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Friday, May 10, 2019
Smallest pixels ever created could light up color-changing buildings
The smallest pixels yet created—a million times smaller than those in smartphones, made by trapping particles of light under tiny rocks of gold—could be used for new types of large-scale flexible displays, big enough to cover entire buildings.
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These charts from Uber's IPO filing show why investors are nervous
The company has to keep prices low enough to draw riders, while paying drivers enough to keep them working for the company.
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Treatment to restore natural heartbeat could be on the horizon for heart failure
A new therapy to re-engage the heart's natural electrical pathways -- instead of bypassing them -- could mean more treatment options for heart failure patients who also suffer from electrical disturbances, such as arrhythmias, according to new research.
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Tech-saavy people more likely to trust digital doctors
Would you trust a robot to diagnose your cancer? According to new research, people with high confidence in machine performance and also in their own technological capabilities are more likely to accept and use digital healthcare services and providers.
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Believing machines can out-do people may fuel acceptance of self-driving cars
In order for self-driving cars to hit the streets, more people may need to concede that machines can outperform humans, at least in some tasks, according to researchers.
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Better microring sensors for optical applications
Tweaking the design of microring sensors enhances their sensitivity without adding more implementation complexity.
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A metal sheet stamping simulation promises improved car part production
A research team has used the most up-to-date simulation techniques to determine how to make the best tools to stamp complex shapes into metal sheets without the resulting parts twisting out of shape. Their approach promises higher quality stamped metal parts for use by the car industry.
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Lyft crashes amid middling Uber market debut
Lyft stock moved down 9% Friday as indications of the debut of Uber on the New York Stock Exchange were lower than the company's IPO price.
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Uber opens at $42 in market debut, after pricing at $45 per share
Uber debuted on the New York Stock Exchange Friday, trading under the symbol "UBER."
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The universe is 2.5 billion times less magnetic than a fridge magnet
Astronomers have calculate the magnetism of the entire universe by studying the space between galaxies, and it turns out to be very weak indeed
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Wi-Fi location affects online privacy behavior
Does sitting in a coffee shop versus at home influence a person's willingness to disclose private information online? Does the on-screen appearance of a public location's online 'terms and conditions' have an effect? According to researchers, the answer to both questions is 'yes,' especially if the user has a tendency to instinctively distrust public...
New efficient way to engineer nanostructures mimicking natural immune response complexes
Scientists yield novel method to engineer large multi-antibody-like nanostructures using DNA nanotechnology. The results demonstrate the potential for assembly of multiple proteins and also other materials to enhance properties of traditional therapies.
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Joe Acaba: Geologist and Teacher Turned Astronaut
Joe Acaba was selected as an astronaut in 2004 and has logged a total of 306 days in space on three flights.
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Google may have a new problem in India
India's antitrust watchdog has ordered an investigation into Alphabet Inc's unit Google for allegedly abusing the dominant position of its popular Android mobile operating system to block rivals, two sources aware of the matter told Reuters.
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Former Apple engineers create a smart camera system to stamp out manufacturing defects in gadgets
Start-up Instrumental, founded by two ex-Apple engineers, is trying to automate solutions to manufacturing defects.
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PUBG Mobile Season 7 Leak Tips New Skins, Weapon, Royale Pass Rewards, and More
PUBG Mobile’s Season 7 is set to kick off next week, but details about new items, skins and Royale Pass have already been leaked.
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Uber Set to Debut on NYSE, Under Pressure to Avoid Lyft Debacle
Uber will begin life as a public company on Friday, under pressure to start trading strongly after conservatively pricing its initial public offering.
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New method developed to detect and trace homemade bombs
Researchers have developed a new way of detecting homemade explosives which will help forensic scientists trace where it came from.
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Researchers quicken drug discovery method via zombie-like cells
Researchers are using zombie-like cells that behave normally on the outside, but are filled with magnetic particles inside, to screen potential drugs from natural products.
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Uber CEO says he's building the next Amazon, even though growth is slowing
Like its rival Lyft, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he expects 2019 to be the company's peak year for losses.
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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says Elon Musk is wrong on robotaxi timing
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says Elon Musk's vision is right, but timing is wrong on driverless transportation.
