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Relief as first UK patients fitted with app-controlled sleep apnoea microchip | Science, Climate & Tech News
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A new electronic chip could bring relief to patients with a serious disorder that stops them breathing in their sleep. Eight million people in the UK suffer from sleep apnoea. Their airway becomes obstructed, and their breathing repeatedly stops for several seconds or even minutes. But surgeons have now begun implanting a chip on a…
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Microchip in Adidas Euro 2024 ball will be used to help referees make handball decisions | World News
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A microchip inside Adidas’s Euro 2024 ball will be used to help referees make handball decisions at next summer’s tournament. The German sportswear brand says its Fussballliebe will contain a rechargeable microchip that can send precise ball data to video match officials in real time. The chip was used in the semi-automated offside decision-making process…
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Gordon Moore: Intel co-founder and microchip pioneer dies aged 94 | Science & Tech News
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Microchip pioneer and Intel Corp co-founder Gordon Moore has died at the age of 94. Co-creator of the American tech company Intel in 1968, Moore was one of the engineers to put “Intel Inside” processors in more than 80% of the world’s personal computers. The company announced on Friday that he had died surrounded by…
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Chinese tech firm Nexperia told to sell majority stake in UK microchip factory over ‘national security risk’ | Business News
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A Chinese-owned tech company has been told to sell the majority of its stake in a UK silicon chip factory due to security concerns. The government has said Nexperia must reduce its stake in Newport Wafer Fab by 86%, back to its previous holding of just 14% when it took over the firm in 2021,…