Brooke Becher

2 weeks ago | builtin.com | Brooke Becher

As the trade war between the world’s two largest economies escalates, a new flash point has emerged: rare earth metals. In response to the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs in April — which levied duties as high as 145 percent on Chinese exports to the United States — China not only retaliated with tariffs of up to 125 percent on American goods, but also started leveraging its near-monopoly on these unique materials, which are essential to building modern tech hardware.

3 weeks ago | builtin.com | Brooke Becher

Reverse engineering is all about peeling back the layers of an existing product, system or technology to understand how it works — without access to the original design or source code. It’s essentially a technical investigation, aimed at uncovering the underlying design, components and functionality of something that already exists.

3 weeks ago | builtin.com | Brooke Becher

Tech Prastish is a global IT services company headquartered in India, with additional development centers in the United States and Canada. Since 2008, the company has delivered more than 2,500 websites and 70 mobile apps, offering end-to-end solutions in web and mobile development, e-commerce, CRM systems and digital marketing, to clients in 32 different countries.

1 month ago | builtin.com | Brooke Becher

Image: Joshua Sukoff / Shutterstock On April 9, the third wave of Trump’s protectionist trade policies were set to take effect — until they weren’t. Hours after a series of global tariffs took effect, Trump announced a 90-day pause as well as “substantially lower” taxes for at least 75 trading partners who did not retaliate and have expressed interest in negotiating terms. The harsh 104 percent levy imposed on China imports, however, jumped to 125 percent — effective immediately.

1 month ago | builtin.com | Brooke Becher

The majority of America’s stored energy — 93 percent of it — sits in pumped storage hydropower systems. Commonly referred to as “water batteries,” these tiered reservoirs look like two lakes stacked on top of one another, circulating water in the same way electrons move from one terminal to the other in a conventional rechargeable battery. What Is a Water Battery? A water battery is a large-scale facility that stores energy by moving water between two reservoirs.