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Like submicroscopic spacecrafts: Graphene flakes to control neuron activity
Like in a science fiction novel, miniscule spacecrafts able to reach a specific site of the brain and influence the operation of specific types of neurons or drug delivery: Graphene flakes, the subject matter of the new study of the group of SISSA professor Laura Ballerini, open up truly futuristic horizons. With the researcher Rossana Rauti, Ballerini...
Google Said to Face CCI Antitrust Probe Into Alleged Android Abuse
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) last year started looking into the complaint, which is similar to one Google faced in Europe.
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Here's why Twitter has suspended over 1.6 lakh accounts
Twitter suspended 166,513 accounts for promoting terrorism in the July-December 2018 period, saying there's a steady decrease in terrorist groups trying to use the platform owing to its "zero-tolerance policy enforcement".
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Nike's Plan for Better-Fitting Shoes: Show Us Your Feet
Nike will add a foot-scanning tool on its app this summer that will measure the length, width and other dimensions of customers' feet.
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Apple's New Standalone App for macOS to Be Like iTunes: Report
The much talked about standalone music app that Apple is bringing with macOS 10.15 is being built on the existing framework of iTunes, rather than on a new app code.
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Exploring the solar system
We are learning ever more about the sun and its planets. Mark McCaughrean of the European Space Agency is your guide.
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Scientists discover a new class of single-atom nanozymes
Nanozymes—catalytic nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics—offer the advantage of low cost, high stability, tunable catalytic activity and ease of mass production. For these reasons, they have been widely applied in biosensing, therapeutics and environmental protection.
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Apple's Tim Cook Discusses Leaning in to Journalism and Privacy
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced in March that the tech giant was leaning into the news business by launching a news service, Apple News+.
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Chinese video streaming giant iQiyi launches $300 virtual reality headset
Controling the hardware and content may allow iQiyi to engage with users in a unique way.
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Why space junk is such a big problem
Aerospace engineer Hugh Lewis has a warning for the world: don’t junk up space, or it will come back to bite you.
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Google Photos’ Colorize Feature to Roll Out for Beta Testing Soon, Exec Confirms
Product Lead for Google Photos, David Lieb, announced on Twitter that the feature wasn’t ready yet for a commercial release.
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Mi Fit v4.0 Update Brings New Interface, Polished Overall Design
The size of the update is 74.47MB, and the changelog suggests that the update brings an optimised data view, a brand new UI design, and more workout types support.
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Telegram v5.6 Brings Swipe to Archive, New Design, Bulk Chat Options, and More
Telegram gets an update on Android and iOS that brings new features.
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Telegram v5.6 Brings Swipe to Archive, New Design, Bulk Chat Options, and More
Telegram gets an update on Android and iOS that brings new features.
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Netflix has a China strategy — but it doesn't involve launching there soon
Netflix is launching a spate of Mandarin-language original shows to tap the millions of people outside of China that speak the language.
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Elon Musk pokes fun at Jeff Bezos' new moon lander spacecraft with lewd tweet
Bezos' space company Blue Origin debuted a moon lander called "Blue Moon." Musk tweeted a different name for the spacecraft.
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Gravitational waves leave a detectable mark, physicists say
New research shows that gravitational waves leave behind plenty of 'memories' that could help detect them even after they've passed.
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Precise temperature measurements with invisible light
Researchers have invented a portable, remarkably stable thermometer capable of measuring temperatures to a precision of within a few thousandths of a degree Celsius.
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Methane-consuming bacteria could be the future of fuel
Researchers have found that the enzyme responsible for the methane-methanol conversion in methanotrophic bacteria catalyzes the reaction at a site that contains just one copper ion. This finding could lead to newly designed, human-made catalysts that can convert methane -- a highly potent greenhouse gas -- to readily usable methanol with the same effortless...
Copper oxide photocathodes: Laser experiment reveals location of efficiency loss
Solar cells and photocathodes made of copper oxide might in theory attain high efficiencies for solar energy conversion. In practice, however, large losses occur. Now researchers has been able to use a sophisticated femtosecond laser experiment to determine where these losses take place: not so much at the interfaces, but instead far more in the interior...
