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Intel’s Return to Profitability Is Critical to Its Forward Momentum

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  COMPUTING   INTERNET   IT   MOBILE TECH   REVIEWS   SECURITY   TECH BLOG   TECHNOLOGY   MOST POPULAR   NEWSLETTERS TECHNOLOGY TechNewsWorld Technology Next (Image Credit: Intel) Intel announced its second-quarter 2023 financial results on July 27. After two quarters of reported losses, we now see profits, and AMD’s financials indicate that its inroads into Intel’s base may be slowing as Intel puts up more of a fight. Intel was the clear market leader in the processor space for the entire history of the PC. As is often the case with dominant companies, its fall from that leadership position came from internal decisions made by a CEO who has since departed and a board that has been replaced. Intel is unique in the industry not just because it was an early leader but because it retained manufacturing capabilities that allowed the business to initially weather the pandemic relatively well since it didn’t have many of the supply problems so...
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After 25 years of hype, embryonic stem cells are still waiting for their moment

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  August 9, 2023 STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Twenty-five years ago, in 1998, researchers in Wisconsin isolated powerful stem cells from human embryos. It was a fundamental breakthrough for biology, since these cells are the starting point for human bodies and have the capacity to turn into any other type of cell—heart cells, neurons, you name it. National Geographic would later summarize the incredible promise: "the dream is to launch a medical revolution in which ailing organs and tissues might be repaired” with living replacements. It was the dawn of a new era. A holy grail. Pick your favorite cliché—they all got airtime. Yet today, more than two decades later, there are no treatments on the market based on these cells. Not one. To find out what happened, this June I grabbed a seat in the front row at the annual International Society for Stem Cell Research meeting, in an auditorium alongside hundreds of biologists. Projected on a huge screen was a slightly intimidat...
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