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After years of resistance, leaders finally say EU should go at different speeds  – POLITICO

After years of resistance, leaders finally say EU should go at different speeds  – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

With the bloc buffeted by multiple geopolitical crises, it’s starting to realize that it can’t come to grips with them if it only acts when all 27 member countries agree. From defense to energy to investment, the European Commission, which makes the rules, and national governments, which are supposed to implement them, are finding themselves hamstrung. Meanwhile, businesses talk of being strangled by red tape and high energy costs.  Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland and his wavering on helping Ukraine fend off Russia, combined with China’s strategy of flooding Europe with artificially cheap goods, have provided an impetus to the EU’s most senior decision-makers to finally get moving. Thursday’s summit of EU leaders — only 15 kilometers from the Dutch city of Maastricht, where one of the most significant treaties underpinning the bloc was signed in 1992 — occasioned some “strategic brainstorming” on how to “promote our prosperity, create high quality jobs and ensure affordability,” European Council President António Costa said. “Today’s discussion brought a new energy and shared sense of urgency around that objective,” he …

My internet felt slow even with gigabit speeds until I enabled this

My internet felt slow even with gigabit speeds until I enabled this

Published by skeptic

Paying for 1,200Mbps internet should mean everything runs smoothly, but my experience told a different story. Work video calls froze whenever streaming kicked up elsewhere in the house. My Ring doorbell took ages to load a live view after dinner. My own gaming sessions turned into a frustrating mess of lag spikes and rubber-banding whenever the family was streaming. Speed tests looked fine, though. Great, even. I’d already ditched my mesh network for hardwired Ubiquiti access points months earlier, and the cables checked out after I’d learned what actually makes Ethernet perform well. Hardware wasn’t the problem. My router was treating a critical Zoom presentation exactly the same as a background iOS update. Raw bandwidth doesn’t guarantee a smooth experience The traffic competition nobody talks about Most people assume faster internet automatically means better performance across the board. That assumption falls apart in a house full of connected devices all demanding attention simultaneously. My ranch home has over twenty Ethernet drops, multiple streaming devices, smart thermostats in every zone, security cameras monitoring the property, and …

DEWALT drilling robot seriously speeds up data center construction

DEWALT drilling robot seriously speeds up data center construction

Published by skeptic

The construction experts at DEWALT have launched what they’re calling the world’s first downward drilling, fleet-capable robot – a machine they say will enable more efficient concrete drilling to help accelerate data center construction. Developed in collaboration with August Robotics, DEWALT’s new, non-humanoid robot is completing its pilot stages after having completed 10 phases of data center construction with one unnamed “hyperscaler” and helping to significantly boost construction crews’ productivity during the trials. Throughout the ongoing program, the robot proved able to drill at speeds up to 10x faster than traditional methods, with outstanding overall results. Implementation of the robot has significantly expedited construction timelines with 80 weeks saved across 10 data center projects; radically decreased cost per hole; and delivered 99.97 percent accuracy of location and depth for over 90,000 holes. DEWALT “Our customers consistently emphasize that speed of construction is critical,” explains Bill Beck, President of Tools and Outdoor, Stanley Black & Decker. “The robotic drilling solution meets this need head-on through schedule acceleration, cost savings, near-perfect accuracy and enhanced jobsite safety. DEWALT’s relentless pursuit of innovation …

Rutgers research explains why brains think at different speeds

Rutgers research explains why brains think at different speeds

Published by Jenni Sidey

Every moment, the brain balances signals that unfold at different speeds. Some arrive in milliseconds, such as a sudden sound or movement. Others build slowly, such as understanding context, meaning, or intent. A new study from Rutgers Health, published in Nature Communications, explains how the brain merges these fast and slow streams into coherent thought and behavior. The research was led by Linden Parkes, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Rutgers Health and a core member of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and the Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research. Working with colleagues from Rutgers and Cornell University, the team studied how the brain’s wiring supports timing differences across regions. “To affect our environment through action, our brains must combine information processed over different timescales,” Parkes said. “The brain achieves this by leveraging its white matter connectivity to share information across regions, and this integration is crucial for human behavior.” Optimizing nodes’ intrinsic neural time scales results in lower control energy for brain state transitions. (CREDIT: Nature Communications) Timing Differences Built Into the Brain …