Hummingbird robot uses AI to soon go where drones can't
Researchers have engineered flying robots that behave like hummingbirds, trained by machine learning algorithms based on various techniques the bird uses naturally every day.
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Secrets of fluorescent microalgae could lead to super-efficient solar cells
Tiny light-emitting microalgae, found in the ocean, could hold the secret to the next generation of organic solar cells, according to new research.
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Jeff Bezos announces plans for delivery service to the moon by 2024
Space flight company Blue Origin unveiled a new lunar lander that the firm says will deliver scientific instruments, rovers and astronauts to the moon
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Facebook co-founder says it is time to break up the company
Facebook owns the largest social network with more than 2 billion users across the world. It also owns WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, each used by more than 1 billion people.
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Google will never sell any personal information to 3rd parties: CEO
Google will never sell any personal information of its users to third parties, CEO Sundar Pichai has said, amidst growing global concern over the misuse of personal data by some social media giants.
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This company becomes the first Anil Ambani company to file for bankruptcy
The National Company Law Tribunal Thursday allowed Reliance Communications (RCom) to exclude the 357 days spent in litigation and admitted it for insolvency.
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Uber Valued at $82 Billion in IPO as Market Jitters, Lyft Woes Weigh
Uber priced its IPO at the low end of its targeted range for a valuation of $82.4 billion.
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Symantec CEO to Step Down in Abrupt Departure as Company Warns on Profit
Symantec CEO Greg Clark stepped down unexpectedly on Thursday, the same day the antivirus software maker issued a profit warning.
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Netflix Buys Kids Show Producer StoryBots
Netflix said on Thursday it acquired StoryBots, known for its Ask the StoryBots series.
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PUBG Mobile Gets a Baahubali-Inspired 'Great Indian Warrior' Outfit, Now Available With Limited Time Discount
PUBG Mobile is offering players a Baahubali-inspired character costume, which is now available to purchase with a limited time discount.
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Microsoft's Edge Browser for Mac Leaks Online, Canary and Developer Builds Available to Download
Microsoft’s Edge browser leaks online, early builds available to download.
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Instagram to Get In-App Appeal Option for Post Takedowns
Instagram is planning to let users appeal a takedown of controversial content and allow them to request a review of any content that was taken down, all from within the app.
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New Android App Aims to Tackle Cyber Insecurity in Developing World
A new free Android app is seeking to dramatically improve security for smartphone users in the developing world.
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As Uber Gears Up for IPO, Many Indian Drivers Talk of Shattered Dreams
Former Uber India executives say incentives were sharply cut in early 2017 because of growing pressure from the US head office to improve financial performance ahead of an initial public offering (IPO).
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PUBG Mobile Pulled by Tencent From China as Regulatory Approval Proves Elusive
Tencent said in November 2017 it would bring the gory game to China, and gave it a socialist makeover to meet stringent government rules.
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WhatsApp Payments Hub to Be Set in London by Facebook: Report
Facebook has reportedly selected London as base for the global rollout of its digital payments service on the mobile messaging platform.
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Apple Teams Up With SAP to Help Clients Develop iPhone Business Apps
Business software maker SAP and Apple are teaming up to help clients develop their own mobile business applications using Apple's machine-learning technology.
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Apex Legends Coming to Mobile Platforms, EA Says
EA said it was in advanced talks to bring its Apex Legends to China and launch a mobile version.
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Spotify Turns the Anti-Apple Volume Up to 11
Spotify Technology wants the European Union to probe Apple over the 30 percent cut of paid subscriptions that it takes from App Store vendors.
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WhatsApp Ending Support for Windows Phone on December 31, UWP App Tipped to Arrive
WhatsApp on Tuesday updated its mobile device support blog post, and announced that it is ending support for the Windows Phone platform on December 31, 2019.
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Methane-consuming bacteria could be the future of fuel
Researchers have found that the enzyme responsible for the methane-methanol conversion in methanotrophic bacteria catalyzes the reaction at a site that contains just one copper ion. This finding could lead to newly designed, human-made catalysts that can convert methane -- a highly potent greenhouse gas -- to readily usable methanol with the same effortless...
Facebook is not a monopoly and breaking it up would be government overreach
Facebook is not a monopoly in its actual market -- advertising -- and the product it offers is not essential to the U.S. economy or society.
