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Thursday, April 18, 2019

Facebook says its employees had access to millions of Instagram passwords

The company originally said in March that thousands of Instagram passwords were exposed, but updated that figure Thursday.

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Giant tortoises migrate unpredictably in the face of climate change

Researchers use GPS to track the timing and patterns of giant tortoise migration over multiple years. The tortoises often take the same migration routes over many years in order to find optimal food quality and temperatures. The timing of this migration is essential for keeping their energy levels high, and climate change could disrupt a tortoise's ability to migrate at the right time.

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Hubble celebrates its 29th birthday with unrivaled view of the Southern Crab Nebula

This incredible image of the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula was taken to mark the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's 29th anniversary in space. The nebula, created by a binary star system, is one of the many objects that Hubble has demystified throughout its productive life. This new image adds to our understanding of the nebula and demonstrates the telescope's continued capabilities.

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Electric skyrmions charge ahead for next-generation data storage

A team of researchers has observed chirality for the first time in polar skyrmions, in a material with reversible electrical properties -- a combination that could lead to more powerful data storage devices that continue to hold information, even after they've been turned off.

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Hubble celebrates its 29th birthday with unrivaled view of the Southern Crab Nebula

This incredible image of the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula was taken to mark the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's 29th anniversary in space. The nebula, created by a binary star system, is one of the many objects that Hubble has demystified throughout its productive life. This new image adds to our understanding of the nebula and demonstrates the telescope's continued capabilities.

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These six stocks have 'upside' potential due to recent developments, Wall Street analysts say

CNBC combed through company research to find analysts from different industries singling out stocks in their coverage universes.

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A controversial part of Robinhood's business tripled in sales thanks to high-frequency trading firms

Order routing revenue at Robinhood surged in 2018, according to new data.

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Decline in measles vaccination is causing a preventable global resurgence of the disease

In 2000, measles was declared to be eliminated in the United States. Today, the US and many other countries are experiencing outbreaks of measles because of declines in measles vaccine coverage. Without renewed focus on vaccination efforts, the disease may rebound in full force, according to infectious diseases experts.

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Disappearing bumblebee species under threat of extinction

The American Bumblebee - a species once more commonly seen buzzing around Southern Ontario - is critically endangered, according to a new study. The finding found the native North American species, Bombus pensylvanicus, is facing imminent extinction from Canada, considered the highest and most at-risk classification before extinction.

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A history of the Crusades, as told by crusaders' DNA

History can tell us a lot about the Crusades, the series of religious wars fought between 1095 and 1291, in which Christian invaders tried to claim the Near East. But the DNA of nine 13th century Crusaders buried in a pit in Lebanon shows that there's more to learn about who the Crusaders were and their interactions with the populations they encountered.

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Researchers use 3D printer to print glass

For the first time, researchers have successfully 3D printed chalcogenide glass, a unique material used to make optical components that operate at mid-infrared wavelengths. The ability to 3D print this glass could make it possible to manufacture complex glass components and optical fibers for new types of low-cost sensors, telecommunications components and biomedical devices.

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Researchers use 3D printer to print glass

For the first time, researchers have successfully 3D printed chalcogenide glass, a unique material used to make optical components that operate at mid-infrared wavelengths. The ability to 3D print this glass could make it possible to manufacture complex glass components and optical fibers for new types of low-cost sensors, telecommunications components and biomedical devices.

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NASA Hosts University Students to Discuss Future of Space Exploration

NASA is giving university students an opportunity to interact with agency leadership, including NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, as well as astronauts abroad the International Space Station, during a live event 2 p.m. EDT Monday, April 29, at the agency’s headquarters in Washington.

April 18, 2019
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Apex Legends' viewership hours plunged 75%. Here's what that says about the gaming and streaming space

Apex Legends once dominated gaming livestreams, but its declining viewership points to some key trends in the gaming industry.

