NASA Administrator Delivers Keynote and Speaks to Media at Space Symposium

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will deliver a keynote address and speak to media Tuesday, April 9, during the 35th Space Symposium at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

April 08, 2019
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Robots created with 3D printers could be caring for those in golden years

Researchers have developed a new design method to create soft robots that may help in caregiving for elderly family members.

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Robots created with 3D printers could be caring for those in golden years

Researchers have developed a new design method to create soft robots that may help in caregiving for elderly family members.

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Using artificial intelligence to understand collective behavior

A machine learning model can reproduce the swarming behaviour of locusts.

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New technique cuts AI training time by more than 60 percent

Computer science researchers have developed a technique that reduces training time for deep learning networks by more than 60 percent without sacrificing accuracy, accelerating the development of new artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

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Breaking down Beowulf

Using a statistical approach known as stylometry, which analyzes everything from the poem's meter to the number of times different combinations of letters show up in the text, a team of researchers found new evidence that Beowulf is the work of a single author.

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Revolutionary camera allows scientists to predict evolution of ancient stars

For the first time scientists have been able to prove a decades old theory on stars thanks to a revolutionary high-speed camera.

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Tech spending will near $4 trillion this year. Here's where all the money is going and why

Spending on technology will near $4 trillion in 2019 as the cloud computing boom, threat of hacking and rapidly evolving consumer preferences in mobile demand the full attention of corporate executives to keep their companies from being disrupted.

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Technology risk: Companies can no longer afford to shut public out of the big decisions

AI and data science are huge opportunities for companies, but they come with big risks, from privacy protection to algorithmic bias. Explaining decisions to the public is becoming a central issue for corporations in the digital era.

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The CNBC Technology Executive Council Advisory Board

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Meet the CNBC Technology Executive Council

These start-ups are on the cutting edge of big consumer, technology and business shifts — and already worth billions.

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Citi downgrades Roku, sending shares tumbling

Despite being up more than 110% year to date, Citi lowered its overall rating to sell from neutral and changed its target price to $50, down from $53.

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Instagram is the best way to market to teens, says Piper Jaffray survey

Teens "overwhelmingly prefer" when brands advertise on Instagram rather than other social media channels, a Piper Jaffray survey finds.

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Melting glaciers causing sea levels to rise at ever greater rates

Melting ice sheets in Greenland and the Antarctic as well as ice melt from glaciers all over the world are causing sea levels to rise. Glaciers alone lost more than 9,000 billion tons of ice since 1961, raising water levels by 27 millimeters, an international research team has now found.

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Hello, kitty: Cats recognize their own names, according to new Japanese research

Pet cats can recognize their own names if their names are used regularly by their owners, according to new results. Projects to understand simple social behaviors like name recognition in cats may give clues to how we humans became social. Both humans and cats have evolved through the process of self-domestication, where the population rewards certain traits that then become increasingly common in future generations.

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New biologically derived metal-organic framework mimics DNA

Chemical engineers have synthesized a biologically-derived metal-organic framework on which the hydrogen bonding that forms the DNA double helix can be mimicked and studied like never before.

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High-capacity transmission over multi-core fiber link with 19-core optical amplifier

Scientists report a record SDM transmission experiment using multi-core fiber amplifier. Fully decoded optical data transmission of 715 Tb/s was achieved over a distance of 2,009 km in 19-core cladding pumped erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) amplified MCF link using coded polarization division multiplexed (PDM) --16 quadrature-amplitude modulation (QAM) of 345 carriers over the C and L band in a re-circulating transmission loop.

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Morgan Stanley cuts Tesla price target and lowers Model S and Model X sales forecast

Tesla's disappointing first quarter delivery number led Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas to lower his price target on the stock from $260 to $240, and cut forecasts for a number of key financial metrics.

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Laying the ground for robotic strategies in environmental protection

Roboticists have developed a robot named 'Romu' that can autonomously drive interlocking steel sheet piles into soil. The structures that it builds could function as retaining walls or check dams for erosion control, and, according to computer simulations, the robot could be deployed in swarms to help protect threatened areas that are flooded or extremely arid more effectively.

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Current methods may inadequately measure health impacts from oil, natural gas extraction

Measurements of hazardous air pollutant concentrations near oil and natural gas extraction sites have generally failed to capture levels above standard health benchmarks; yet, the majority of studies continue to find poor health outcomes increasing as distance from these operations decreases.

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Sony shares surge on report Third Point's Daniel Loeb is building a stake

Shares of Japanese electronics conglomerate Sony surged Monday after a report that Daniel Loeb's hedge fund Third Point is building a stake.

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2019 Astronaut Hall of Fame Honorees

Astronauts Jim Buchli and Janet Kavandi are inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Class of 2019 during a ceremony on April 6, 2019.

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Here's the latest on what to expect from Apple's new iPhones

A report from Macotakara on Monday said Apple will increase the size of its smallest iPhone to 6.1-inches and will add new advanced cameras.

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Here's who stands to get rich from Pinterest's IPO

Pinterest's major stakeholders stand to own hundreds of millions each in the company's stock once it debuts on the public market.

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Grab, the ride-hailing company Uber has a 27% stake in, wants to raise $2 billion

Grab expects to raise another $2 billion from strategic investors this year, the CEO of Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing firm said, just weeks after it announced funding of over $4.5 billion in the region's largest private financing round.

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The UK is going after Big Tech over harmful content: Here's why it matters

Britain just announced plans for a tough new law aimed at forcing tech giants like Facebook and Twitter to clean up their platforms.

