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IEEE Spectrum editors and contributors explain how key technology advances and systems work
Artificial IntelligenceExplainer

What Is Generative AI?

Spectrum explains large language models, the transformer architecture, and how it all works

6 min read
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Climate TechClimate ChangeExplainer

What Is a Heat Pump?

Here’s a primer on how these increasingly popular heating—and cooling—machines work

6 min read
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ComputingExplainer

What Is Quantum Entanglement?

Skip the heady and abstract physics lectures. Let’s talk about socks

10 min read
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ExplainerTelecommunications

What You Need to Know About the FAA 5G Kerfuffle

Why is 5G only a problem for planes in the U.S.?

4 min read
Artificial IntelligenceMagazineSpecial ReportsOctober 2021ExplainerThe Great AI Reckoning

How Deep Learning Works

Inside the neural networks that power today's AI

3 min read
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A car charging at a charging station.
TransportationExplainer

What You Need to Know About Charging Before You Buy an EV

Unlike gasoline- or diesel-powered vehicles, there are several ways to charge EVs

5 min read
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AerospaceExplainer

Everything You Need to Know About NASA's Perseverance Rover Landing on Mars

Here's what's going to happen when the space agency's latest rover arrives at Mars

6 min read
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TransportationWebinar

Modeling Cable Design & Power Electronics

Applications that will help ensure a consistent and long-term electricity supply

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BiomedicalExplainer

What Are the New COVID-19 Variants, and How Can We Track Them?

We need genetic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2's continual mutations to keep vaccines effective

4 min read
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ComputingExplainer

What Are Deepfakes and How Are They Created?

Deepfake technologies: What they are, what they do, and how they’re made

7 min read

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