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Microsoft acquires Express Logic to help its push into the 'internet of things'

Express Logic says it has 6.2 billion deployments of its ThreadX operating system, reflecting the widespread nature of connected devices.

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Zoom is worth billions more than Pinterest as both go public — even though it's half the size

Zoom and IPO both debuted on the public market on Thursday, and Zoom is getting more investor love out of the gate.

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Mueller report details how Russians reached millions of American Facebook and Twitter users

Here's how technology companies and products were cited in the Mueller report.

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Apple paid up to $6 billion to settle with Qualcomm, UBS estimates

Apple may also be paying Qualcomm between $8 and $9 per iPhone in patent royalty fees.

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Why language technology can't handle Game of Thrones (yet)

Researchers have performed a thorough evaluation of four different name recognition tools on popular 40 novels, including A Game of Thrones. Their analyses highlight types of names and texts that are particularly challenging for these tools to identify as well as solutions for mitigating this.

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First 50 retweets can tell if a tweet will go viral: Study

Estimating how infectious a tweet is from the first 50 retweets is the key to predicting whether a post will go viral or not, a study has found.

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Pinterest begins its first day of trading at $23.75, up 25%

Pinterest began trading on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday under the ticker "PINS."

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Zoom surges as much as 83 percent in IPO to $66

Zoom made its debut on public markets on Thursday.

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Fossils found in museum drawer in Kenya belong to gigantic carnivore

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of meat-eating mammal larger than any big cat stalking the world today. Larger than a polar bear, with a skull as large as that of a rhinoceros and enormous piercing canine teeth, this massive carnivore would have been an intimidating part of the eastern African ecosystems occupied by early apes and monkeys.

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An interstellar rock may have hit Earth in 2014 but nobody noticed

In 2017 astronomers spotted the first interstellar object in our solar system, ‘Oumuamua, but our planet may have been hit by a meteor from another star in 2014

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Can science writing be automated?

A team of researchers has developed a neural network, a form of artificial intelligence, that can read scientific papers and render a plain-English summary in a sentence or two.

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Chinese electric sports car Qiantu K50 by Mullen coming to US roads next year

The K50 sits low and wide, with classic supercar proportions, and the partners behind the project are betting there is an emerging and still largely untapped market for high-performance electric cars.

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Faster than a fighter jet: The $2.5 million Pininfarina Battista electric hypercar debuts in US

The company's new all-electric Battista hypercar produces a whopping 1,900 horsepower and reaches 60 miles per hour in under two seconds.

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Here's why Apple has been accused of fraud

The lawsuit seeks class-action status, to bring in everyone who bought Apple common stock.

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AI can speed up production of safe, clean fusion energy, claim researchers

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can speed up the development of safe, clean and virtually limitless fusion energy for generating electricity, claim researchers.

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Novel antibody may suppress HIV for up to four months

Regular infusions of an antibody that blocks the HIV binding site on human immune cells may have suppressed levels of HIV for up to four months in people undergoing a short-term pause in their antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens. Results of the Phase 2, open-label study indicate the antibody, known as UB-421, was safe and did not induce the production of antibody-resistant HIV.

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A Rainbow and the Cygnus Launch


A rainbow is seen at launch Pad-0A after the Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched, Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

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Google Maps Starts Automatically Suggesting Addresses Copied to Clipboard

Google Maps now suggest addresses copied to the clipboard, saving some time and clicks when you copy-paste an address.

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Netflix Says It Looks to Become More Transparent, Will Share Viewership Data

Netflix, in its latest earnings call, has confirmed that it will slowly and steadily move to be more transparent, and share viewership data of films and shows.

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Google and Amazon have ended their war over the YouTube app

Amazon announced on Thursday that YouTube is coming back to Fire TV devices later this year.

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Apple will use big camera upgrades as major selling point for the next iPhone, top analyst says

Improved cameras and picture quality could give consumers a reason to upgrade from older models.

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How Pinterest makes money: By filling your feed with promoted pins

The visual social network sells targeted ads to reach its 265 million monthly users, who are bookmarking images they find online by "pinning" them to themed inspirations "boards."