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Researchers 3D print metamaterials with novel optical properties

A team of engineers has developed a series of 3D printed metamaterials with unique microwave or optical properties that go beyond what is possible using conventional optical or electronic materials. The fabrication methods developed by the researchers demonstrate the potential, both present and future, of 3D printing to expand the range of geometric designs and material composites that lead to devices with novel optical properties.

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Hypersonic flight technology just passed a 'hugely significant' milestone

At peak speed, hypersonic flights between London and Australia could be over in just four-and-a-half hours.

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All microbes and fungi on the International Space Station catalogued

A comprehensive catalogue of the bacteria and fungi found on surfaces inside the International Space Station (ISS) is being presented in a study published in the open-access journal Microbiome.

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Snap shares pop after RBC says they are at an 'inflection point' and investors should buy them

Investors should buy Snap shares as the social media company's fundamentals should keep improving, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Mahaney.

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Pinterest sets its IPO price range at a discount to its most recent valuation

The top-end valuation is something of a discount from the company's most recent valuation on the private markets.

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Facebook says has made headway against abuses ahead of India election

Facebook officials touted new fact-checking efforts and technological advances such as the ability to detect when videos had been doctored.

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EU beats Google to the punch in setting strategy for ethical A.I.

On Monday, the European Commission released a set of steps to maintain ethics in artificial intelligence, as companies and governments weigh both the benefits and risks of the far-reaching technology.

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First ever picture of a black hole may be revealed this week

The Event Horizon Telescope aims to capture an image of the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way – and its first results will be released on 10 April

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This App Wants to Remove the Biggest Pain Point of Buying Clothes Online

Mirrorsize was established in June 2017 by Arup Chakraborty after he returned the order multiple times, failing to find the perfect.

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IoT in healthcare prone to cyber attacks

While the healthcare industry is rapidly adopting new-age technologies, companies must ensure that the technology acts with responsibility and transparency, say experts.

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YouTube's picture-in-picture mode rolling out for non-Premium users

Initially limited to only Premium users, YouTube's picture-in-picture (PiP) mode is now rolling out to non-Premium subscribers outside the US.

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Hackers trick Tesla car to enter the wrong lane

Hackers have demonstrated how they could trick a Tesla Model S to enter into the wrong lane by using a method called "adversarial attack," a way of manipulating a machine learning (ML) model.

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Power button not working, here’s how to use your smartphone

There are times when the power button of Android smartphones which makes it hard or almost impossible to use the smartphones. Well, the ultimate solution to the problem is to get that power button fixed, but that might take some time to get it done, so how to use the smartphone at the present situation? How to wake up the smartphone’s screen? Sounds a bit tricky, doesn’t it? Fret not, we have compiled a list of ways that one can use to wake the smartphone’s screen.

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Facebook "morally bankrupt pathological liars": New Zealand privacy commissioner

New Zealand's privacy commissioner John Edwards has labelled Facebook as "morally bankrupt pathological liars" after the social media platform's CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried to play down the Facebook livestreaming of Christchurch shooting that killed 50 people.

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Twitter suspends religious group accounts

Ahead of Israel's upcoming national elections, micro-blogging site Twitter has suspended nearly 600 suspicious Hebrew-language accounts run by a controversial Chinese religious group.

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PUBG Mobile Has 50 Million Players in India, But It's Far From Perfect for E-Sports, Says Top Organiser

PUBG Mobile may be the most popular game in India, but it's far from being viable for e-sports claims Cobx Gaming founder Rajdip Gupta.

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Britain planning to restrict social media to battle harmful content

Britain proposed new online safety laws that would slap penalties on social media companies if they fail to protect their users from harmful content.

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YouTube Picture-in-Picture Mode Support on Android Reportedly Available for Non-Premium Users Outside US

Watching YouTube videos on mobile devices needs you to keep the app open and in the foreground. However, with picture-in-picture support, you can do other things while watching the video.

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Britain plans social media regulation to battle harmful content

Britain proposed new online safety laws on Monday that would slap penalties on social media companies and technology firms if they fail to protect their users from harmful content.

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Netflix Removes AirPlay Support From iOS App, Blames 'Technical Limitations'

Netflix has suddenly withdrawn support for Apple's AirPlay, a feature that let people watching Netflix on their iPads and iPhones to instantly play the content on their TVs.

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Top 15 technology companies where 'Indians want to work' in 2019

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Google Maps for Android Now Lets You Report Traffic Slowdowns

The reporting feature in the Google Maps app for Android now lets users report traffic slowdown in an area

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Xiaomi Guard Provider Pre-Installed Security App Reported to Have a Serious Vulnerability

A flaw detected in the Guard Provider app pre-installed on Xiaomi smartphones could lead to malware attacks and data theft if exploited.

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Apple Music's US Subscriber Count Said to Overtake Spotify

Apple Music overtook rival Spotify in terms of paid subscribers in the United States, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

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NASA says the International Space Station is covered in bacteria

NASA has catalogued all the bacteria and fungi on the ISS to help better prepare for future missions to Mars

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NASA says the International Space Station is covered in bacteria

NASA has catalogued all the bacteria and fungi on the ISS to help better prepare for future missions to Mars

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Gum bacteria implicated in Alzheimer's and other diseases

Researchers are reporting new findings on how bacteria involved in gum disease can travel throughout the body, exuding toxins connected with Alzheimer's disease, rheumatoid arthritis and aspiration pneumonia. They detected evidence of the bacteria in brain samples from people with Alzheimer's and used mice to show that the bacterium can find its way from the mouth to the brain.

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