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Jeff Bezos unveils lunar lander to take astronauts to the moon by 2024
Jeff Bezos, chairman of Amazon and founder of Blue Origin, unveiled his space company's lunar lander.
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Climate change is giving old trees a growth spurt
Larch trees in the permafrost forests of northeastern China -- the northernmost tree species on Earth -- are growing faster as a result of climate change. A new study of growth rings from Dahurian larch in China's northern forests finds the hardy trees grew more from 2005 to 2014 than in the preceding 40 years.
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Discovery may lead to new materials for next-generation data storage
New research has identified properties in materials that could one day lead to applications such as more powerful data storage devices that continue to hold information even after a device has been powered off.
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FROM THE FIELD: ‘Race is on’ to halt biodiversity loss in Indonesia
The “race is on” in Indonesia to halt the illegal trade in wildlife and the loss of biodiversity according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP).The “race is on” in Indonesia to halt the illegal trade in wildlife and the loss of biodiversity according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
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Discovery may lead to new materials for next-generation data storage
New research has identified properties in materials that could one day lead to applications such as more powerful data storage devices that continue to hold information even after a device has been powered off.
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Solar-powered hydrogen fuels a step closer
A cheaper, cleaner and more sustainable way of making hydrogen fuel from water using sunlight is step closer, thanks to new research.
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Symantec CEO Greg Clark steps down, stock drops
Shares of security company Symantec fell Thursday after the company said its CEO, Greg Clark, has stepped down. The company is looking for a replacement.
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New type of highly sensitive vision discovered in deep-sea fish
The deep sea is home to fish species that can detect various wavelengths of light in near-total darkness. Unlike other vertebrates, they have several genes for the light-sensitive photopigment rhodopsin, which likely enables these fish to detect bioluminescent signals from light-emitting organs.
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Assessing battery performance: Compared to what?
Researchers reviewed the literature on the various methods used around the world to characterize the performance of lithium-ion batteries to provide insight on best practices. Their results may one day lead to more reliably comparable methods for testing lithium-ion batteries tailored to different applications.
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Mathematical framework explores how the brain keeps a beat
A new mathematical model demonstrates how neurons in the brain could work together to learn and keep a musical beat.
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Uber IPO is likely to price around $44 or $45 per share: Sources
Uber is preparing for its public debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.
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Tesla faces twin assault as Mercedes, VW start taking orders for first long-range EVs
Tesla's faces more challenges as two major European automakers open sales Thursday of their first entries into the long-range EV market.
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For teens, online bullying worsens sleep and depression
Teens who experience cyberbullying are more likely to suffer from poor sleep, which in turn raises levels of depression, found a new study.
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Facebook to lift restrictions on circulation of cryptocurrency products and services
As part of its updated advertising policies, social networking giant Facebook has decided to lift some restrictions that it imposed on the circulation of cryptocurrency products and services on its platform.
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Former Facebook insiders have turned into some of its harshest critics — here's a rundown
Facebook Co-founder Chris Hughes is the latest former Facebook executive to criticize the company, but he is hardly the first.
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Gravitational forces in protoplanetary disks may push super-Earths close to their stars
Astronomers found that as planets form out of the chaotic churn of gravitational, hydrodynamic -- or, drag -- and magnetic forces and collisions within the dusty, gaseous protoplanetary disk that surrounds a star as a planetary system starts to form, the orbits of these planets eventually get in synch, causing them to slide -- follow the leader-style...
An electric tongue can handle more spicy foods than you can
Spicy food is huge business, and now researchers have found that an electronic tongue, or e-tongue, is more effective and accurate in taste-testing fiery foods than sensitive human taste buds.
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'Robopets' can benefit health and wellbeing of older care home residents
Robotic pets that respond to human interaction can benefit the health and wellbeing of older people living in care homes, a new study has found.
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Gravitational forces in protoplanetary disks may push super-Earths close to their stars
Astronomers found that as planets form out of the chaotic churn of gravitational, hydrodynamic -- or, drag -- and magnetic forces and collisions within the dusty, gaseous protoplanetary disk that surrounds a star as a planetary system starts to form, the orbits of these planets eventually get in synch, causing them to slide -- follow the leader-style...
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