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Nanoscale magnetic imaging of ferritin in a single cell

In life sciences, the ability to measure the distribution of biomolecules inside a cell in situ is an important investigative goal. Among a variety of techniques, scientists have used magnetic imaging (MI) based on the nitrogen vacancy center (NV) in diamonds as a powerful tool in biomolecular research. However, nanoscale imaging of intracellular proteins has remained a challenge thus far. In a recent study now published in Science Advances, Pengfei Wang and colleagues at the interdisciplinary departments of physics, biomacromolecules, quantum information and life sciences in China, used ferritin proteins to demonstrate the MI realization of endogenous proteins in a single cell, using the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center as the sensor. They imaged intracellular ferritins and ferritin-containing organelles using MI and correlative electron microscopy to pave the way for nanoscale magnetic imaging (MI) of intracellular proteins.

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Google Removes Popular App From Play Store After Reported Large Scale Ad Fraud

BuzzFeed News reports that the fraudulent DU Group apps used to draw ad clicks even they weren’t running in the background draining battery and consuming data.

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Google Assistant Can Now Wake You Up by Gradually Turning on Your Smart Lights

Google Assistant can enable the Gentle Sleep & Wake feature in Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, and the US in English only.

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Audi debuts $200,000 R8 supercar that tops 200 mph

All versions of the R8 will be able to blow past 200 mph, while the limited-edition R8 Decennium will become the first Audi model to top $200,000.

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Luminescing nanosized crystals are showing promise for peering deeply into body tissues

Investigations of 'quantum dots' for looking deeply into body tissues are rapidly evolving, but more work is required to ensure they are safe, according to a review published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.

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Recovered carbon black for multicolour fluorescence displays

NUS physicists have discovered that recovered carbon black powder can be transformed by laser treatment to give a wide range of colours for potential display applications.

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Ocean circulation likely to blame for severity of 2018 red tide around Florida

2018 was the worst year for red tide in more than a decade. A new study reveals what made it so severe.

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Google Lets Android Users Choose Browsers to Ease EU Antitrust Concerns

Users of Android devices will be able to choose their browsers and search engines from five options starting on Thursday, a senior Google executive said.

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Snap falls after Wedbush analyst downgrades stock, says shares are getting too expensive

Shares of Snap fall more than 3% after an analyst at Wedbush Securities downgraded the social media company amid valuation concerns.

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A new Russian law will further separate the country from the global internet

The new appears to give the Kremlin greater control of communication flows in the country.

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Pinterest Valued at $12.7 Billion in IPO, Sign of Tech Demand After Lyft Struggles

Pinterest's initial public offering set the online scrapbook company's valuation at $12.7 billion on Wednesday, above its expectations.

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Keyboards will be gone in five years and voice tech is 'the opportunity of a decade,' investor says

Voice-enabled tech will end the need for keyboards within five years, a venture capitalist with a track record for successful bets says.

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Twitter buys quote sharing app Highly

Highly allows users to quickly highlight quotes from articles and share via email or social media.

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Grocery firm Kroger launches autonomous deliveries in Houston

The way people get their groceries delivered is changing.

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87% Indians say no to workplace harassment: Report

A whopping 87 per cent of professionals in India say that harassment prevention at the workplace is a very important trend for the future of hiring and HR compared to 71 per cent globally, a new LinkedIn report said on Thursday.

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EU parliament votes to fine internet firms for not removing extremist content quickly

The European parliament voted on Wednesday to fine firms like Facebook, Google and Twitter up to 4 percent of their turnover if they persistently fail to remove extremist content within one hour of being asked to do so by authorities.

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Samsung shares tumble amid concerns its foldable phones are breaking

One analyst told CNBC, however, that the issue is "over-stretched" and likely to be resolved by the phone's launch.

