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Qualcomm is betting big on data centers as smartphone sales sink

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With smartphone sales tanking by around 20 percent compared to 2025, Qualcomm is looking to data centers to help boost its bottom line. During its Q4 2026 earnings call, the company laid out its plans to make a splash in the AI data center business, through partnerships with companies like Amazon and Meta announced earlier […]

Carbon dots fluoresce their way through the rainbow as liquids change

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Fluorescent materials usually emit a single consistent color. They are typically made from dyes or metallic components. In contrast, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have created carbon dots that can fluoresce in a range of colors under UV light, depending on the concentration and the liquid they're in. The team incorporated the new carbon dots into plastic decorations and used them to create a data encryption system.

A new superinductor created within a silicon integrated circuit

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A recent study published in Nature Electronics and carried out by researchers from nanoGUNE's Quantum Hardware research group, Quantum Motion, London Center for Nanotechnology, Imperial College London and the University of Cambridge introduces a new superinductor created within a silicon integrated circuit fabricated in a commercial complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) process.

Arabica Coffee Falls in Expectations of Larger Brazil Coffee Exports

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December arabica coffee (KCZ26 ) closed down -4.20 (-1.48%) on Wednesday, and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF27 ) closed up +18 (+0.56%). Coffee prices settled mixed on Wednesday, with arabica falling to a 5-week low. Coffee prices recovered from their worst level on Wednesday, with robusta moving into positive territory...

Dollar Weakness Lifts NY Cocoa Prices

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December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26 ) closed up +42 (+0.78%) on Wednesday, and ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ26 ) closed down -27 (-0.66%). Cocoa prices fell to fresh 5-week lows on Wednesday but rebounded and settled mixed. Rising ICE cocoa inventories are easing supply concerns and weighing on prices. ICE...

Dollar Retreats as Democrats Retake Control of Congress

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The dollar index (DXY00 ) tumbled to a 5-week low on Wednesday and finished down by -0.32%. The dollar sank Wednesday after Democrats swept Congress in the US midterm elections, fueling concerns about political gridlock and tougher tech regulation that could curtail foreign demand for US assets. Wednesday’s -8% plunge...