NREL-led study puts five-state distribution grid upgrade cost for EV charging at up to $2.3 billion; managed charging can cut that by more than half

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (548+ words) The US transportation and electricity sectors have historically operated independently, but the growth of electric vehicles is driving their convergence. After decades of stagnant demand, utilities must prepare for rising load growth, driven in part by transportation electrification. The PJM…...

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gcn.com > waymo-robotaxis-recorded-percent-fewer-crashes > 21340

Waymo robotaxis recorded 68 percent fewer crashes per mile than human drivers in IIHS study

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (622+ words) Waymo’s driverless cars are involved in fewer crashes than human drivers, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety published July 23 shows. Per vehicle mile traveled, Waymo’s driverless vehicles deployed in San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Austin…...

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gcn.com > doe-backs-million-geothermal-pilot-convert > 21290

DOE backs $14 million geothermal pilot to convert a Pennsylvania shale gas well to power

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (597+ words) The U.S. Department of Energy has selected a $14 million enhanced geothermal systems demonstration project in Pennsylvania that will attempt to convert an existing horizontal shale gas well into a working geothermal power source, marking the first such pilot in the eastern…...

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gcn.com > transport-london-grants-wayve-autonomous-ford > 20939

Transport for London grants 15 of Wayve's autonomous Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles private hire vehicle licences for supervised Uber rides

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (509+ words) Transport for London has issued private hire vehicle licences to 15 of Wayve’s autonomous Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles, completing the triple-lock regulatory requirement for supervised self-driving passenger trips in the UK capital through Uber. A trained, TfL-licensed driver will be present…...