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Apple to Combine Find My iPhone and Find My Friends Apps, Launch a Personal Item Tracking Device: Report

Apple is reportedly planning to combine its Find my Friends and Find my iPhone apps to create a new app that will support its upcoming item tracking device.

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Amazon is shutting down its China marketplace business. Here's why it has struggled

Amazon said it will "no longer operate a marketplace on Amazon.cn" and "will no longer be providing seller services on Amazon.cn effective July 18."

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Apple accused in U.S. lawsuit of securities fraud over iPhone sales in China

Apple's share price fell 10 percent the next day, leaving the Cupertino, California-based company's market value roughly 40 percent below its $1.1 trillion peak three months earlier.

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Iraq Parliament Bans Online Battle Games, Citing 'Negative' Influence

Iraq's parliament on Wednesday voted unanimously to ban the popular but brutal online game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds for "inciting violence" in the war-torn country.

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Twitter Acqui-Hires Highly, a Quote-Sharing App

Twitter has acqui-hired quote sharing app Highly for an undisclosed sum.

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Hike Sticker Chat App Launched for Android, iOS, Offers 30,000 Stickers in Over 40 Indian Languages

The Hike Sticker Chat app has over 30,000 stickers available in 40+ Indian languages and dialects.

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Facebook Confirms It's Working on an AI-Based Voice Assistant for Its Products

Facebook is working to develop a voice assistant to rival the likes of Amazon.com's Alexa, Apple's Siri and Alphabet's Google Assistant.

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WhatsApp Animated Stickers Coming to Android, iPhone, Web: Report

Animated stickers will appear active in the preview section and even in chats.

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TikTok Download Ban in India Worries Wider Tech Industry

TikTok has become a sensation in India, where it has been downloaded by nearly 300 million users so far, according to analytics firm Sensor Tower, out of more than 1 billion installs globally.

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Facebook says it 'unintentionally uploaded' 1.5 million users' email contacts without permission

Facebook said it used to have a step in the account verification process where some users had the option to confirm their email address and voluntarily import their email contacts onto the site. The process was redesigned but the function was not.

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OnePlus 7 coming soon: 8 features that prove Oppo, Vivo are OnePlus' training ground



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PUBG Mobile Update 0.12 Patch Notes Announced: Everything You Need to Know

PUBG Mobile update 0.12 release date is April 17 and just before this Tencent has revealed what you can expect from it.

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Apple Music Upgrades 'For You' Section to Serve Theme-Based Recommendations, Regular Updates: Report

Apple Music with the upgraded 'For You' section is rolling out for iPhone and iPad users on iOS 12.3 beta and for Mac users on macOS 10.14.5 beta.

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Forza Street Free-to-Play Racing Gaming Launched for Windows 10; Coming to Android, iOS Later This Year

Forza Street is now available for Windows 10, and will be coming to Android and iOS later this year.

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How SwiftKey Is Using Vernacular and AI to Grow in the Indian Market

SwiftKey keyboard supports more than 30 Indian languages, including different dialects, and covers all the 22 scheduled languages.

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AdBlock, AdBlock Plus, uBlock Filter Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary Code Injection in Browsing Sessions: Researcher

A malicious filter author can steal online credentials, tamper sessions, or redirect pages using this vulnerability.

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Facebook Messenger Officially Gets Dark Mode Globally, No Need to Send Moon Emoji

Facebook has officially rolled out dark mode for its Messenger app

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Hulu Spends $1.43 Billion to Buy Back AT&T Stake, Disney and Comcast Now Only Owners

Hulu has bought back wireless carrier AT&T's stake in the US entertainment streaming service for $1.43 billion, in a deal that values Hulu at $15 billion.

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Huawei Phone Users Can Now Download VLC Player Again After Being Blocked by VideoLAN

Last year, VLC parent entity VideoLAN blamed Huawei for having a "ridiculous policy" over background apps.

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Uber's Valuation Appraisal More Complex Than Lyft's, Professor Says

Uber is more complicated than its competitor, making valuing the company ahead of its IPO more difficult and open to interpretation.

