Reactive video playback that you control with your body
Computer scientists have developed an entirely new way of interacting with video content that adapts to, and is controlled by, your body movement.
Dec 10, 2020
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Robotics
Getting the right grip: Designing soft and sensitive robotic fingers
Although robotics has reshaped and even redefined many industrial sectors, there still exists a gap between machines and humans in fields such as health and elderly care. For robots to safely manipulate or interact with fragile ...
Dec 10, 2020
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Business
Airbnb heads to Wall Street with hefty $47 bn valuation
Home-sharing giant Airbnb was set for its Wall Street debut Thursday with a whopping $47 billion valuation amid a feverish rush for new shares in companies adapting to lifestyle changes imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Dec 10, 2020
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Security
A better kind of cybersecurity strategy
During the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympics, held in PyeongChang, South Korea, Russian hackers launched a cyberattack that disrupted television and internet systems at the games. The incident was resolved quickly, ...
Dec 10, 2020
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Robotics
Deep reinforcement-learning architecture combines pre-learned skills to create new sets of skills on the fly
A team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh and Zhejiang University has developed a way to combine deep neural networks (DNNs) to create a new type of system with a new kind of learning ability. The group describes ...
Business
German regulators launch new Facebook investigation over VR
German regulators launched an investigation Thursday into Facebook over the company's decision to link its Oculus virtual reality products to the social network, authorities said.
Dec 10, 2020
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Business
Sony to buy US anime giant Crunchyroll for $1.17 bn
Japan's Sony said Thursday it has agreed to buy US anime streaming giant Crunchyroll, which has more than three million paying subscribers, in a deal worth $1.17 billion.
Dec 10, 2020
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Business
Delta asks more workers to take leave as travel slump widens
Delta Air Lines has managed to avoid furloughs but is now asking more employees to take unpaid leaves of absence, a sign of the deepening slump in air travel as coronavirus cases increase across the United States.
Dec 10, 2020
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Business
Airbnb, resilient in pandemic, goes forward with IPO
Airbnb proved its resilience in a year that has upended global travel. Now it needs to prove to investors that it sees more growth ahead.
Dec 10, 2020
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Business
Google CEO says company will review AI scholar's abrupt exit
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has apologized for how a prominent artificial intelligence researcher's abrupt departure last week has "seeded doubts" in the company.
Dec 10, 2020
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