Increased use of video chats is turning us to 'Zoom zombie' drivers, survey claims
Is our dependence on Zoom and other video chat software during the pandemic turning us into bad drivers?
Apr 8, 2021
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Automotive
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Business
Best Buy Beta: Electronics giant piloting membership program to take on Amazon
Best Buy has launched a pilot membership program which could take on rivals such as Amazon Prime and Walmart.
Apr 8, 2021
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Security
New Android malware uses WhatsApp to spread
A new form of Android malware has begun spreading itself by creating auto-replies in WhatsApp. Check Point Research recently discovered the malware in a fake application on Google Play.
Business
Union vote count nears final stage for Amazon warehouse
The tallying of votes by Amazon workers in Alabama neared a public phase on Thursday, with the potential outcome being the first labor union at the e-commerce colossus.
Apr 8, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Chip shortage forces more production cuts by GM, Ford
The global shortage of semiconductors has forced General Motors and Ford to further cut production at their North American factories as chip supplies seem to be growing tighter.
Apr 8, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
Filling the gaps using image inpainting
Image inpainting is a computer vision technique in which pixels missing from an image are filled in. It is often used to remove unwanted objects from an image or to recreate missing regions of occluded images. Inpainting ...
Apr 8, 2021
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Business
2 new airlines await Americans looking to fly somewhere
Americans are traveling in the greatest numbers in more than a year, and soon they will have two new leisure-oriented airlines to consider for those trips.
Apr 8, 2021
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Engineering
System simulating emergency in electric power system faster than in real time created
Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University have created a decision support system (DSS) for dispatching personnel of electric power systems (EPS). The system allows dispatchers to quickly test their actions on the management ...
Apr 8, 2021
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Automotive
Tesla slams German bureaucracy, offers reform proposals
Electric carmaker Tesla said Thursday it was "irritated" by administrative delays to the construction of its new gigafactory outside Berlin, and put forward its own reform proposals.
Apr 8, 2021
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Telecom
Optical links to connect air passengers securely
A laser communications terminal prototype to demonstrate this vision is currently being developed by satellite manufacturer Airbus, working in partnership with the Netherlands organization for applied scientific research ...
Apr 8, 2021
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