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PUBG Mobile Zombie: Darkest Night Mode Is the Worst Way to Play PUBG Mobile

Before the PUBG Mobile 0.12 update release date, we take a look at one of the game's biggest additions called Zombie: Darkest Night mode.

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Facebook Spotted Testing Merging of News Feed With Stories

Facebook News Feed and Stories are currently two distinct interfaces for its over 2.2 billion monthly active users.

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YouTube Fact-Checking Tool Goes Wrong: In Flaming Notre Dame, It Somehow Sees 9/11 Tragedy

The misfire underscored the ongoing limits of computerised tools for detecting and combating misinformation.

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Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Receives Screen Mirroring Feature via Software Update

Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K has received an update that enables screen mirroring.

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Northrop Grumman Heads to Space Station with New NASA Science, Cargo

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with about 7,600 pounds of science investigations and cargo after launching at 4:46 p.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

April 18, 2019
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Switch from hunting to herding recorded in ancient urine

A new study begins to resolve the scale and pace of change during the first phases of animal domestication beyond the Fertile Crescent. To reconstruct this history, the authors turned to an unusual source: urine salts left behind by humans and animals.

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Pinterest prices IPO at $19, valuing social networking company at $10 billion

Pinterest priced its IPO above the expected range.

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Cramer: Netflix's content will be enough to hang with Disney, streaming competitors

"It's all about peer pressure. That's why [CEO] Reed Hastings is right when he says: 'the real metric is can we keep members happy,'" Jim Cramer says.

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Qualcomm just added $26 billion to its market cap—Cramer, experts weigh in on settlement with Apple

The end of Qualcomm's yearslong battle with Apple brings new hope for a host of technology stocks, market watchers say.

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Gene therapy restores immunity in infants with rare immunodeficiency disease

A small clinical trial has shown that gene therapy can safely correct the immune systems of infants newly diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening inherited disorder in which infection-fighting immune cells don't develop or function normally. Eight infants with the disorder, called X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (X-SCID), received experimental gene therapy. They experienced substantial improvements in immune system function and normal growth up to two years after treatment.

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Giving robots a better feel for object manipulation

A new learning system improves robots' abilities to mold materials into target shapes and make predictions about interacting with solid objects and liquids. The system, known as a learning-based particle simulator, could give industrial robots a more refined touch -- and it may have fun applications in personal robotics, such as modelling clay shapes or rolling sticky rice for sushi.

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Zoom prices IPO at $36 per share: Source



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Plants and microbes shape global biomes through local underground alliances

Researchers report that the distribution of forest types worldwide is based on the relationships plant species forged with soil microbes to enhance their uptake of nutrients. These symbioses could help scientists understand how ecosystems may shift as climate change alters the interplay between plants, microbes and soil.

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Decoding the movement patterns of tsunami-like solitary waves

A study of solitary tsunami-style wave clusters shows how they move in harmony with and through each other.

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New deep-learning approach predicts protein structure from amino acid sequence

A scientist has used a form of artificial intelligence known as deep learning to predict the 3D structure of effectively any protein based on its amino acid sequence. This new approach for computationally determining protein structure achieves accuracy comparable to current state-of-the-art methods but at speeds upward of a million times faster.

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Amazon plans to close its marketplace for Chinese consumers

Amazon expects to close fulfillment centers and wind down support for domestic-selling merchants in China in the next 90 days, a source said.

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Ericsson Q1 operating profit beats forecast

The company counts Huawei as one of its main rivals.

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Global IT spending to touch $3.79 trillion in 2019: Report

Global IT spending is projected to total $3.79 trillion in 2019, an increase of 1.1 per cent from 2018, the latest forecast by Gartner Inc. said on Wednesday.

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Apple accused in securities fraud lawsuit over iPhone sales in China

Apple was accused in a new securities fraud lawsuit of concealing a slump in demand for iPhones, particularly in China, leading to a $74 billion one-day slide in its market value once the truth became known.

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