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How Flexible Automation Could Help Smaller Factories Make Custom Products at Scale

In its 2025 manufacturing outlook, the National Institute of Standards and Technology identified flexible automation as an opportunity for smaller manufacturers to handle shorter production runs and adjust more readily to changing requirements.

International Business Times · Oct 20

Man Buys A Gallon Of Gas At Shell. Then He Pumps It Into A One-Gallon Jug Of Poland Spring To Test If He Got His Money’s Worth

"Pay attention when you buy a gallon of gas..."

Motor1 · Oct 10

Quantum Computing Is Raising the Stakes for Cybersecurity: 5 Stocks to Watch

As quantum computing threatens current encryption, IBM, Cloudflare, Arqit, IonQ, Rigetti and D-Wave stand to benefit from mandated post-quantum cybersecurity spending through 2030.

MarketBeat · Aug 26

Unlocking Q-Day: What A Quantum Catastrophe Really Means

Imagine waking up to a world where every bank account, personal message and classified government file is suddenly unprotected and laid open because the encryption that kept billions of secrets safe has been shattered overnight. 

Benzinga · Sep 21, 2025

Precise measurement standards have revolutionized museum science, helping nail down where artifacts are from

On a cool February morning in 1904, a spark ignited a fire in the heart of downtown Baltimore. Within hours, a raging inferno swept eastward across the harbor district, consuming everything in its path. By evening, the local firefighters were overwhelmed, and the city sent telegrams to the fire chiefs…

The Conversation · Jun 17, 2025

Physicists create groundbreaking atomic clock that's off by less than 1 second every 100 million years

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's new cesium fountain clock is one of the most precise atomic clocks ever created.

LiveScience · May 7, 2025

AI safety advocates slam Trump administration’s reported targeting of standards agency

The U.S.’s fledgling AI Safety Institute is reportedly about to be gutted by mass layoffs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Fortune · Feb 20, 2025

Tech policy likely set for changes after election - Roll Call

With Donald Trump winning the presidency and the Senate heading into GOP hands, Republicans are poised to seize control of tech policy.

Roll Call · Nov 6, 2024

NIST, Cryptography and The Future of VPNs

Anticipating this challenge, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recently finalized a set of quantum-resistant encryption standards.

TechRadar · Oct 4, 2024

The first set of standards for post-quantum cryptography have been published — here's what it means for you

Q-Day is on the horizon, with NIST revealing encryption standards to protect the internet for when it arrives.

TechRadar · Aug 14, 2024